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 Eagle Furnace (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 Eagle Furnace. 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 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.
Eagle Furnace is located in Roane 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 Roane County: Anderson, Cumberland, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Morgan & Rhea.
Below are the counties that are near Eagle Furnace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eagle Furnace:
- Roane County (The home county of Eagle Furnace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Furnace, with the one closest to Eagle Furnace listed first.
- Pioneer Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Glen Alice
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Lakemont Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- Rockwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Postoak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Morrisgap ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Morrisgap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap
- Cardiff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- College Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Iron Divide ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Iron Divide is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
- Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
- Midtown Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Midtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Emory Gap
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Kingston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Furnace, with the one closest to Eagle Furnace listed first.
- Oak Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oliver Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Robertsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Robertsville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Furnace, with the one closest to Eagle Furnace listed first.
- Ninemile
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Winesap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Summer City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Pikeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Furnace, with the one closest to Eagle Furnace listed first.
- Jewett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- Crab Orchard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Center Ford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Rogers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rogers is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
- Burke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Hebbertsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Lake Pomeroy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Fairfield Glade
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbriar Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Woodlands
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlands is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
- Estimated population in 2014: 369 people
- Lake Tansi Village
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Crossville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lantana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lantana is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lantana
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Furnace, with the one closest to Eagle Furnace listed first.
- Luttrell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Philadelphia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Loudon City Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park
- Loudon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- White Wing Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Eaton Crossroads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads
- Lenoir City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sharp Estates
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Vancouver ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Vancouver is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver
- Centersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Centersville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Morganton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- McMinn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Furnace, with the one closest to Eagle Furnace listed first.
- Prigmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Prigmore is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore
- Bell Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Spring is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring
- Niota
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Athens
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Manila
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Manila is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Riceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lamontville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lamontville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamontville
- Nonaburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Furnace, with the one closest to Eagle Furnace listed first.
- Akeman Crossroad
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Surprise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Sewee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Cute ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Calico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Calico is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Estimated population in 2014: 495 people
- Decatur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Goodfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Goodfield is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfield
- Beta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Beta is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
- Cayuga Town ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cayuga Town is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Town
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Furnace, with the one closest to Eagle Furnace listed first.
- Sweetwater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Madisonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vonore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Furnace, with the one closest to Eagle Furnace listed first.
- Harriman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Deermont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Nemo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Coal Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Hill is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Blue Gem ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Gem is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Gem
- Lancing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wartburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Coalfield
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Petros
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Petros is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petros
- Population from the 2010 Census: 583 people
- Annadel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Bucklick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eagle Furnace, with the one closest to Eagle Furnace listed first.
- Roddy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Lakewood Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Spring City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bryan Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bryan Hill is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Hill
- Cumberland Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland Spring is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Spring
- Dayton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Graysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Graysville is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eagle Furnace, see our County-by-County Page for Eagle Furnace.
Cemeteries Near Eagle Furnace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eagle Furnace.
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 Eagle Furnace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eagle Furnace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eagle Furnace, with the one closest to Eagle Furnace listed first.
- Eagle Furnace Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Garrison Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bean Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bean Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bean Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Glen Alice.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9029 <2>
- Roddy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Parker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Old Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Alice Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hinds Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinds Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hinds Valley Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Glen Alice.
- The Hinds Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hinds Valley Baptist Church Cemetery
- White's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #13420 <2>
- Clifton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hickey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (877 more) ...
- Roddy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Horst Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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 Eagle Furnace in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eagle Furnace.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eagle Furnace, with the one closest to Eagle Furnace listed first.
- Glen Alice
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Roddy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Grandview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lorraine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lorraine is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Euchee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Euchee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchee
- Barnardsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Barnardsville is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnardsville
- Rockwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Balta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Balta is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balta
- Spring City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rhea Springs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rhea Springs is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhea Springs
- Webster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Webster is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Surprise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Morrisgap ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Morrisgap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap
- Cardiff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Pattie Gap ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pattie Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattie Gap
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eagle Furnace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eagle Furnace.
Newspapers Published in Eagle Furnace ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eagle Furnace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eagle Furnace, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eagle Furnace.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Eagle Furnace:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Roane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Bledsoe County
- Cumberland County
- Loudon County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Rhea 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 Eagle Furnace, 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- Eagle Furnace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |