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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Buncombe. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Buncombe to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Buncombe, please Contact Us.
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 Buncombe (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 Buncombe. 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 hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Buncombe is historic, it would have been located within present day Franklin 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 Franklin County: Jackson (AL), Madison (AL), Coffee, Grundy, Lincoln, Marion & Moore.
Below are the counties that are near Buncombe. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buncombe:
- Franklin County (The home county of Buncombe)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buncombe, with the one closest to Buncombe listed first.
- Estill Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winchester Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Springs
- Decherd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Greenhaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Winchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cowan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sewanee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Saint Marys
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Marys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Estimated population in 2014: 785 people
- Sand Switch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Switch is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Switch
- Garner Ford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
- Lexie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lexie is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Sal City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sal City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sal City
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buncombe, with the one closest to Buncombe listed first.
- Cascade Hollow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Normandy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Cortner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Raus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Haley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Wartrace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bell Buckle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shelbyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Anchor Mill is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Vannatta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Cannon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buncombe, with the one closest to Buncombe listed first.
- Hollow Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Burgen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Burgen is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Bradyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bradyville is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Burt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Burt is located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buncombe, with the one closest to Buncombe listed first.
- Southgate Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
- Ruthledge Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Belmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Tullahoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Royal Oaks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Hillsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Homaway Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- Manchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stephenson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stephenson is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Forest Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- Winton Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Winton Town is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton Town
- Busy Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- New Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- New Union is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buncombe, with the one closest to Buncombe listed first.
- Pelham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Monteagle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sartain Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sartain Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartain Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 380 people
- Tracy City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Altamont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Coalmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Lankford Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- White City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Gruetli
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gruetli is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
- Beersheba Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Beersheba Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersheba Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Gruetli - Laager
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Palmer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buncombe, with the one closest to Buncombe listed first.
- Gattistown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
- Booneville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Booneville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booneville
- Flintville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flintville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
- Belleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Belleville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Corder Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corder Crossroads is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corder Crossroads
- Clarks Ferry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Elk Mill Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Mill Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mill Village
- Fayetteville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Howell Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Howell Hill is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Hill
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buncombe, with the one closest to Buncombe listed first.
- Comfort
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Comfort is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Greentown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Greentown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Orme
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Orme is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Ketchall ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ketchall is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchall
- Jasper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kimball
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Richard City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Richard City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard City
- South Pittsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buncombe, with the one closest to Buncombe listed first.
- Ridgeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Countyline
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Lynchburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rutherford County
- Plainview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buncombe, with the one closest to Buncombe listed first.
- Viola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Trousdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Centertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Centertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Smyrna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smyrna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
- McMinnville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buncombe, with the one closest to Buncombe listed first.
- Francisco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Francisco is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francisco
- Greerton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Greerton is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greerton
- Hytop
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hytop is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hytop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Narrows ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Narrows is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
- Estillfork
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Estillfork is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estillfork
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Buncombe, see our County-by-County Page for Buncombe.
Cemeteries Near Buncombe ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buncombe.
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 Buncombe - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Buncombe covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Buncombe, with the one closest to Buncombe listed first.
- Elder Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Grays Mill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old Bethpage Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beth Page Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gossage Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Duncans Stagecoach Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Paynes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Duncan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Brick Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Huffar Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (1168 more) ...
- Simpson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Estill Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Corn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.
While we didn't find Buncombe in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Buncombe.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Buncombe, with the one closest to Buncombe listed first.
- Estill Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Prairie Plains is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Plains
- Belmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Tullahoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Decherd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Alto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alto is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Hillsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Winchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Manchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Awalt ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Awalt is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Awalt
- Cowan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pelham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ridgeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ridgeville is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Sewanee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Normandy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Buncombe. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buncombe.
Newspapers Published in Buncombe ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buncombe.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buncombe, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buncombe.
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 websites either 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 Buncombe:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Cannon County
- Coffee County
- Grundy County
- Lincoln County
- Marion County
- Moore County
- Rutherford County
- Warren County
- Jackson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Buncombe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Buncombe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |