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 Dykes Mill (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 Dykes Mill. 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.
Name Variations for Dykes Mill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Dykes Mill: Dykes Ml. (or less commonly used: Dykes Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Dykes Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Dykes Mill may originally have been Dyke's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Dykes Mill might be written as Dyke Mill.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Dykes Mill 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 Dykes Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dykes Mill:
- Hawkins County (The home county of Dykes Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dykes Mill, with the one closest to Dykes Mill listed first.
- Blossom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Church Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Green Village is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Greenland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenland is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- New Canton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Block City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Block City is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
- Mount Carmel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Solitude ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Solitude is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Surgoinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rotherwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood
- Kepler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kepler is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dykes Mill, with the one closest to Dykes Mill listed first.
- Watauga
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Watauga is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Pine Crest
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Crest is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Central
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Central is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Biltmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Biltmore is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore
- Elizabethton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gap Run
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gap Run is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
- Hunter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hunter is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Woodby Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodby Hill is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodby Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,730 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dykes Mill, with the one closest to Dykes Mill listed first.
- Jearoldstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Milburnton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Milburnton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton
- Baileyton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Centersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Centersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Rheatown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rheatown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Ottway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Fairview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Afton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Romeo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Romeo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Bolton Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bolton Estates is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
- Albany
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Albany is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Hamblen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dykes Mill, with the one closest to Dykes Mill listed first.
- Whitesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dykes Mill, with the one closest to Dykes Mill listed first.
- Willis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Willis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Kyles Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Trent Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Trent Valley is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
- Duck Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Duck Creek is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Sneedville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yount Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yount Town is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dykes Mill, with the one closest to Dykes Mill listed first.
- Blair Gap
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Blair Gap is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Gap
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,870 people
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Beartown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beartown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Colonial Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fordtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Beechwood Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village
- Borden Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Borden Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village
- Cherokee Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Kingsport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Horace ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Morrison City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison City
- Wahoo ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wahoo is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Unicoi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dykes Mill, with the one closest to Dykes Mill listed first.
- Bumpus Cove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
- Erwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Unicoi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Banner Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
- Indian Creek ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Whispering Pines
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Ernestville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ernestville is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernestville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,311 people
- Clear Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clear Branch is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch
- Former name for Clear Branch:
- Kittyton
- Loganton ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Loganton is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton
- Flag Pond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond
- Limestone Cove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dykes Mill, with the one closest to Dykes Mill listed first.
- Fall Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harmony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Ducktown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ducktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 457 people
- Wheelocktown ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wheelocktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelocktown
- Locust Mount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Mount is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
- Big Sandy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Sandy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Estimated population in 2014: 542 people
- Bowmantown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bowmantown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
- Gray
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mill Brook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mill Brook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook
- Oakland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Spurgeon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Spurgeon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,957 people
- Leesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dykes Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Dykes Mill.
Cemeteries Near Dykes Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dykes Mill.
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 Dykes Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dykes Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dykes Mill, with the one closest to Dykes Mill listed first.
- Morrison Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Yankee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Oak Glenn Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mowell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Glenn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ball Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fall Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fall Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Old Fall Branch - Hooper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Patterson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (878 more) ...
- White Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- McCrary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Howard 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.<5>
While we didn't find Dykes Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dykes Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dykes Mill, with the one closest to Dykes Mill listed first.
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Lovelace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lovelace is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
- Harbour
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harbour is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour
- Blossom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Fall Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mole
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mole is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole
- Jearoldstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Church Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Swanay ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Swanay is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanay
- Cedar Lane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Lane is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lane
- New Canton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Cloverbottom ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cloverbottom is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverbottom
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Butterfly ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Butterfly is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly
- Van Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Van Hill is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hill
- Meadowbrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Meadowbrook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dykes Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dykes Mill.
Newspapers Published in Dykes Mill ...
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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dykes Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dykes Mill, 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 Dykes Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Dykes Mill:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hawkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Greene County
- Hamblen County
- Hancock County
- Sullivan County
- Unicoi County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dykes Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Dykes Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |