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 Choptack (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 Choptack. 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.
Choptack 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 Choptack. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Choptack:
- Hawkins County (The home county of Choptack)
- The following are listed by their distance from Choptack, with the one closest to Choptack listed first.
- Rogersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Galbraith Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Galbraith Springs is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith Springs
- Red Bridge Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bridge Ferry is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bridge Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,135 people
- Persia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Persia is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Mooresburg Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mooresburg Springs is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg Springs
- Population from the 2010 Census: 941 people
- Amis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Amis is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis
- Eidson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eidson is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson
- Strahl
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Strahl is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl
- Mooresburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bulls Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kepler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kepler is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler
- Surgoinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Claiborne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Choptack, with the one closest to Choptack listed first.
- Caney Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Evans Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
- Springdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Springdale is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Tazewell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lone Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lone Mountain is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain
- New Tazewell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Head of Barren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren
- Cocke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Choptack, with the one closest to Choptack listed first.
- Bybee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Parrottsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jaybird
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jaybird is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,299 people
- Jimtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jimtown is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Wilsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wilsonville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Grainger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Choptack, with the one closest to Choptack listed first.
- Wyatt Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village
- Bean Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Marshalls Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
- Beans
(15 miles [24.1 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Bowen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bowen is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Wa-Ni Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wa-Ni Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wa-Ni Village
- Rutledge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Oakland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
- Dyers Ferry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
- Massengill Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Massengill Mill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massengill Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,600 people
- Lulaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lulaville is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Washburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Washburn is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Choptack, with the one closest to Choptack listed first.
- Romeo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Romeo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Marvin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marvin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Baileyton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Albany
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Albany is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Ottway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Midway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mosheim
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Beulah is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Warrensburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Warrensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg
- Little Chucky ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Little Chucky is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chucky
- Bright Hope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bright Hope is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Hope
- Bolton Estates
(22 miles [35.4 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 Choptack, with the one closest to Choptack listed first.
- Whitesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bright ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Silver City is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- East Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Village is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Casablanca
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monte Vista Estates
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Collons Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Collons Ferry is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collons Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 986 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Choptack, with the one closest to Choptack listed first.
- Trent Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Trent Valley is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
- Yount Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Yount Town is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town
- Duck Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Duck Creek is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Sneedville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kyles Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Willis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Willis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Xenophon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Xenophon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon
- Alanthus Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Choptack, with the one closest to Choptack listed first.
- Leadvale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Leadvale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadvale
- White Pine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Talbott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Edna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Edna is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Baneberry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rock Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Town
- Jefferson City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Choptack, with the one closest to Choptack listed first.
- Blair Gap
(23 miles [37 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beartown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Choptack, with the one closest to Choptack listed first.
- Ducktown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ducktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 457 people
- Fall Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mill Brook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mill Brook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook
- Oakland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Limestone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Big Sandy
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Bowmantown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bowmantown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
- Harmony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Locust Mount
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Locust Mount is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
- Wheelocktown ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wheelocktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelocktown
- Harlan County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Choptack, with the one closest to Choptack listed first.
- Cranks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cranks is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranks
- Bobs Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bobs Creek is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Creek
- Cawood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cawood is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawood
- Mary Alice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mary Alice is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Alice
- Dizney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dizney is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dizney
- Twila
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Twila is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twila
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Choptack, see our County-by-County Page for Choptack.
Cemeteries Near Choptack ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Choptack.
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 Choptack - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Choptack covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Choptack, with the one closest to Choptack listed first.
- Price Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dalton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kyle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McCarty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Larmer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- McDaniel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Davis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Flora Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Heck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Price Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mooney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (754 more) ...
- Barker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pressmens Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Choptack had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Choptack, with the one closest to Choptack listed first.
- Lee Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lee Valley is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Valley
- Galbraith Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Galbraith Springs is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith Springs
- Saint Clair
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Saint Clair is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Austins Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Austins Mill is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austins Mill
- Rogersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Persia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Persia is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Otes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Otes is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otes
- Alumwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alumwell is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alumwell
- Mooresburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- White Horn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- White Horn is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horn
- Strahl
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Strahl is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl
- Amis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Amis is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Eidson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eidson is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson
- Luther
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Luther is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Whitesburg
(9 miles [14.5 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 Choptack. See our List of 1890's Communities around Choptack.
Newspapers Published in Choptack ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Choptack.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Choptack, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Choptack.
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 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 Choptack:
- 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
- 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> | 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 Choptack, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Choptack) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |