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 Clay Hill (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 Clay Hill. 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 and hospitals 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.
Clay Hill is located in Scott 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 Scott County: McCreary (KY), Anderson, Campbell, Fentress, Morgan & Pickett.
Below are the counties that are near Clay Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Clay Hill:
- Scott County (The home county of Clay Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Hill, with the one closest to Clay Hill listed first.
- State Line
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- State Line is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Winfield
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Isham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Isham is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- Oneida
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Oneida
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Oneida is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida
- Verdun
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Verdun is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun
- Foster Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Foster Crossroads is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Crossroads
- Huntsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Helenwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Winona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Winona is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Straight Fork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Straight Fork is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Fork
- New River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Hill, with the one closest to Clay Hill listed first.
- Fraterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fraterville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraterville
- Estimated population in 2014: 70,612 people
- Rocky Top
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Top is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Top
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Former names for Rocky Top:
- Coal Creek
- Lake City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Top <1>
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Hill, with the one closest to Clay Hill listed first.
- Stanfill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stanfill is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill
- Elk Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Valley is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
- Jellico
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Silica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Silica is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
- Habersham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Habersham is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habersham
- Caryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Morley is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- LaFollette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- LaFollette is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,585 people
- LaFollette has also been known as:
- Big Creek Gap
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFollette <1>
- White Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- White Oak is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Shea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Shea is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shea
- Fincastle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fincastle is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,618 people
- Claiborne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Hill, with the one closest to Clay Hill listed first.
- Clairfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Clairfield is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairfield
- Hamlin Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hamlin Town is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin Town
- Pruden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pruden is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden
- Fentress County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Hill, with the one closest to Clay Hill listed first.
- Gernt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Armathwaite
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Allardt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Jamestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pall Mall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Hill, with the one closest to Clay Hill listed first.
- Brewstertown ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brewstertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewstertown
- Mill Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Burrville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Sunbright
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mahan Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mahan Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Village
- Annadel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Glades
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Deer Lodge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Bell County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Hill, with the one closest to Clay Hill listed first.
- Pearl
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pearl is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Frakes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Frakes is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frakes
- Pruden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pruden is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden
- Fonde
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fonde is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonde
- McCreary County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Hill, with the one closest to Clay Hill listed first.
- Strunk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Strunk is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
- Pine Knot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Revelo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Stearns
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Smith Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Whitley City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Marshes Siding
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
- Wiborg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wiborg is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
- Greenwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Pulaski County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Hill, with the one closest to Clay Hill listed first.
- Alpine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Alpine is located in Pulaski County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Sloans Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley
- Tateville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tateville is located in Pulaski County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tateville
- Burnside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wayne County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Hill, with the one closest to Clay Hill listed first.
- Parmleysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Ritner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Mount Pisgah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Sumpter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Slickford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Slickford is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickford
- Monticello
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shearer Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shearer Valley is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shearer Valley
- Whitley County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Clay Hill, with the one closest to Clay Hill listed first.
- Ayers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ayers is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Red Ash
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Red Ash is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Fairview
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Saxton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Saxton is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Emlyn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Emlyn is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn
- Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Pleasant View
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Lot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lot is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot
- Williamsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Packard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Packard is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard
- Verne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Verne is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Nevisdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Nevisdale is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevisdale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Clay Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Clay Hill.
Cemeteries Near Clay Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clay Hill.
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 Clay Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clay Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clay Hill, with the one closest to Clay Hill listed first.
- Perkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Chitwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Walker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stephens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Duncan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Winfield Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Isham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Trammel Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- King Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (759 more) ...
- Stanley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ryan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fed Phillips Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Clay Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Clay Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Clay Hill, with the one closest to Clay Hill listed first.
- Winfield
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Isham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Isham is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- Doctors ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Doctors is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctors
- Oneida
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowl ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bowl is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowl
- Helenwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pioneer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Valley is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
- New River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Jeffers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jeffers is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers
- Buckeye
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Buckeye is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Newcomb
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Newcomb is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Norma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Norma is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Estimated population in 2014: 147 people
- Robbins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clay Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clay Hill.
Newspapers Published in Clay Hill ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Clay Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Clay Hill, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Clay Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Clay Hill:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Scott County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Campbell County
- Claiborne County
- Fentress County
- Morgan County
- Bell County
- McCreary County
- Pulaski County
- Wayne County
- Whitley 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 Clay Hill, 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' (or 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- Clay Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |