Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Briardale (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Briardale. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Briardale is located in Sullivan County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sullivan County: Carter, Hawkins, Johnson, Washington, Bristol City (VA), Scott (VA) & Washington (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Briardale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Briardale:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Briardale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Briardale, with the one closest to Briardale listed first.
- Bristol
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hunter Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hunter Hills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,854 people
- Forest Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Hills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Ruthton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ruthton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthton
- Collingwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Walnut Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Walnut Hill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Akard Addition
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Akard Addition is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akard Addition
- Holston Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Holston Valley is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holston Valley
- Cedar Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cross is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,330 people
- Bluff City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,672 people
- Former name for Bluff City:
- Zollicoffer
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <1>
- Beechnut City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Beechnut City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechnut City
- Blountville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briardale, with the one closest to Briardale listed first.
- Buladeen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buladeen is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladeen
- Former names for Buladeen:
- Colesville
- Magnetic
- Hunter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hunter is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Biltmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Biltmore is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore
- Elizabethton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Siam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Siam is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Watauga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Watauga is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Central
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Central is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Fish Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fish Springs is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
- Hampton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pine Crest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pine Crest is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Gap Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gap Run is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
- Woodby Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Woodby Hill is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodby Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,730 people
- Roan Mountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hawkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briardale, with the one closest to Briardale listed first.
- Greenvale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Greenvale is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
- Rotherwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood
- Frisco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Frisco is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Mount Carmel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Solitude ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Solitude is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Waycross
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Waycross is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waycross
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,091 people
- Block City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Block City is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
- Green Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Green Village is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Church Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briardale, with the one closest to Briardale listed first.
- Winchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Winchester is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,547 people
- Butler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- High Health ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- High Health is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
- Fuller
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fuller is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Mountain City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Shingletown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Shingletown is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingletown
- Vaughtsville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughtsville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughtsville
- Norris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Norris is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,652 people
- Dowell ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dowell is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowell
- Estimated population in 2014: 364 people
- Trade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Unicoi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briardale, with the one closest to Briardale listed first.
- Whispering Pines
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Limestone Cove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove
- Unicoi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briardale, with the one closest to Briardale listed first.
- Austin Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Austin Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Flourville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Flourville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville
- Oak Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Spurgeon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spurgeon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,957 people
- Oakland Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Village
- Carnegie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carnegie is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie
- East Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Ridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 21,317 people
- Gray
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67,142 people
- Former names for Johnson City:
- Blue Plum Station
- Haynesville
- Johnsons Depot
- Johnsons Tank
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <1>
- North Johnson City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Johnson City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Johnson City
- Camelot Two
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Camelot Two is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Two
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,582 people
- South Gate Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Gate Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gate Village
- Midway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Ashe County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Briardale, with the one closest to Briardale listed first.
- Grayson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Grayson is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Ashland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Avery County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Briardale, with the one closest to Briardale listed first.
- Mount Gilead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Gilead is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Whaley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whaley is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Beech Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Watauga County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Briardale, with the one closest to Briardale listed first.
- Mabel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mabel is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Watauga Falls ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Watauga Falls is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Falls
- Zionville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rominger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rominger is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rominger
- Sugar Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Briardale, see our County-by-County Page for Briardale.
Cemeteries Near Briardale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Briardale.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Briardale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Briardale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Briardale, with the one closest to Briardale listed first.
- Shelby Hills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bristol.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #12436 <2>
- Ordway Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Weaver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Chapman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Moore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Moore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Blevins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stophel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Steele Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Clark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (848 more) ...
- Carden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leonard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McKinney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Briardale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Briardale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Briardale, with the one closest to Briardale listed first.
- Bristol
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Paperville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Paperville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paperville
- Ruthton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ruthton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthton
- Beidlemans ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beidlemans is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beidlemans
- Holston Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Holston Valley is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holston Valley
- Blountville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sumpter ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sumpter is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Bluff City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,672 people
- Former name for Bluff City:
- Zollicoffer
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <1>
- Fishdam ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fishdam is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishdam
- Lella ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lella is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lella
- Mill Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mill Point is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Point
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,080 people
- Sac ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sac is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Childress
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Childress is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
- Edgeworth ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Edgeworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
- Lawson ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lawson is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Briardale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Briardale.
Newspapers Published in Briardale ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Briardale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Briardale, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Briardale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Briardale:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Hawkins County
- Johnson County
- Unicoi County
- Washington County
- Ashe County
- Avery County
- Watauga County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Briardale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Briardale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |