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 Eastport (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 Eastport. 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 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.
Eastport is located in Cocke 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 Cocke County : Haywood (NC) , Madison (NC) , Greene , Hamblen , Jefferson & Sevier .
Below are the counties that are near Eastport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eastport:
Cocke County (The home county of Eastport)
The following are listed by their distance from Eastport, with the one closest to Eastport listed first.
Jimtown (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Jimtown is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown Jaybird (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Jaybird is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird Estimated population in 2014: 3,299 people
Newport (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Bridgeport (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Bridgeport is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Edwina (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Edwina is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina Wilsonville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Wilsonville is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville West Myers (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
West Myers is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
Wilton Springs (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Wilton Springs is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Springs Carson Springs (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Carson Springs is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Springs Bailey Town (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Bailey Town is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town Estimated population in 2014: 428 people
Clevenger (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Clevenger is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
Bybee (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Parrottsville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Grainger County
The following are listed by their distance from Eastport, with the one closest to Eastport listed first.
Dyers Ferry (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
Oakland (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Oakland is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
Marshalls Ferry (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry Wa-Ni Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Wa-Ni Village is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wa-Ni Village Wyatt Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village Bean Station (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Beans (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Beans is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
Bowen (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Bowen is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen Massengill Mill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Massengill Mill is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massengill Mill Estimated population in 2014: 1,600 people
Rutledge (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Lulaville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Lulaville is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville Thorn Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Eastport, with the one closest to Eastport listed first.
Sirenburg ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Sirenburg is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirenburg Warrensburg (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Warrensburg is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg Beulah (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Beulah is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Bright Hope (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Bright Hope is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Hope Little Chucky ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Little Chucky is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chucky Cedar Creek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Cedar Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Midway (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Mosheim (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Marvin (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Marvin is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Greeneville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Camp Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Camp Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek Albany (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Albany is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Forest Hills (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Forest Hills is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Estimated population in 2014: 5,027 people
Hamblen County
The following are listed by their distance from Eastport, with the one closest to Eastport listed first.
Monte Vista Estates (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Monte Vista Estates is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista Estates Estimated population in 2014: 2,860 people
Silver City (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Silver City is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City Morristown (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
East Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
East Village is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village Casablanca (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Casablanca is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
Whitesburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Bright ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Bright is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
Collons Ferry (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Collons Ferry is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collons Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 986 people
Hawkins County
The following are listed by their distance from Eastport, with the one closest to Eastport listed first.
Bulls Gap (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Mooresburg (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Red Bridge Ferry (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Red Bridge Ferry is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bridge Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 1,135 people
Persia (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Persia is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia Galbraith Springs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Galbraith Springs is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith Springs Mooresburg Springs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Mooresburg Springs is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg Springs Population from the 2010 Census: 941 people
Strahl (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Strahl is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl Jefferson County
The following are listed by their distance from Eastport, with the one closest to Eastport listed first.
Baneberry (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Leadvale (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Leadvale is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadvale White Pine (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Edna (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Edna is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Dandridge (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Talbott (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Flat Gap (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap Rock Town (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Rock Town is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Town Alena ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Alena is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena Piedmont (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Piedmont is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont Jefferson City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Cook Mill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
Dumplin (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Dumplin is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Eastport, with the one closest to Eastport listed first.
Peters Mill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Peters Mill is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Mill Thorn Grove (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Thorn Grove is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Grove Lyonton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Lyonton is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonton Sevier County
The following are listed by their distance from Eastport, with the one closest to Eastport listed first.
East Fork (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
East Fork is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork Pittman Center (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Pittman Center is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman Center Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
Harrisburg (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Harrisburg is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
Millican Grove (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Millican Grove is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millican Grove Middle Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Middle Creek is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek Sevierville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Catlettsburg (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg Henry Crossroads (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Henry Crossroads is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Crossroads Pigeon Forge (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Gatlinburg (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Kodak (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Chalet Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Chalet Village is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalet Village Boyds Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Boyds Creek is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Creek Buncombe County (NC)
Sandymush (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Sandymush is located in Buncombe County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandymush Sandymush has also been known as:
Sandy Mush Haywood County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Eastport, with the one closest to Eastport listed first.
Mount Sterling (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling Teague ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Teague is located in Haywood County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague Madison County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Eastport, with the one closest to Eastport listed first.
Lynch ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Lynch is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Hot Springs (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Bluff (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Bluff is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring Creek (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Spring Creek is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Trust (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Trust is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust Allenstand (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand Hurricane (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Hurricane is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Stackhouse (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Stackhouse is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse Chapel Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Chapel Hill is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill Walnut (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Walnut is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Cutshalltown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Cutshalltown is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown White Rock (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
White Rock is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock Allegheny (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Allegheny is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eastport, see our County-by-County Page for Eastport .
Cemeteries Near Eastport ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eastport.
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 Eastport - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eastport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eastport, with the one closest to Eastport listed first.
Union Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Gray Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Inman Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Hearst Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Woods Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
McNabb Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
O'Dell Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Susong Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Allen Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Morris Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Bryant Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Hannon Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (765 more) ...
Gray Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Woods Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Fox Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Eastport in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eastport.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eastport, with the one closest to Eastport listed first.
Oldtown (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Oldtown is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldtown Newport (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Bridgeport (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Bridgeport is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Edwina (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Edwina is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina Carson Springs (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Carson Springs is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Springs Wilton Springs (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Wilton Springs is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Springs Rankin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Rankin is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin Bybee (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Parrottsville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Birdsville ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Birdsville is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville Del Rio (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Salem (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Salem is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Continue List (15 more) ...
Chestnut Hill (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Chestnut Hill is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Ottinger (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Ottinger is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottinger Naillon ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Naillon is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naillon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eastport. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eastport .
Newspapers Published in Eastport ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eastport.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eastport, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Eastport.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Eastport:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Cocke County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Grainger County Greene County Hamblen County Hawkins County Jefferson County Knox County Sevier County Buncombe County Haywood County Madison County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Eastport. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Eastport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Eastport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.