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 Deerwood (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 Deerwood. 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 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.
Deerwood is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Bledsoe, Fentress, Morgan, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Van Buren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Deerwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Deerwood:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Deerwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerwood, with the one closest to Deerwood listed first.
- Rogers
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
- Hebbertsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Center Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Lake Pomeroy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Crab Orchard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fairfield Glade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlands
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Woodlands is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
- Estimated population in 2014: 369 people
- Greenbriar Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Jewett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- Crossville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Burke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Lake Tansi Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
- Creston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerwood, with the one closest to Deerwood listed first.
- Oliver Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Robertsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Robertsville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Scarboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Scarboro is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerwood, with the one closest to Deerwood listed first.
- Ninemile
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Winesap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Campbell County
- Shea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shea is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shea
- Fentress County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerwood, with the one closest to Deerwood listed first.
- Clarkrange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grimsley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Armathwaite
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerwood, with the one closest to Deerwood listed first.
- Farragut
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Virtue
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Virtue is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virtue
- Estimated population in 2014: 131 people
- Belle Aire
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Belle Aire is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Aire
- Estimated population in 2014: 512 people
- Boyd
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Boyd is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Volunteer Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Volunteer Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Village
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerwood, with the one closest to Deerwood listed first.
- White Wing Ferry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- White Wing Ferry is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Wing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,550 people
- Luttrell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Loudon City Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park
- Eaton Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads
- Vancouver ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Vancouver is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver
- Loudon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sharp Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sharp Estates is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 919 people
- Lenoir City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- McMinn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerwood, with the one closest to Deerwood listed first.
- Prigmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Prigmore is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore
- Bell Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Spring is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring
- Niota
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerwood, with the one closest to Deerwood listed first.
- Surprise
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Akeman Crossroad
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Sewee
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Cute ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Calico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Calico is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Estimated population in 2014: 495 people
- Decatur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Monroe County
- Sweetwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerwood, with the one closest to Deerwood listed first.
- Harriman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Nemo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Deermont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Oakdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Lancing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wartburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Gem ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Blue Gem is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Gem
- Coal Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Coal Hill is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Annadel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Lavender
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Coalfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coalfield is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,463 people
- Bucklick
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Overton County
- Obey City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Obey City is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obey City
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerwood, with the one closest to Deerwood listed first.
- Roddy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Lakewood Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Spring City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerwood, with the one closest to Deerwood listed first.
- Rockwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lakemont Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- Cardiff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- College Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Postoak
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Emory Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Midtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Bazel Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bazel Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
- Glen Alice
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Midtown Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Kingston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Laddie Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Laddie Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village
- Pioneer Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deerwood, with the one closest to Deerwood listed first.
- Hembree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hembree is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hembree
- Glenmary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- Elgin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
- Hughett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hughett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughett
- Robbins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Robbins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Robbins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Robbins
- Smoky Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Smoky Junction is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky Junction
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Deerwood, see our County-by-County Page for Deerwood.
Cemeteries Near Deerwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Deerwood.
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 Deerwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Deerwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Deerwood, with the one closest to Deerwood listed first.
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Farmer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Price Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baird Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Powell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Watson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Golliher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dry Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Snow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Orchard Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Orchard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Skidmore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (915 more) ...
- Day Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bradshaw Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Deerwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Deerwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Deerwood, with the one closest to Deerwood listed first.
- Rockwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cardiff
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Webster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Webster is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Emory Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Hebbertsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Harriman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Glen Alice
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Oakdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Deermont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Nemo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Crab Orchard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Roddy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kingston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Frankfort
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Frankfort is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- DeArmond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- DeArmond is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeArmond
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Deerwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Deerwood.
Newspapers Published in Deerwood ...
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 Deerwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Deerwood, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Deerwood.
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 Deerwood:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Bledsoe County
- Campbell County
- Fentress County
- Knox County
- Loudon County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Overton County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Scott 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 Deerwood, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Deerwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |