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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Doctors. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Doctors to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Doctors, please Contact Us.
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 Doctors (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 Doctors. 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 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Doctors is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Doctors. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Doctors:
- Scott County (The home county of Doctors)
- The following are listed by their distance from Doctors, with the one closest to Doctors listed first.
- Winfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oneida
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Huntsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Verdun
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Verdun is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun
- West Oneida
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Oneida is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida
- Isham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Isham is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- State Line
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- State Line is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Winona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Winona is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Helenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Straight Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Straight Fork is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Fork
- Foster Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Foster Crossroads is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Crossroads
- New River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Norma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Norma is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Estimated population in 2014: 147 people
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doctors, with the one closest to Doctors listed first.
- Fraterville
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 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 <2>
- Norris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Andersonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 472 people
- Bethel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 719 people
- Leinarts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leinarts is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leinarts
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Oliver Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doctors, with the one closest to Doctors listed first.
- Stanfill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stanfill is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill
- Elk Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Elk Valley is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
- Silica
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Silica is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
- Caryville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jellico
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Shea
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Shea is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shea
- LaFollette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- 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 <2>
- Habersham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Habersham is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habersham
- Fincastle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Fincastle is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,618 people
- Morley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Morley is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- 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
- Pine Crest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Crest is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,388 people
- Claiborne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doctors, with the one closest to Doctors listed first.
- Clairfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Clairfield is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairfield
- Hamlin Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hamlin Town is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin Town
- Pruden
(30 miles [48.3 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 Doctors, with the one closest to Doctors listed first.
- Gernt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Armathwaite
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Allardt
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Jamestown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pall Mall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doctors, with the one closest to Doctors listed first.
- Mill Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Brewstertown ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Brewstertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewstertown
- Burrville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Sunbright
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mahan Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mahan Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Village
- Annadel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Glades
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Petros
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Petros is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petros
- Population from the 2010 Census: 583 people
- Deer Lodge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Wartburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lancing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lavender
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Tupper Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tupper Town is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupper Town
- Union County
- Long Hollow ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Long Hollow is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow
- Bell County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Doctors, with the one closest to Doctors listed first.
- Pearl
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pearl is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Frakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Frakes is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frakes
- Pruden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pruden is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden
- McCreary County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Doctors, with the one closest to Doctors listed first.
- Strunk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Strunk is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
- Pine Knot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Revelo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Stearns
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Smith Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Whitley City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Marshes Siding
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
- Wiborg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wiborg is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
- Greenwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Pulaski County (KY)
- Alpine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Alpine is located in Pulaski County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Wayne County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Doctors, with the one closest to Doctors listed first.
- Parmleysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Ritner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Mount Pisgah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Sumpter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Slickford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Slickford is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickford
- Whitley County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Doctors, with the one closest to Doctors listed first.
- Ayers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ayers is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Fairview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Red Ash
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Red Ash is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Lot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lot is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot
- Saxton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Saxton is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Pleasant View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Emlyn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Emlyn is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn
- Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Williamsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Packard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Packard is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard
- Nevisdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nevisdale is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevisdale
- Verne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Verne is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Louden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Louden is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Doctors, see our County-by-County Page for Doctors.
Cemeteries Near Doctors ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Doctors.
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 Doctors - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Doctors covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Doctors, with the one closest to Doctors listed first.
- Acres Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Phillips Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stanley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Griffin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Owens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Cemetery
- The Owens Cemetery has also been known as:
- Owens - Posey Cemetery
- Punkin Hollow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sexton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Botts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Annadell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadell Cemetery
- The Annadell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Annadell Community Cemetery
- New Annadell Cemetery
- Ross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lloyd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Cemetery
- The Lloyd Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cross Cemetery
- Smith Creek Cemetery
- Continue List (815 more) ...
- Walker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Scott Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Memorial Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Scott Memorial Gardens is located outside and to the northeast of Oneida.
- The Scott Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Jeffers Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2136342 <3>
- Pike 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.
Doctors itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Doctors, with the one closest to Doctors listed first.
- Bowl ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bowl is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowl
- Oneida
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Winfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Huntsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Helenwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Isham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Isham is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- Jeffers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jeffers is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers
- Pioneer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Buckeye
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Buckeye is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Norma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Norma is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Estimated population in 2014: 147 people
- Elk Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Elk Valley is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Robbins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hughett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hughett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughett
- Elgin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Doctors. See our List of 1890's Communities around Doctors.
Newspapers Published in Doctors ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Doctors.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Doctors, 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 Doctors.
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 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 Doctors:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Scott County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Campbell County
- Claiborne County
- Fentress County
- Morgan County
- Union County
- Bell County
- McCreary County
- Pulaski County
- Wayne County
- Whitley County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Doctors, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Doctors) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |