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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 Cherry Branch (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 Cherry Branch. 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 Cherry Branch ...
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 Cherry Branch: Cherry Br. (or less commonly used: Cherry Brnch.)
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Cherry Branch is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Bledsoe, Fentress, Morgan, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Van Buren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Cherry Branch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cherry Branch:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Cherry Branch)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Branch, with the one closest to Cherry Branch listed first.
- Woodlands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlands is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
- Estimated population in 2014: 369 people
- Fairfield Glade
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Greenbriar Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Lake Pomeroy
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Center Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Crossville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crab Orchard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Creston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Dykes Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
- Howard Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Hebbertsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Woody
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Lake Tansi Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Branch, with the one closest to Cherry Branch listed first.
- Winesap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Ninemile
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Pikeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Summer City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Fentress County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Branch, with the one closest to Cherry Branch listed first.
- Clarkrange
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grimsley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wilder
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilder is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Allardt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Armathwaite
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Cooper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cooper is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
- Jamestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Branch, with the one closest to Cherry Branch listed first.
- Akeman Crossroad
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Surprise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Branch, with the one closest to Cherry Branch listed first.
- Bucklick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Lavender
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Nemo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Deer Lodge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Lancing
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Glades
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Deermont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Annadel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Oakdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Oakdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Wartburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harriman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Burrville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Overton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Branch, with the one closest to Cherry Branch listed first.
- Obey City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Obey City is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obey City
- Lovejoy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lovejoy is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Hanging Limb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hanging Limb is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Limb
- Bushing ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bushing is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushing
- Qualls ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Qualls is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualls
- Beaver Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Hill
- Oak Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Poteet ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poteet is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poteet
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Branch, with the one closest to Cherry Branch listed first.
- Monterey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burnett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Burnett is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Estimated population in 2014: 418 people
- Jeremiah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jeremiah is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremiah
- Shennon Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shennon Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennon Village
- White Plains
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- White Plains is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,231 people
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Branch, with the one closest to Cherry Branch listed first.
- Roddy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Spring City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Branch, with the one closest to Cherry Branch listed first.
- Glen Alice
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Lakemont Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- Rockwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- College Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Pioneer Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Postoak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Emory Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Midtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Bazel Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bazel Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
- Midtown Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Kingston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Iron Divide ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Iron Divide is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
- Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Branch, with the one closest to Cherry Branch listed first.
- Glenmary
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- Elgin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
- Van Buren County
- Sweetgum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetgum is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetgum
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cherry Branch, with the one closest to Cherry Branch listed first.
- Ravenscroft
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ravenscroft is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenscroft
- Clarktown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
- Cherry Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cherry Creek is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Sparta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Methodist ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Methodist is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cherry Branch, see our County-by-County Page for Cherry Branch.
Cemeteries Near Cherry Branch ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cherry Branch.
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 Cherry Branch - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cherry Branch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cherry Branch, with the one closest to Cherry Branch listed first.
- Turner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bakers Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stansbury Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hyder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Slate Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Springs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Slate Springs Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the northeast of Crossville.
- The Slate Springs Cemetery has also been known as:
- Slate Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18589 <3>
- Brookhart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Turner Cemetery #1
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Winnie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Warner Cemetery #1
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hedgecoth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (763 more) ...
- Peavine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Andrews Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Cherry Branch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cherry Branch.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cherry Branch, with the one closest to Cherry Branch listed first.
- Crossville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crab Orchard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Howard Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Creston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Hebbertsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Genesis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Genesis is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesis
- Woody
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Pomona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pomona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Halfway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Grassy Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Grassy Cove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Cove
- Lantana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lantana is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lantana
- Frankfort
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frankfort is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wyatt ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Big Lick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Big Lick is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lick
- Pleasant Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cherry Branch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cherry Branch.
Newspapers Published in Cherry Branch ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cherry Branch.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cherry Branch, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cherry Branch.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Cherry Branch:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bledsoe County
- Fentress County
- Meigs County
- Morgan County
- Overton County
- Putnam County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Scott County
- Van Buren County
- White 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cherry Branch) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Cherry Branch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |