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 Bruner Grove (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 Bruner Grove. 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.
Name Variations for Bruner Grove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bruner Grove: Bruner Grv.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us .
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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.
Bruner Grove is located in Cocke 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 Cocke County : Haywood (NC) , Madison (NC) , Greene , Hamblen , Jefferson & Sevier .
Below are the counties that are near Bruner Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bruner Grove:
Cocke County (The home county of Bruner Grove)
The following are listed by their distance from Bruner Grove, with the one closest to Bruner Grove listed first.
Bybee (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Parrottsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Jimtown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Jimtown is also located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown Bridgeport (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Bridgeport is also located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Jaybird (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Jaybird is also located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird Estimated population in 2014: 3,299 people
West Myers (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
West Myers is also located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
Newport (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Wilsonville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Wilsonville is also located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville Edwina (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Edwina is also located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina Del Rio (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Clevenger (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
Clevenger is also located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
Bailey Town (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Bailey Town is also located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town Estimated population in 2014: 428 people
Carson Springs (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Carson Springs is also located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Springs Claiborne County
The following are listed by their distance from Bruner Grove, with the one closest to Bruner Grove listed first.
Evans Ferry (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Evans Ferry is located in Claiborne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ferry Population from the 2010 Census: 293 people
Raven Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill Caney Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley Grainger County
The following are listed by their distance from Bruner Grove, with the one closest to Bruner Grove listed first.
Marshalls Ferry (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry Wyatt Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village Bean Station (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Wa-Ni Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Wa-Ni Village is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wa-Ni Village Beans (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Beans is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
Dyers Ferry (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
Oakland (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Oakland is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
Bowen (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Bowen is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen Thorn Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill Rutledge (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Massengill Mill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Massengill Mill is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massengill Mill Estimated population in 2014: 1,600 people
Lulaville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Lulaville is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville Joppa (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Joppa is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Bruner Grove, with the one closest to Bruner Grove listed first.
Warrensburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Warrensburg is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg Beulah (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Beulah is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Little Chucky ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Little Chucky was located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chucky Bright Hope (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Bright Hope is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Hope Sirenburg ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Sirenburg was located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirenburg Midway (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Cedar Creek (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Cedar Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Mosheim (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Marvin (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Marvin is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Albany (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Albany is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Greeneville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Romeo (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Romeo is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo Forest Hills (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Forest Hills is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Estimated population in 2014: 5,027 people
Hamblen County
The following are listed by their distance from Bruner Grove, with the one closest to Bruner Grove listed first.
Silver City (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Silver City is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City Monte Vista Estates (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Monte Vista Estates is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista Estates Estimated population in 2014: 2,860 people
East Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
East Village is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village Whitesburg (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Morristown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Bright ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Bright was located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
Casablanca (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Casablanca is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
Collons Ferry (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Collons Ferry is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collons Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 986 people
Hancock County
The following are listed by their distance from Bruner Grove, with the one closest to Bruner Grove listed first.
Yount Town (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Yount Town is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town Duck Creek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Duck Creek is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek Trent Valley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Trent Valley is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
Hawkins County
The following are listed by their distance from Bruner Grove, with the one closest to Bruner Grove listed first.
Bulls Gap (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Mooresburg (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Persia (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Persia is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia Red Bridge Ferry (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Red Bridge Ferry is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bridge Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 1,135 people
Galbraith Springs (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Galbraith Springs is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith Springs Mooresburg Springs (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Mooresburg Springs is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg Springs Population from the 2010 Census: 941 people
Strahl (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Strahl is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl Rogersville (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Amis (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Amis is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis Kepler (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Kepler is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler Eidson (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Eidson is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson Chimneytop ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Chimneytop was located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop Surgoinsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Jefferson County
The following are listed by their distance from Bruner Grove, with the one closest to Bruner Grove listed first.
Leadvale (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Leadvale is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadvale Baneberry (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
White Pine (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Edna (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Edna is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Dandridge (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Talbott (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Rock Town (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Rock Town is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Town Flat Gap (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap Alena ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Alena was located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena Jefferson City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Piedmont (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Piedmont is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont New Market (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Rocky Valley (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
Sevier County
The following are listed by their distance from Bruner Grove, with the one closest to Bruner Grove listed first.
East Fork (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
East Fork is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork Millican Grove (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Millican Grove is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millican Grove Harrisburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Harrisburg is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
Pittman Center (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Pittman Center is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman Center Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
Henry Crossroads (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Henry Crossroads is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Crossroads Catlettsburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg Sevierville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Middle Creek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Middle Creek is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek Kodak (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Bruner Grove, with the one closest to Bruner Grove listed first.
Limestone (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Nolichucky ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Nolichucky was located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolichucky Population from the 2010 Census: 5,861 people
Mill Brook (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Mill Brook is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook Oakland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Oakland is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Haywood County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Bruner Grove, with the one closest to Bruner Grove listed first.
Mount Sterling (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling Teague ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Teague was located in Haywood County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague Madison County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Bruner Grove, with the one closest to Bruner Grove listed first.
Hot Springs (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Allenstand (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand Bluff (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Bluff is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Lynch ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Lynch was located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Hurricane (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Hurricane is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Stackhouse (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Stackhouse is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse Chapel Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Chapel Hill is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill White Rock (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
White Rock is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock Spring Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Spring Creek is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Allegheny (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Allegheny is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny Cutshalltown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Cutshalltown is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown Trust (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Trust is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust Walnut (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Walnut is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bruner Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Bruner Grove .
Cemeteries Near Bruner Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bruner Grove.
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 Bruner Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bruner Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bruner Grove, with the one closest to Bruner Grove listed first.
Harneds Chapel Graveyard (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Hale Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Slate Creek Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Luster Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Ottinger Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Kesterson Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Wisecarver Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
McCorkel Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Neilson Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Jones Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Jones Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Hurley Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Continue List (847 more) ...
Calfee Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Jack Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Faubion Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Bruner Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bruner Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bruner Grove, with the one closest to Bruner Grove listed first.
Bybee (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Warrensburg (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Warrensburg is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg Parrottsville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Ottinger (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Ottinger is also located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottinger Pate Hill (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Pate Hill is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pate Hill Rankin (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Rankin is also located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin Beulah (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Beulah is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Salem (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Salem is also located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Thula (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Thula is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thula Oldtown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Oldtown is also located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldtown Caney Branch (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Caney Branch is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Branch Little Chucky ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Little Chucky was located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chucky Continue List (13 more) ...
Leadvale (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Leadvale is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadvale Bridgeport (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Bridgeport is also located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Sirenburg ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Sirenburg was located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirenburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bruner Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bruner Grove .
Newspapers Published in Bruner Grove ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bruner Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bruner Grove, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Bruner Grove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Bruner Grove:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Cocke County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Claiborne County Grainger County Greene County Hamblen County Hancock County Hawkins County Jefferson County Sevier County Washington County Haywood County Madison County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bruner Grove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Bruner Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bruner Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.