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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Elkmont. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Elkmont to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Elkmont, please Contact Us.

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 Elkmont (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 Elkmont. 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 doctors 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Elkmont is historic, it would have been located within present day Sevier 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 Sevier County: Haywood (NC), Swain (NC), Blount, Cocke, Jefferson & Knox.

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

  • Sevier County     (The home county of Elkmont)
  • Blount County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elkmont, with the one closest to Elkmont listed first.
    • Townsend
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Red Bank
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Red Bank is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
    • Miller Cove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Miller Cove is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cove
      • Estimated population in 2014: 267 people
    • Cowan Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cowan Springs is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Springs
      • Estimated population in 2014: 9,010 people
    • Walland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Rocky Branch
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Rocky Branch is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
      • Estimated population in 2014: 5,427 people
    • Seaton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Wildwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Chelsey Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Chelsey Village is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsey Village
    • Eagleton Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Eagleton Village is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton Village
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 5,052 people
    • Happy Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Sixmile
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Maryville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Cocke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elkmont, with the one closest to Elkmont listed first.
    • Cosby
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Birdsville ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Birdsville was located in Cocke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
    • Carson Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bailey Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Bailey Town is located in Cocke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
      • Estimated population in 2014: 428 people
    • Hartford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wilton Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Clevenger
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Clevenger is located in Cocke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
      • Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
    • Edwina
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Naillon ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Naillon was located in Cocke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naillon
    • Wilsonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jaybird
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jaybird is located in Cocke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
      • Estimated population in 2014: 3,299 people
    • Newport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elkmont, with the one closest to Elkmont listed first.
    • Cook Mill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
      • Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
    • Dumplin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Piedmont
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Dandridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Flat Gap
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Rocky Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
    • Strawberry Plains
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Alena ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Alena was located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena
    • New Market
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elkmont, with the one closest to Elkmont listed first.
    • Kimberlin Heights
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Peters Mill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Shooks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bonny Kate
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Colonial Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Colonial Village is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Thorn Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Arrowhead
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Whites Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Whites Village is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village
    • Wooddale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Moshina Heights
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Moshina Heights is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshina Heights
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,335 people
    • Ramsey Ferry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Ramsey Ferry is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2014: 320 people
    • Topside
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Topside is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
      • Estimated population in 2014: 346 people
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elkmont, with the one closest to Elkmont listed first.
    • Ipe ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Ipe was located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
    • Halfway Town ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Halfway Town was located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
  • Cherokee County (NC)
  • Graham County (NC)
  • Haywood County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elkmont, with the one closest to Elkmont listed first.
    • Mount Sterling
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Maggie Valley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Jackson County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elkmont, with the one closest to Elkmont listed first.
    • Whittier
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Paint Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Paint Town is located in Jackson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Town
    • Wilmot
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Dillsboro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sylva
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Greens Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Addie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Webster
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Webster is located in Jackson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
    • Gay
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Macon County (NC)
  • Swain County (NC)

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

Cemeteries Near Elkmont ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elkmont.

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 Elkmont - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

While we didn't find Elkmont in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elkmont.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Elkmont ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elkmont.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elkmont, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elkmont.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Elkmont:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Elkmont, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Elkmont) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.