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 Evensville (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 Evensville. 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.
Evensville is located in Rhea 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 Rhea County: Bledsoe, Bradley, Cumberland, Meigs & Roane.
Below are the counties that are near Evensville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Evensville:
- Rhea County (The home county of Evensville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Evensville, with the one closest to Evensville listed first.
- Bryan Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bryan Hill is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Hill
- Cumberland Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland Spring is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Spring
- Dayton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Spring City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Graysville
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Lakewood Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Roddy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evensville, with the one closest to Evensville listed first.
- Summer City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Ninemile
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Pikeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Brayton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brayton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Winesap
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Brockdell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brockdell is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockdell
- Pailo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pailo is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pailo
- Bradley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evensville, with the one closest to Evensville listed first.
- Etola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Etola is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etola
- Hopewell Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hopewell Estates is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,874 people
- Charleston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Countryside Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Countryside Village is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside Village
- Hopewell
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Bellefounte
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bellefounte is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefounte
- Bent Tree Acres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bent Tree Acres is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Tree Acres
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,309 people
- Cleveland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- East Cleveland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- East Cleveland is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cleveland
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,608 people
- South Cleveland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- South Cleveland is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cleveland
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,912 people
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evensville, with the one closest to Evensville listed first.
- Burke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Jewett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- Lake Tansi Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- 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
- Newton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
- Newton has also been known as:
- Peay
- Mount Gilead ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Gilead is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Crab Orchard
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lantana
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lantana is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lantana
- Erasmus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Erasmus is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erasmus
- Crossville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Greenbriar Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Todd Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Todd Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Town
- Center Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evensville, with the one closest to Evensville listed first.
- Lakewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lakewood is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Estimated population in 2011: 2,336 people
- Birchwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sale Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Top
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Top is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
- Population from the 2010 Census: 422 people
- Soddy Lake Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Soddy Lake Heights is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soddy Lake Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,190 people
- Soddy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Soddy is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soddy
- Mowbray
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mowbray is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowbray
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,615 people
- Soddy - Daisy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Lakesite
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lakesite is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakesite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,866 people
- Caramel Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Caramel Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caramel Village
- Crabtree Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crabtree Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree Hills
- Estimated population in 2014: 763 people
- Loudon County
- Luttrell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- McMinn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evensville, with the one closest to Evensville listed first.
- Lamontville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lamontville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamontville
- Riceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Athens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Prigmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Prigmore is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore
- Calhoun
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Niota
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Claxton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Claxton is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Luskville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Luskville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luskville
- Bell Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bell Spring is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring
- Englewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Manila
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Manila is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Goodsprings
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goodsprings is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evensville, with the one closest to Evensville listed first.
- Calico
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Calico is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Estimated population in 2014: 495 people
- Decatur
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Goodfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goodfield is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfield
- Cayuga Town ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cayuga Town is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Town
- Beta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beta is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
- Akeman Crossroad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Cute ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Sewee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- East View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- East View is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East View
- Estimated population in 2014: 705 people
- Surprise
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Monroe County
- Sweetwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evensville, with the one closest to Evensville listed first.
- Chestuee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chestuee is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestuee
- Delano
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evensville, with the one closest to Evensville listed first.
- Pioneer Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Glen Alice
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Lakemont Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- Morrisgap ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Morrisgap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap
- Rockwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Postoak
(28 miles [45.1 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
- College Grove
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Divide is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
- Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
- Midtown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Sequatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evensville, with the one closest to Evensville listed first.
- Dunlap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Center Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Center Point is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Van Buren County
- Sweetgum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sweetgum is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetgum
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Evensville, see our County-by-County Page for Evensville.
Cemeteries Near Evensville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Evensville.
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 Evensville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Evensville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Evensville, with the one closest to Evensville listed first.
- Evens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Paine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sneed Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Webb Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Howerton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pierce Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Norman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Porter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Newby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hurst Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (800 more) ...
- Buttram Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Waterhouse 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Evensville had a population of 170 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Evensville, with the one closest to Evensville listed first.
- Dayton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Port ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cotton Port is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Port
- Tanbark ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tanbark is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanbark
- Pineland ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pineland is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineland
- Breedenton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Breedenton is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breedenton
- Morgan Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Morgan Springs is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Springs
- Ogden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Goodfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goodfield is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfield
- Decatur
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Summer City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Graysville
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Beta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beta is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Rhea Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rhea Springs is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhea Springs
- Spring City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Big Spring
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Big Spring is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Evensville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Evensville.
Newspapers Published in Evensville ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Evensville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Evensville, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Evensville.
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 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 Evensville:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Rhea County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bledsoe County
- Bradley County
- Cumberland County
- Hamilton County
- Loudon County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Monroe County
- Polk County
- Roane County
- Sequatchie County
- Van Buren 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> | 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 Evensville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Evensville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |