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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 Click Mill (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 Click Mill. 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 Click Mill ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Click Mill: Click Ml. (or less commonly used: Click Mll.)

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Click Mill is located in Cocke 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 Cocke County: Haywood (NC), Madison (NC), Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson & Sevier.

Below are the counties that are near Click Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Click Mill:

  • Cocke County     (The home county of Click Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Click Mill, with the one closest to Click Mill listed first.
    • West Myers
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • West Myers is located in Cocke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
    • Nough
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Nough is located in Cocke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nough
    • Del Rio
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bridgeport
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Bridgeport is located in Cocke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Naillon ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Naillon is located in Cocke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naillon
    • Tom Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Tom Town is located in Cocke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
    • Edwina
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Edwina is located in Cocke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
    • Wilton Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Wilton Springs is located in Cocke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Springs
    • Jimtown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jimtown is located in Cocke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
    • Hartford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Wolf Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
    • Parrottsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Newport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Grainger County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Click Mill, with the one closest to Click Mill listed first.
    • Dyers Ferry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
    • Oakland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Oakland is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
      • Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
    • Marshalls Ferry
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
    • Wa-Ni Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Wa-Ni Village is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wa-Ni Village
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Click Mill, with the one closest to Click Mill listed first.
    • Sirenburg ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Sirenburg is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirenburg
    • Cedar Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Creek is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
    • Little Chucky ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Little Chucky is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chucky
    • Warrensburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Warrensburg is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg
    • Bright Hope
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Bright Hope is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Hope
    • Beulah
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Beulah is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
    • Midway
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Mosheim
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Camp Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Camp Creek is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
    • Greeneville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Marvin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Marvin is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
    • Forest Hills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Forest Hills is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
      • Estimated population in 2014: 5,027 people
    • Water Fork Mill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Water Fork Mill is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Fork Mill
      • Estimated population in 2014: 445 people
  • Hamblen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Click Mill, with the one closest to Click Mill listed first.
    • Monte Vista Estates
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Monte Vista Estates is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista Estates
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,860 people
    • Silver City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Silver City is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • East Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • East Village is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
    • Morristown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Whitesburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Casablanca
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Casablanca is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
    • Bright ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Bright is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
    • Collons Ferry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Collons Ferry is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collons Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2014: 986 people
  • Hawkins County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Click Mill, with the one closest to Click Mill listed first.
    • Bulls Gap
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Persia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Persia is located in Hawkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Click Mill, with the one closest to Click Mill listed first.
    • Baneberry
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Leadvale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Leadvale is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadvale
    • White Pine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Dandridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Edna
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Edna is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
    • Flat Gap
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
    • Talbott
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Alena ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Alena is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena
    • Rock Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rock Town is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Town
    • Piedmont
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Piedmont is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
    • Jefferson City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cook Mill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
      • Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
    • Dumplin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Dumplin is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin
  • Sevier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Click Mill, with the one closest to Click Mill listed first.
    • East Fork
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • East Fork is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
    • Pittman Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Pittman Center is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman Center
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
    • Harrisburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
      • Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
    • Millican Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Millican Grove is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millican Grove
    • Middle Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Middle Creek is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
    • Sevierville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Gatlinburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Catlettsburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg
    • Pigeon Forge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Chalet Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Chalet Village is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalet Village
    • Henry Crossroads
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Henry Crossroads is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Crossroads
    • Starkeytown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Starkeytown is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkeytown
      • Estimated population in 2014: 431 people
    • Kodak
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Unicoi County
    • Flag Pond
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond
  • Buncombe County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Click Mill, with the one closest to Click Mill listed first.
    • Sandymush
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Sandymush is located in Buncombe County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandymush
      • Sandymush has also been known as:
      • Sandy Mush
    • Leicester
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Alexander
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Newfound
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Newfound is located in Buncombe County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfound
  • Haywood County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Click Mill, with the one closest to Click Mill listed first.
    • Mount Sterling
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
    • Teague ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Teague is located in Haywood County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
    • Clyde
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Clyde is located in Haywood County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <1>
    • Lake Junaluska
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Maggie Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • West Canton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • West Canton is located in Haywood County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canton
    • Waynesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Canton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Canton is located in Haywood County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,369 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <1>
    • Hazelwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Hazelwood is located in Haywood County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
    • Morning Star
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Morning Star is located in Haywood County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Star
  • Madison County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Click Mill, with the one closest to Click Mill listed first.
    • Lynch ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lynch is located in Madison County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
    • Bluff
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Bluff is located in Madison County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
    • Hot Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Spring Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Spring Creek is located in Madison County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
    • Trust
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Trust is located in Madison County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
    • Stackhouse
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Stackhouse is located in Madison County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
    • Hurricane
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Hurricane is located in Madison County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
    • Allenstand
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand
    • Walnut
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Walnut is located in Madison County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
    • Chapel Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Chapel Hill is located in Madison County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
    • White Rock
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • White Rock is located in Madison County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
    • Cutshalltown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Cutshalltown is located in Madison County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown
    • Marshall
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Click Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Click Mill.

Cemeteries Near Click Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Click Mill.

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 Click Mill - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Click Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Click Mill, with the one closest to Click Mill listed first.

  • Hall Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Ball Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Varner Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Inman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mantooth Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Hall Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Calder Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Susong Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (650 more) ...
    • McNabb Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Fox Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Woods 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.<2>

While we didn't find Click Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Click Mill.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Click Mill, with the one closest to Click Mill listed first.

  • Nough
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Nough is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nough
  • Del Rio
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bridgeport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bridgeport is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
  • Wilton Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Wilton Springs is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Springs
  • Naillon ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Naillon is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naillon
  • Edwina
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Edwina is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
  • Jonestown ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jonestown is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
  • Parrottsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Wolf Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
  • Oldtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Oldtown is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldtown
  • Newport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Salem
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Salem is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Mount Sterling
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
    • Birdsville ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Birdsville is located in Cocke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
    • Sirenburg ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Sirenburg is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirenburg

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Click Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Click Mill.

Newspapers Published in Click Mill ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Click Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Click Mill, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Click Mill.

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 Click Mill:

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 Click Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Click Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.