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 Cherokee Hills (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 Cherokee Hills. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Cherokee Hills is located in Sevier 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 Sevier County: Haywood (NC), Swain (NC), Blount, Cocke, Jefferson & Knox.
Below are the counties that are near Cherokee Hills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cherokee Hills:
- Sevier County (The home county of Cherokee Hills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherokee Hills, with the one closest to Cherokee Hills listed first.
- Harrisburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
- Millican Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Millican Grove is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millican Grove
- Sevierville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Middle Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Catlettsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg
- East Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Fork is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Pigeon Forge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Henry Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Henry Crossroads is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Crossroads
- Waldens Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Waldens Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldens Creek
- Boyds Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Boyds Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Creek
- Kodak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Starkeytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Starkeytown is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkeytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 431 people
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherokee Hills, with the one closest to Cherokee Hills listed first.
- Cowan Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cowan Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,010 people
- Townsend
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Walland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Cove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Cove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 267 people
- Red Bank
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Rocky Branch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Branch is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,427 people
- Wildwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wildwood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Seaton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Seaton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Eagleton Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Eagleton Village is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,052 people
- Rockford
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rockford is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Chelsey Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Chelsey Village is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsey Village
- Rockgardens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rockgardens is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgardens
- Estimated population in 2014: 861 people
- Cocke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherokee Hills, with the one closest to Cherokee Hills listed first.
- Birdsville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Birdsville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
- Carson Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Carson Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Springs
- Bailey Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Town is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 428 people
- Cosby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clevenger
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clevenger is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
- Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
- Wilsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Newport
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wilton Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wilton Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Springs
- Jaybird
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jaybird is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,299 people
- Edwina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Edwina is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Hartford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jimtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jimtown is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Grainger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherokee Hills, with the one closest to Cherokee Hills listed first.
- Dyers Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
- Oakland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
- Blaine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maples ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Maples is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Massengill Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Massengill Mill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massengill Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,600 people
- Lea Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lea Springs is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lea Springs
- Wa-Ni Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wa-Ni Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wa-Ni Village
- Joppa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Joppa is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Lulaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lulaville is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Rutledge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Washburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Washburn is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherokee Hills, with the one closest to Cherokee Hills listed first.
- Beulah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beulah is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Warrensburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Warrensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg
- Hamblen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherokee Hills, with the one closest to Cherokee Hills listed first.
- Collons Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Collons Ferry is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collons Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 986 people
- Monte Vista Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Monte Vista Estates is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,860 people
- Morristown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Casablanca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Casablanca is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
- East Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Village is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherokee Hills, with the one closest to Cherokee Hills listed first.
- Cook Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
- Dumplin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dumplin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin
- Piedmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Piedmont is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
- Dandridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Flat Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Rocky Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
- Alena ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Alena is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena
- New Market
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Strawberry Plains
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Baneberry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Edna
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Edna is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherokee Hills, with the one closest to Cherokee Hills listed first.
- Peters Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peters Mill is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Mill
- Thorn Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thorn Grove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Grove
- Kimberlin Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Riverdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Lyonton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lyonton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonton
- Wooddale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wooddale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooddale
- Shooks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Shooks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks
- Highpoint ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Highpoint is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint
- Mascot
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mascot is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,411 people
- Moshina Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Moshina Heights is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshina Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,335 people
- Mayo ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mayo is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,366 people
- McMillan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- McMillan is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillan
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherokee Hills, with the one closest to Cherokee Hills listed first.
- Luttrell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Luttrell is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
- Plainview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,184 people
- Paulette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paulette is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
- Haywood County (NC)
- Mount Sterling
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Jackson County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherokee Hills, with the one closest to Cherokee Hills listed first.
- Paint Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paint Town is located in Jackson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Town
- Whittier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Swain County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherokee Hills, with the one closest to Cherokee Hills listed first.
- Cherokee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oconaluftee Indian Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bushnell ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bushnell is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Forney ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Forney is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
- Bryson City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cherokee Hills, see our County-by-County Page for Cherokee Hills.
Cemeteries Near Cherokee Hills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cherokee Hills.
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 Cherokee Hills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cherokee Hills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cherokee Hills, with the one closest to Cherokee Hills listed first.
- McMahan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- New Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sevier County Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Murphy Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Millican Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Roberts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bank Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Loveday Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stafford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (795 more) ...
- Middle Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cummings Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shiloh Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Cherokee Hills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cherokee Hills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cherokee Hills, with the one closest to Cherokee Hills listed first.
- Harrisburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
- Sevierville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Middle Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Allensville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allensville is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Catlettsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg
- Henderson Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson Springs is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Springs
- Pigeon Forge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Fork
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Fork is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Fox ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fox is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Henry Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Henry Crossroads is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Crossroads
- Waldens Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Waldens Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldens Creek
- Shady Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Boyds Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Boyds Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Creek
- Dumplin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dumplin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin
- Gatlinburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cherokee Hills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cherokee Hills.
Newspapers Published in Cherokee Hills ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cherokee Hills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cherokee Hills, 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 Cherokee Hills.
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 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 Cherokee Hills:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Sevier County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cocke County
- Grainger County
- Greene County
- Hamblen County
- Jefferson County
- Knox County
- Union County
- Haywood County
- Jackson County
- Swain 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> | 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 Cherokee Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Cherokee Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |