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 Disco (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 Disco. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Disco is located in Blount 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 Blount County: Graham (NC), Swain (NC), Knox, Loudon, Monroe & Sevier.
Below are the counties that are near Disco. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Disco:
- Blount County (The home county of Disco)
- The following are listed by their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- Friendsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kiser
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kiser is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser
- McMullens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McMullens is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullens
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,620 people
- Big Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Big Springs has also been known as:
- Cliff
- Louisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek
- Binfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Binfield is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binfield
- Brick Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brick Mill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill
- Fairway Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairway Estates is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,224 people
- Alcoa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Maryville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Walnut Hill Estates
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Hill Estates is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,394 people
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- Scarboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Scarboro is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Oak Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
- Robertsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Robertsville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Claxton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Claxton is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Peak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Peak is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Oliver Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Leinarts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Leinarts is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leinarts
- Panther ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Panther is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Bethel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bethel is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 719 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- Boyd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Boyd is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Belle Aire
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Belle Aire is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Aire
- Estimated population in 2014: 512 people
- Concord
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Virtue
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Virtue is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virtue
- Estimated population in 2014: 131 people
- Farragut
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Aldenwood Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
- Kingston Woods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kingston Woods is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Woods
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,790 people
- Oak Grove Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Heights is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 4,425 people
- Middlebrook Acres
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Middlebrook Acres is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook Acres
- Estimated population in 2014: 593 people
- Topside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Topside is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
- Estimated population in 2014: 346 people
- Hunting Hills West
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hunting Hills West is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills West
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,970 people
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- Centersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Centersville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Lenoir City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sharp Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sharp Estates is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 919 people
- Eaton Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads
- Vancouver ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vancouver is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver
- Alleghany ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Alleghany is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany
- Estimated population in 2014: 630 people
- Greenback
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jena is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- Morganton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Loudon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- White Wing Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Wing Ferry is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Wing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,550 people
- Loudon City Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park
- McMinn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- Bell Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bell Spring is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring
- Prigmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Prigmore is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore
- Manila
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Manila is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Niota
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nonaburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
- Meigs County
- Surprise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- Tuskeegee ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tuskeegee is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,663 people
- Vonore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Halfway Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Ipe ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ipe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
- Madisonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetwater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Acorn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Ballplay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Belltown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Jacktown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jacktown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
- Tellico Plains
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- Tupper Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tupper Town is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupper Town
- Blue Gem ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Gem is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Gem
- Coal Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Hill is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Coalfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coalfield is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,463 people
- Harriman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oakdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oakdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Petros
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Petros is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petros
- Population from the 2010 Census: 583 people
- Deermont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- Cave Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cave Creek is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
- Selkirk ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Selkirk is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Bear ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bear is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
- Bradbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bradbury is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Wheat ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wheat is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat
- Ethel ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ethel is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,049 people
- Kries
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kries is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kries
- Dyllis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dyllis is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyllis
- Kelley Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kelley Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley Town
- Iron Divide ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Iron Divide is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
- Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
- Kingston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Laddie Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Laddie Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village
- Sevier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- Seymour Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Seymour Heights is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 10,919 people
- Dupont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dupont is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Seymour
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oak City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Oak City is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City
- Wear Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wear Valley is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wear Valley
- Boyds Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Boyds Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Creek
- Waldens Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Waldens Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldens Creek
- Graham County (NC)
- Fontana Dam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fontana Dam is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana Dam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Fontana Dam has also been known as:
- Fontana Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fontana Dam <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Disco, see our County-by-County Page for Disco.
Cemeteries Near Disco ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Disco.
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 Disco - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Disco covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- Ish Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Early Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Keener Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Prater Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Long Tom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Leeper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Unitia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Friendsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Zions Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (972 more) ...
- Cox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview Memorial Gardens
(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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Disco had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Disco, with the one closest to Disco listed first.
- Unitia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Unitia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unitia
- Kiser
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kiser is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser
- Ewing ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ewing is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
- Boyd
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Boyd is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Virtue
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Virtue is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virtue
- Estimated population in 2014: 131 people
- Concord
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Coytee ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coytee is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coytee
- Meadow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Meadow is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
- Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek
- Louisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Griffitts ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Griffitts is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffitts
- Greenback
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Clover Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Hill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Mentor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mentor is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
- Vancouver ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vancouver is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Disco. See our List of 1890's Communities around Disco.
Newspapers Published in Disco ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Disco.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Disco, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Disco.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Disco:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Blount County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Knox County
- Loudon County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Roane County
- Sevier County
- Graham 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 Disco, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Disco) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |