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 Cuba (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 Cuba. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Cuba 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 Cuba. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cuba:
- Hawkins County (The home county of Cuba)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuba, with the one closest to Cuba listed first.
- Galbraith Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Galbraith Springs is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith Springs
- Red Bridge Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 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
- Mooresburg Springs
(5 miles [8 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
- Mooresburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Persia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Persia is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Rogersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bulls Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Strahl
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Strahl is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl
- Amis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Amis is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis
- Eidson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eidson is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson
- Kepler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Kepler is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler
- Surgoinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Claiborne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuba, with the one closest to Cuba listed first.
- Caney Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Evans Ferry
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
- Springdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Springdale is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Tazewell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lone Mountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lone Mountain is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain
- New Tazewell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Head of Barren
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren
- Sandlick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sandlick is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlick
- Cocke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuba, with the one closest to Cuba listed first.
- Bybee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Parrottsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jaybird
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jimtown is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Wilsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wilsonville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Bridgeport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Clevenger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clevenger is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
- Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
- Newport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bailey Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bailey Town is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 428 people
- West Myers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Myers is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
- Grainger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuba, with the one closest to Cuba listed first.
- Bean Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wyatt Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village
- Marshalls Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
- Beans
(13 miles [20.9 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Bowen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bowen is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Wa-Ni Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wa-Ni Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wa-Ni Village
- Rutledge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Oakland
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lulaville is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuba, with the one closest to Cuba listed first.
- Marvin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marvin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Romeo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Romeo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Beulah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Beulah is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Albany
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Albany is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Midway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mosheim
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Baileyton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ottway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Warrensburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Warrensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg
- Little Chucky ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Little Chucky is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chucky
- Bright Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bright Hope is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Hope
- Hamblen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuba, with the one closest to Cuba listed first.
- Whitesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bright ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Silver City is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- East Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Village is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Casablanca
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monte Vista Estates
(16 miles [25.7 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
(21 miles [33.8 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 Cuba, with the one closest to Cuba listed first.
- Yount Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yount Town is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town
- 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
- 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Xenophon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Xenophon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon
- Kyles Ford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Willis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Willis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- 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 Cuba, with the one closest to Cuba listed first.
- Leadvale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Leadvale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadvale
- White Pine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Talbott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edna
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Edna is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Baneberry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rock Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Town
- Jefferson City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alena ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alena is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena
- Dandridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- New Market
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan County
- Blair Gap
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Union County
- Haynes ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Haynes is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuba, with the one closest to Cuba listed first.
- Ducktown
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Limestone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mill Brook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mill Brook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook
- Oakland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Big Sandy
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Locust Mount
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Locust Mount is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
- Harlan County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuba, with the one closest to Cuba listed first.
- Cranks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cranks is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranks
- Cawood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cawood is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawood
- Bobs Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bobs Creek is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Creek
- Mary Alice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mary Alice is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Alice
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cuba, see our County-by-County Page for Cuba.
Cemeteries Near Cuba ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cuba.
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 Cuba - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cuba covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cuba, with the one closest to Cuba listed first.
- Gladson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kyle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Courtney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Walker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McBride Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Flora Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Larmer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- McCarty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dalton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Price Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Davis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (772 more) ...
- Rogers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cobb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Cemetery
- The Cobb Cemetery has also been known as:
- Read Private Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #10644 <2>
- Lee Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
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 Cuba in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cuba.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cuba, with the one closest to Cuba listed first.
- Galbraith Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Galbraith Springs is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith Springs
- Choptack
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Choptack is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptack
- Saint Clair
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clair is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Mooresburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lee Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lee Valley is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Valley
- Austins Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Austins Mill is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austins Mill
- Whitesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- White Horn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- White Horn is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horn
- Otes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Otes is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otes
- Persia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Persia is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Rogersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bean Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Bright ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bright is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
- Russellville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bulls Gap
(8 miles [12.9 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 Cuba. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cuba.
Newspapers Published in Cuba ...
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 Cuba.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cuba, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cuba.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Cuba:
- 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
- Union 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> | 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 Cuba, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cuba) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |