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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 Eaton Crossroads (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 Eaton Crossroads. 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 Eaton Crossroads ...

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.

Another variation: Eaton Crossroad.

  • A typical abbreviation for Eaton Crossroads: Eaton Xrds.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon 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 Loudon County: Blount, Knox, McMinn, Monroe & Roane.

Below are the counties that are near Eaton Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eaton Crossroads:

  • Loudon County     (The home county of Eaton Crossroads)
  • Anderson County
  • Blount County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton Crossroads, with the one closest to Eaton Crossroads listed first.
    • Kiser
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Friendsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • McMullens
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • McMullens is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullens
      • Estimated population in 2014: 13,620 people
    • Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek
    • Louisville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Big Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Binfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Brick Mill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Alcoa
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Alcoa is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,382 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alcoa <1>
    • Fairway Estates
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairway Estates is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Estates
      • Estimated population in 2014: 8,224 people
    • Maryville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Walnut Hill Estates
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Walnut Hill Estates is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Estates
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,394 people
  • Campbell County
  • Cumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton Crossroads, with the one closest to Eaton Crossroads listed first.
    • Rogers
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Rogers is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
      • Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
    • Hebbertsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton Crossroads, with the one closest to Eaton Crossroads listed first.
    • Boyd
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Farragut
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Virtue
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Virtue is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virtue
      • Estimated population in 2014: 131 people
    • Belle Aire
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Belle Aire is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Aire
      • Estimated population in 2014: 512 people
    • Concord
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Volunteer Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Volunteer Village is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Village
    • Ebenezer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Oak Grove Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Grove Heights is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 4,425 people
    • Kingston Woods
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Kingston Woods is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Woods
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,790 people
    • Karns
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Middlebrook Acres
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Middlebrook Acres is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook Acres
      • Estimated population in 2014: 593 people
    • Aldenwood Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park
      • Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
  • McMinn County
  • Meigs County
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton Crossroads, with the one closest to Eaton Crossroads listed first.
    • Vonore
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Tuskeegee ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Tuskeegee is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,663 people
    • Sweetwater
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Toqua ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Madisonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Halfway Town ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
    • Ipe ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Ipe is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
    • Acorn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Ballplay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Belltown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Morgan County
  • Rhea County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton Crossroads, with the one closest to Eaton Crossroads listed first.
    • Roddy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Lakewood Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
  • Roane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Eaton Crossroads, with the one closest to Eaton Crossroads listed first.
    • Bradbury
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Selkirk ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Selkirk is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
    • Cave Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Bear ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Bear is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
    • Wheat ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ethel ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Ethel is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,049 people
    • Kries
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Dyllis
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Iron Divide ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Iron Divide is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
    • Kingston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Laddie Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Laddie Village is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village
    • Kelley Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Kelley Town is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley Town
  • Scott County
  • Sevier County
    • Seymour Heights
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Seymour Heights is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour Heights
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 10,919 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eaton Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Eaton Crossroads.

Cemeteries Near Eaton Crossroads ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eaton Crossroads.

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 Eaton Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eaton Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eaton Crossroads, with the one closest to Eaton Crossroads listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Eaton Crossroads had a population of 47 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Eaton Crossroads, with the one closest to Eaton Crossroads listed first.

  • Vancouver ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Vancouver is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver
  • Oral
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Oral is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral
  • Cave Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Selkirk ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Selkirk is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
  • Boyd
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Virtue
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Virtue is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virtue
    • Estimated population in 2014: 131 people
  • Loudon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Bear ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Bear is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
  • Coytee ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Coytee is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coytee
  • Unitia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Unitia is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unitia
  • Disco
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Disco is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disco
  • Concord
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Wheat ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Leedom ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Leedom is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedom
    • Paint Rock ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Paint Rock is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eaton Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eaton Crossroads.

Newspapers Published in Eaton Crossroads ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eaton Crossroads.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eaton Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eaton Crossroads.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Eaton Crossroads:

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 Eaton Crossroads, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Eaton Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.