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 Forks of the River (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 Forks of the River. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Forks of the River is located in Knox 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 Knox County : Anderson , Blount , Grainger , Jefferson , Loudon , Roane , Sevier & Union .
Below are the counties that are near Forks of the River. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forks of the River:
Knox County (The home county of Forks of the River)
The following are listed by their distance from Forks of the River, with the one closest to Forks of the River listed first.
Ramsey Ferry (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Ramsey Ferry is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 320 people
Moshina Heights (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Moshina Heights is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshina Heights Estimated population in 2014: 2,335 people
Whites Village (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Whites Village is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village Park City (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Park City is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Shooks (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Shooks is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks Colonial Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Colonial Village is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village Riverdale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Riverdale is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Mayo ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Mayo is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Estimated population in 2014: 2,366 people
Plantation Hills (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Plantation Hills is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Hills Estimated population in 2014: 2,073 people
Humes Ferry (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Humes Ferry is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humes Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 8,348 people
Knoxville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Kimberlin Heights (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
John Sevier (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
John Sevier is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Sevier Anderson County
The following are listed by their distance from Forks of the River, with the one closest to Forks of the River listed first.
Panther ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Panther is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Claxton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Claxton is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton Spring Hill (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Spring Hill is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
Peak (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Peak is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak Andersonville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Andersonville is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville Population from the 2010 Census: 472 people
Bethel (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Bethel is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Estimated population in 2014: 719 people
Clinton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Norris (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Scarboro (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Scarboro is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro Leinarts (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Leinarts is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leinarts Fraterville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Fraterville is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraterville Estimated population in 2014: 70,612 people
Robertsville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Robertsville is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville Fairview ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Fairview is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Blount County
The following are listed by their distance from Forks of the River, with the one closest to Forks of the River listed first.
Wildwood (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Wildwood is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Rockford (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Rockford is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
Eagleton Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Eagleton Village is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton Village Population from the 2010 Census: 5,052 people
Alcoa (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Cowan Springs (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Cowan Springs is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Springs Estimated population in 2014: 9,010 people
Rockgardens (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Rockgardens is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgardens Estimated population in 2014: 861 people
Rocky Branch (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Rocky Branch is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch Estimated population in 2014: 5,427 people
Seaton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Seaton is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton Louisville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Maryville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Walland (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Chelsey Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Chelsey Village is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsey Village Miller Cove (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Miller Cove is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cove Estimated population in 2014: 267 people
Campbell County
The following are listed by their distance from Forks of the River, with the one closest to Forks of the River listed first.
Forkvale ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Forkvale is located in Campbell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkvale Hatmaker ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Hatmaker is located in Campbell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker Pine Crest (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Pine Crest is located in Campbell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest Population from the 2010 Census: 2,388 people
Girlton ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Girlton is located in Campbell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girlton Boy ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Boy is located in Campbell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy Demory (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Demory is located in Campbell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Demory Claiborne County
Big Barren (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Big Barren is located in Claiborne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Barren Grainger County
The following are listed by their distance from Forks of the River, with the one closest to Forks of the River listed first.
Blaine (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Lea Springs (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Lea Springs is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lea Springs Maples ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Maples is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples Joppa (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Joppa is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Dyers Ferry (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
Massengill Mill (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Massengill Mill is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massengill Mill Estimated population in 2014: 1,600 people
Oakland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Oakland is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
Lulaville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Lulaville is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville Washburn (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Washburn is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn Rutledge (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Wa-Ni Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Wa-Ni Village is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wa-Ni Village Hamblen County
Collons Ferry (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Collons Ferry is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collons Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 986 people
Jefferson County
The following are listed by their distance from Forks of the River, with the one closest to Forks of the River listed first.
Strawberry Plains (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Cook Mill (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
Dumplin (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Dumplin is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin Piedmont (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Piedmont is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont Rocky Valley (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
New Market (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Alena ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Alena is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena Flat Gap (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap Jefferson City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Dandridge (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Rock Town (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Rock Town is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Town Edna (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Edna is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Talbott (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Loudon County
The following are listed by their distance from Forks of the River, with the one closest to Forks of the River listed first.
Vancouver ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Vancouver is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver Lenoir City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Centersville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Centersville is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville Sharp Estates (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Sharp Estates is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Estates Estimated population in 2014: 919 people
Eaton Crossroads (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads Greenback (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Jena (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Jena is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
White Wing Ferry (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
White Wing Ferry is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Wing Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 4,550 people
Alleghany ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Alleghany is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany Estimated population in 2014: 630 people
Morganton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Morganton is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton Trigonia (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Trigonia is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia Morgan County
Tupper Town (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Tupper Town is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupper Town Roane County
The following are listed by their distance from Forks of the River, with the one closest to Forks of the River listed first.
Bear ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Bear is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Ethel ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Ethel is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel Estimated population in 2014: 2,049 people
Kelley Town (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Kelley Town is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley Town Selkirk ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Selkirk is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk Wheat ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Wheat is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Sevier County
The following are listed by their distance from Forks of the River, with the one closest to Forks of the River listed first.
Seymour Heights (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Seymour Heights is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour Heights Population from the 2010 Census: 10,919 people
Seymour (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Oak City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Oak City is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City Boyds Creek (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Boyds Creek is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Creek Kodak (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Dupont (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Dupont is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont Henry Crossroads (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Henry Crossroads is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Crossroads Catlettsburg (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg Sevierville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Waldens Creek (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Waldens Creek is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldens Creek Millican Grove (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Millican Grove is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millican Grove Pigeon Forge (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Middle Creek (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Middle Creek is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Forks of the River, with the one closest to Forks of the River listed first.
Plainview (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Plainview is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview Population from the 2020 Census: 2,184 people
Paulette (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Paulette is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette Gabe ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Gabe is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabe Luttrell (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Luttrell is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
Warwicktown (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Warwicktown is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwicktown Estimated population in 2014: 658 people
Maynardville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Loyston ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Loyston is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyston Loo ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Loo is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo Lost Creek ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Lost Creek is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Rhodelia ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Rhodelia is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia Haynes ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Haynes is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Long Hollow ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Long Hollow is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow Phebe ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Phebe is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phebe
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forks of the River, see our County-by-County Page for Forks of the River .
Cemeteries Near Forks of the River ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forks of the River.
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 Forks of the River - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Forks of the River covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forks of the River, with the one closest to Forks of the River listed first.
Asbury Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Stanton Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
East Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
McNutt Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Meridian Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Johnson Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Monday Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Jack Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Perry Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Armstrong Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Shook Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Williams Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (1144 more) ...
Woodlawn Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
McCall Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Bounds Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find Forks of the River in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forks of the River.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Forks of the River, with the one closest to Forks of the River listed first.
Asbury (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Asbury is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Shooks (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Shooks is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks Riverdale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Riverdale is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Mayo ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Mayo is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Estimated population in 2014: 2,366 people
Caswell (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Caswell is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caswell Knoxville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Kimberlin Heights (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Wooddale (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Wooddale is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooddale McMillan (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
McMillan is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillan Beverly (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Beverly is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Smithwood (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Smithwood is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithwood Estimated population in 2014: 4,661 people
Trundle Crossroad (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Trundle Crossroad is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trundle Crossroad Continue List (14 more) ...
Highpoint ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Highpoint is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint Fountain City (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Fountain City is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City Thorn Grove (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Thorn Grove is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forks of the River. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forks of the River .
Newspapers Published in Forks of the River ...
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 202 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forks of the River.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forks of the River, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Forks of the River.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Forks of the River:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Knox County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Anderson County Blount County Campbell County Claiborne County Grainger County Hamblen County Jefferson County Loudon County Morgan County Roane County Sevier County Union County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Forks of the River. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Knox County: https://knoxcounty.org/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Forks of the River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Forks of the River) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.