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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Chimneytop. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Chimneytop to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chimneytop, 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 Chimneytop (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 Chimneytop. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Chimneytop is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Chimneytop. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chimneytop:
- Hawkins County (The home county of Chimneytop)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chimneytop, with the one closest to Chimneytop listed first.
- Blossom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Blossom is also located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Greenland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greenland is also located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Surgoinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Church Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Canton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Canton is also located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Kepler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kepler is also located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler
- Green Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Green Village is also located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Block City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Block City is also located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
- Mount Carmel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Solitude ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Solitude was located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Amis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Amis is also located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis
- Strahl
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Strahl is also located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl
- Rotherwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rotherwood is also located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chimneytop, with the one closest to Chimneytop listed first.
- Pine Crest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pine Crest is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Central
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Central is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Watauga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Watauga is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Biltmore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Biltmore is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore
- Elizabethton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Grainger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chimneytop, with the one closest to Chimneytop listed first.
- Bean Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wyatt Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chimneytop, with the one closest to Chimneytop listed first.
- Jearoldstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Baileyton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milburnton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Milburnton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton
- Centersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morelock was located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Ottway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Romeo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Romeo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Fairview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Rheatown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rheatown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown
- Albany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Albany is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Afton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bolton Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bolton Estates is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
- Forest Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- 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 Chimneytop, with the one closest to Chimneytop listed first.
- Whitesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- East Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Village is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Bright ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bright was located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chimneytop, with the one closest to Chimneytop listed first.
- Willis
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Willis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Kyles Ford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Trent Valley
(24 miles [38.6 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Duck Creek is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Sneedville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Yount Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Yount Town is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chimneytop, with the one closest to Chimneytop listed first.
- Blair Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Blair Gap is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Gap
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,870 people
- Fordtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kendrick Creek was located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Beartown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beartown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Beechwood Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village
- Borden Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Borden Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village
- Cherokee Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Kingsport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Colonial Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Horace ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Horace was located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Morrison City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison City
- Wahoo ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wahoo was located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Bloomingdale
(19 miles [30.6 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
- The following are listed by their distance from Chimneytop, with the one closest to Chimneytop listed first.
- Bumpus Cove
(23 miles [37 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
- Banner Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
- Erwin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Creek ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Creek was located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Ernestville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ernestville is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernestville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,311 people
- Unicoi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Branch is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch
- Former name for Clear Branch:
- Kittyton
- Loganton ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Loganton was located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton
- Whispering Pines
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Flag Pond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chimneytop, with the one closest to Chimneytop listed first.
- Fall Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ducktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ducktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 457 people
- Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Wheelocktown ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wheelocktown was located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelocktown
- Big Sandy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Sandy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Estimated population in 2014: 542 people
- Locust Mount
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Mount is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
- Bowmantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bowmantown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
- Mill Brook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Brook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook
- Oakland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Leesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Limestone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gray
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Telford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Madison County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chimneytop, with the one closest to Chimneytop listed first.
- Allegheny
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Allegheny is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny
- Allenstand
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chimneytop, see our County-by-County Page for Chimneytop.
Cemeteries Near Chimneytop ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chimneytop.
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 Chimneytop - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chimneytop covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chimneytop, with the one closest to Chimneytop listed first.
- Ball Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Beech Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Morrison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whims Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Yankee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Caney Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford Family Cemetery
- The Crawford Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Coney West Cemetery
- Oak Glenn Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oak Glenn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mowell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (877 more) ...
- Bailey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moore Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- The Moore Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wash Moore Cemetery
- Hale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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.
Chimneytop itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chimneytop, with the one closest to Chimneytop listed first.
- Van Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Van Hill is also located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hill
- Blossom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Blossom is also located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Jearoldstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Mole
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mole is also located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole
- New Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Hope is also located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Swanay ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Swanay was located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanay
- Lovelace
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lovelace is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
- Maltsberger ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Maltsberger was located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maltsberger
- Cedar Lane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Lane is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lane
- Stony Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Point is also located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Surgoinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Locust Springs is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Springs
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fall Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Harbour
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harbour is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour
- Church Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chimneytop. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chimneytop.
Newspapers Published in Chimneytop ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chimneytop.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chimneytop, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chimneytop.
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 Chimneytop:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hawkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Grainger County
- Greene County
- Hamblen County
- Hancock County
- Sullivan County
- Unicoi County
- Washington County
- Madison 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 Chimneytop, 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 '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- Chimneytop) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |