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 Burem (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 Burem. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Burem is located in Hawkins 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 Hawkins County: Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Sullivan, Washington, Lee (VA) & Scott (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Burem. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Burem:
- Hawkins County (The home county of Burem)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burem, with the one closest to Burem listed first.
- Kepler
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kepler is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler
- Amis
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Amis is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis
- Strahl
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Strahl is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl
- Rogersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Surgoinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Persia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Persia is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Blossom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Greenland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenland is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Eidson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eidson is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson
- New Canton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Church Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bulls Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Claiborne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burem, with the one closest to Burem listed first.
- Caney Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Evans Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Evans Ferry is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ferry
- Population from the 2010 Census: 293 people
- Raven Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
- Cocke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burem, with the one closest to Burem listed first.
- Parrottsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bybee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grainger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burem, with the one closest to Burem listed first.
- Bean Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wyatt Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village
- Marshalls Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
- Beans
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Beans is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
- Thorn Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Bowen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bowen is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burem, with the one closest to Burem listed first.
- Baileyton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Romeo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Romeo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Ottway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Albany
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Albany is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Jearoldstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Marvin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Marvin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Mosheim
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fairview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Midway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Centersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Centersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Milburnton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Milburnton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton
- Bolton Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bolton Estates is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
- Hamblen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burem, with the one closest to Burem listed first.
- Whitesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bright ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bright is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
- Silver City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- East Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Village is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Casablanca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Casablanca is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
- Morristown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Monte Vista Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Monte Vista Estates is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,860 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burem, with the one closest to Burem listed first.
- Kyles Ford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Trent Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Trent Valley is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
- Duck Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Duck Creek is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Yount Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Yount Town is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town
- Sneedville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Xenophon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Xenophon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon
- Alanthus Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Alanthus Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,498 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burem, with the one closest to Burem listed first.
- Leadvale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leadvale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadvale
- White Pine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burem, with the one closest to Burem listed first.
- Blair Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Blair Gap is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Gap
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,870 people
- Beartown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beartown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Borden Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Borden Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village
- Cherokee Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Kingsport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison City
- Beechwood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village
- Colonial Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fordtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Horace ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Orebank
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Orebank is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orebank
- Bloomingdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomingdale is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,888 people
- Unicoi County
- Bumpus Cove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burem, with the one closest to Burem listed first.
- Fall Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ducktown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ducktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 457 people
- Big Sandy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Big Sandy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Estimated population in 2014: 542 people
- Harmony
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Locust Mount
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Locust Mount is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
- Mill Brook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Brook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook
- Oakland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Bowmantown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bowmantown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
- Wheelocktown ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wheelocktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelocktown
- Limestone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Leesburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Telford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gray
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Harlan County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burem, with the one closest to Burem listed first.
- Cranks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cranks is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranks
- Cawood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cawood is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Burem, see our County-by-County Page for Burem.
Cemeteries Near Burem ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burem.
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 Burem - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Burem covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Burem, with the one closest to Burem listed first.
- Harrison Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hunter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Tunnel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tunnel Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Powell Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Charles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Knox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Webster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kite Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- McClellan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bailey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jake Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (793 more) ...
- Cave Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Valley View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hawkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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 Burem in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Burem.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Burem, with the one closest to Burem listed first.
- Amis
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Amis is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis
- New Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Hope is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Strahl
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Strahl is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl
- Rogersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Vogel ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Vogel is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vogel
- Austins Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Austins Mill is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austins Mill
- Gillenwater ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gillenwater is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillenwater
- Surgoinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Van Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Van Hill is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hill
- Alumwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alumwell is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alumwell
- Persia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Persia is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Stony Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Point is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Fisher Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fisher Creek is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Creek
- Romeo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Romeo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Burem. See our List of 1890's Communities around Burem.
Newspapers Published in Burem ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burem.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burem, 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 Burem.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Burem:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hawkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Claiborne County
- Cocke County
- Grainger County
- Greene County
- Hamblen County
- Hancock County
- Jefferson County
- Sullivan County
- Unicoi County
- Washington County
- Harlan 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 Burem, 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 from Point A (ie- Burem) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |