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 Dorton (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 Dorton. 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 and doctors 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.
Dorton 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 Dorton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dorton:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Dorton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorton, with the one closest to Dorton listed first.
- Greenbriar Village
(2 miles [3.2 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
- Crossville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woodlands
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlands is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
- Estimated population in 2014: 369 people
- Center Ford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Fairfield Glade
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Crab Orchard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Pomeroy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Creston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Dykes Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
- Lake Tansi Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Howard Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Hebbertsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorton, with the one closest to Dorton listed first.
- Winesap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Ninemile
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Summer City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Pikeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fentress County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorton, with the one closest to Dorton listed first.
- Clarkrange
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Grimsley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wilder
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wilder is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Allardt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- 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
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorton, with the one closest to Dorton listed first.
- Akeman Crossroad
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Surprise
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Cute ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Sewee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Calico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Calico is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Estimated population in 2014: 495 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorton, with the one closest to Dorton listed first.
- Bucklick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Lavender
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Nemo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Deer Lodge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Lancing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deermont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Harriman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oakdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oakdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Annadel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Glades
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Wartburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Overton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorton, with the one closest to Dorton listed first.
- Obey City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Obey City is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obey City
- Lovejoy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lovejoy is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Hanging Limb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hanging Limb is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Limb
- Bushing ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bushing is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushing
- Qualls ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Qualls is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualls
- Beaver Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Hill
- Oak Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorton, with the one closest to Dorton listed first.
- Monterey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burnett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Burnett is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Estimated population in 2014: 418 people
- Shennon Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shennon Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennon Village
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorton, with the one closest to Dorton listed first.
- Roddy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Spring City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Cumberland Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Spring is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Spring
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorton, with the one closest to Dorton listed first.
- Glen Alice
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Rockwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lakemont Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- Cardiff
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Postoak
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Pioneer Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- College Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Emory Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Midtown Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Midtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Bazel Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bazel Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
- Kingston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Scott County
- Glenmary
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorton, with the one closest to Dorton listed first.
- Sweetgum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetgum is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetgum
- Cummingsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cummingsville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummingsville
- Meade ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Meade is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorton, with the one closest to Dorton listed first.
- Clarktown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
- Ravenscroft
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ravenscroft is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenscroft
- Cherry Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cherry Creek is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Sparta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Methodist ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Methodist is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dorton, see our County-by-County Page for Dorton.
Cemeteries Near Dorton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dorton.
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 Dorton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dorton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dorton, with the one closest to Dorton listed first.
- Bakers Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hedgecoth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Turner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Warner Cemetery #1
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Warner Cemetery #2
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hyder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Homestead Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stansbury Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Haley Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Turner Cemetery #1
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (753 more) ...
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Goodstock Cemetery #2
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Battown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Dorton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dorton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dorton, with the one closest to Dorton listed first.
- Crossville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Crab Orchard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Creston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Howard Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Grassy Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grassy Cove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Cove
- Pomona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pomona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Lantana
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lantana is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lantana
- Hebbertsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Woody
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Big Lick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Big Lick is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lick
- Wyatt ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Halfway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Genesis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Genesis is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesis
- Burke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Jewett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dorton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dorton.
Newspapers Published in Dorton ...
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 Dorton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dorton, there are papers which were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dorton.
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 Dorton:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bledsoe County
- Fentress County
- Meigs County
- Morgan County
- Overton County
- Putnam County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Scott County
- Van Buren County
- White 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> | 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- Dorton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Dorton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |