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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Emory. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Emory to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Emory, 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 Emory (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 Emory. 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 and 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 Emory is historic, it would have been located within present day Morgan 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 Morgan County: Anderson, Cumberland, Fentress, Roane & Scott.
Below are the counties that are near Emory. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Emory:
- Morgan County (The home county of Emory)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emory, with the one closest to Emory listed first.
- Wartburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Annadel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Mahan Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mahan Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Village
- Mill Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mill Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Lancing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunbright
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nemo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Petros
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Petros is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petros
- Population from the 2010 Census: 583 people
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Deer Lodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Deermont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Lavender
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emory, with the one closest to Emory listed first.
- Oliver Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Robertsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Robertsville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Leinarts
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Leinarts is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leinarts
- Oak Ridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fraterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fraterville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraterville
- Estimated population in 2014: 70,612 people
- Rocky Top
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rocky Top is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Top
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Former names for Rocky Top:
- Coal Creek
- Lake City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Top <2>
- Scarboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Scarboro is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Clinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Peak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Peak is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
- Bethel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bethel is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 719 people
- Claxton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Claxton is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emory, with the one closest to Emory listed first.
- Shea
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Shea is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shea
- Silica
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silica is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
- Caryville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stanfill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stanfill is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill
- Pine Crest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Crest is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,388 people
- Elk Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Valley is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
- Hatmaker ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hatmaker is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
- LaFollette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- LaFollette is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,585 people
- LaFollette has also been known as:
- Big Creek Gap
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFollette <2>
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emory, with the one closest to Emory listed first.
- Rogers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rogers is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
- Hebbertsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Lake Pomeroy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Fairfield Glade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Center Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Woodlands
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlands is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
- Estimated population in 2014: 369 people
- Crab Orchard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbriar Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Woody
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Crossville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Creston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Dykes Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
- Fentress County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emory, with the one closest to Emory listed first.
- Armathwaite
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Gernt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Allardt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Grimsley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Clarkrange
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jamestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilder
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wilder is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emory, with the one closest to Emory listed first.
- Volunteer Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Volunteer Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Village
- Karns
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Heiskell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Farragut
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emory, with the one closest to Emory listed first.
- White Wing Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- White Wing Ferry is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Wing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,550 people
- Vancouver ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vancouver is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver
- Eaton Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads
- Sharp Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sharp Estates is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 919 people
- Rhea County
- Roddy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emory, with the one closest to Emory listed first.
- Bazel Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bazel Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
- Kelley Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kelley Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley Town
- Emory Gap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Dyllis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dyllis is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyllis
- Cardiff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- College Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Ethel ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ethel is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,049 people
- Kries
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kries is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kries
- Kingston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Midtown Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Midtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Wheat ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wheat is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emory, with the one closest to Emory listed first.
- Glenmary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- Hembree
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hembree is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hembree
- Elgin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
- Hughett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hughett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughett
- Robbins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- West Robbins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- West Robbins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Robbins
- New River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- New River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Smoky Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smoky Junction is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky Junction
- Norma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norma is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Estimated population in 2014: 147 people
- Winona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Winona is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Montgomery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Helenwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Emory, see our County-by-County Page for Emory.
Cemeteries Near Emory ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Emory.
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 Emory - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Emory covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Emory, with the one closest to Emory listed first.
- Greasy Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hamby Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- McCartt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Elizabeth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Brown - Evans Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caney Branch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCartt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- McCoy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lane Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pilot Mtn. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Aannadell Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (929 more) ...
- Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hamby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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.
Emory itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Emory, with the one closest to Emory listed first.
- Montgomery ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Montgomery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Wartburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Annadel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Lancing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mill Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Sunbright
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Islandford ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Islandford is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islandford
- Nemo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Crookedfork ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Crookedfork is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crookedfork
- Glenmary
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- Deer Lodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Deermont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hughett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hughett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughett
- Elgin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
- Lavender
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Emory. See our List of 1890's Communities around Emory.
Newspapers Published in Emory ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Emory.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Emory, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Emory.
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 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 Emory:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Morgan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Campbell County
- Cumberland County
- Fentress County
- Knox County
- Loudon County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Scott County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
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 Emory, 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> | 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Emory) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |