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 Forbus (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 Forbus. 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.
Forbus is located in Fentress 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 Fentress County: Cumberland, Morgan, Overton, Pickett, Putnam & Scott.
Below are the counties that are near Forbus. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forbus:
- Fentress County (The home county of Forbus)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forbus, with the one closest to Forbus listed first.
- Pall Mall
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Little Crab
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Little Crab is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crab
- Jamestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cooper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cooper is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
- Cumberland Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Allardt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Armathwaite
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Gernt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Grimsley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wilder
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wilder is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Clarkrange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forbus, with the one closest to Forbus listed first.
- Thompsons Store
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Thompsons Store is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Store
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,180 people
- Cave Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cave Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Springs
- Free Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Free Hill is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Hill
- Celina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forbus, with the one closest to Forbus listed first.
- Brewstertown ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brewstertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewstertown
- Burrville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Glades
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Bucklick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Deer Lodge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Sunbright
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lavender
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Mill Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Overton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forbus, with the one closest to Forbus listed first.
- Taylors Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Taylors Crossroads is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Crossroads
- Oak Dale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Dale is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Dale
- Estimated population in 2014: 222 people
- Poteet ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Poteet is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poteet
- Free Communion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Free Communion is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Communion
- Oakley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Oakley is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Garretts Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Garretts Mill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Mill
- Livingston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Qualls ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Qualls is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualls
- Grey ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Grey is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grey
- Hanging Limb
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hanging Limb is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Limb
- Bushing ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bushing is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushing
- Lovejoy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lovejoy is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Beaver Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Hill
- Pickett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forbus, with the one closest to Forbus listed first.
- Cedar Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Pickett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Chanute
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chanute is located in Pickett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanute
- Static
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Static is located in Pickett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Static
- Byrdstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Forbus, with the one closest to Forbus listed first.
- Foster Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Foster Crossroads is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Crossroads
- Verdun
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Verdun is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun
- West Oneida
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- West Oneida is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida
- West Robbins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Robbins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Robbins
- Helenwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Oneida
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Elgin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
- Glenmary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- Robbins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- New River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Huntsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Isham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Isham is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- State Line
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- State Line is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Adair County (KY)
- Cundiff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cundiff is located in Adair County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cundiff
- Clinton County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forbus, with the one closest to Forbus listed first.
- Static
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Static is located in Clinton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Static
- Savage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Savage is located in Clinton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Albany
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alpha
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Alpha is located in Clinton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Browns Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Crossroads is located in Clinton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Crossroads
- Cumberland City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cumberland City is located in Clinton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland City
- Ida
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ida is located in Clinton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- Cumberland County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forbus, with the one closest to Forbus listed first.
- Burkesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dougan Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dougan Town is located in Cumberland County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dougan Town
- Bakerton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bakerton is located in Cumberland County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerton
- Grider
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grider is located in Cumberland County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grider
- Leslie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leslie is located in Cumberland County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Cloyds Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cloyds Landing is located in Cumberland County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyds Landing
- McCreary County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forbus, with the one closest to Forbus listed first.
- Blue Heron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Blue Heron is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Heron
- Barthell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Barthell is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barthell
- Smith Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Revelo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Stearns
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Monroe County (KY)
- Martinsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Martinsburg is located in Monroe County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
- Russell County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forbus, with the one closest to Forbus listed first.
- Long Bottom
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Long Bottom is located in Russell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bottom
- Lula ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lula is located in Russell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Stokes ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Stokes is located in Russell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Freedom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Freedom is located in Russell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Jamestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wayne County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Forbus, with the one closest to Forbus listed first.
- Slickford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Slickford is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickford
- Mount Pisgah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Shearer Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shearer Valley is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shearer Valley
- Parmleysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Sumpter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Murl
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Murl is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murl
- Monticello
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Parnell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Parnell is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Ritner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Rankin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rankin is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Mill Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mill Springs is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forbus, see our County-by-County Page for Forbus.
Cemeteries Near Forbus ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forbus.
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 Forbus - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forbus covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forbus, with the one closest to Forbus listed first.
- Frogge Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Upchurch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greer Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Delk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Reed Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Davidson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Travisville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Poore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Upchurch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shadow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stephens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf River Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (745 more) ...
- Pulse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Scroggins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Forbus in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forbus.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Forbus, with the one closest to Forbus listed first.
- Pall Mall
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Travisville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Travisville is located in Pickett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travisville
- Chanute
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chanute is located in Pickett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanute
- Little Crab
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Little Crab is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crab
- Sunnybrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sunnybrook is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
- Byrdstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jamestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Huntersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huntersville is located in Clinton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Boatland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Boatland is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boatland
- Savage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Savage is located in Clinton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Powersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Powersburg is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersburg
- Wirmingham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wirmingham is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wirmingham
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mount Pisgah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Albany
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gapcreek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gapcreek is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapcreek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forbus. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forbus.
Newspapers Published in Forbus ...
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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forbus.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forbus, 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 Forbus.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Forbus:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Fentress County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Morgan County
- Overton County
- Pickett County
- Scott County
- Adair County
- Clinton County
- Cumberland County
- McCreary County
- Monroe County
- Russell County
- Wayne 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 Forbus, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forbus) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |