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 Fox Fire (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 Fox Fire. 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 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.
Fox Fire is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Carter, Hawkins, Johnson, Washington, Bristol City (VA), Scott (VA) & Washington (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Fox Fire. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fox Fire:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Fox Fire)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Fire, with the one closest to Fox Fire listed first.
- Rock City
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rock City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Orebank
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Orebank is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orebank
- Harrtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Harrtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrtown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,365 people
- Bloomingdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingdale is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,888 people
- Mill Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mill Point is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Point
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,080 people
- Sac ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sac is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac
- Beechnut City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Beechnut City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechnut City
- Colby ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Colby is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Beechwood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village
- Colonial Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Borden Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Borden Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village
- Horace ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Kingsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Fire, with the one closest to Fox Fire listed first.
- Watauga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Watauga is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Biltmore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Biltmore is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore
- Central
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Central is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Pine Crest
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pine Crest is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Elizabethton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Siam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Siam is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Gap Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gap Run is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
- Hampton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Buladeen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Buladeen is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladeen
- Former names for Buladeen:
- Colesville
- Magnetic
- Fish Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fish Springs is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
- Woodby Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodby Hill is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodby Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,730 people
- Tolley Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tolley Town is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolley Town
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Fire, with the one closest to Fox Fire listed first.
- Jearoldstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Milburnton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Milburnton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton
- Centersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Centersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Baileyton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rheatown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rheatown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown
- Afton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Horse Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Ottway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Hawkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Fire, with the one closest to Fox Fire listed first.
- Rotherwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood
- Greenvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Greenvale is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
- Frisco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Frisco is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Solitude ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Solitude is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Waycross
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Waycross is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waycross
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,091 people
- Mount Carmel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Block City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Block City is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
- Green Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Green Village is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Church Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New Canton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Blossom
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Greenland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Greenland is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Fire, with the one closest to Fox Fire listed first.
- Butler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Winchester is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,547 people
- High Health ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- High Health is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
- Unicoi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Fire, with the one closest to Fox Fire listed first.
- Whispering Pines
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Unicoi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bumpus Cove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
- Limestone Cove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove
- Erwin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Banner Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
- Indian Creek ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Fire, with the one closest to Fox Fire listed first.
- Spurgeon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spurgeon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,957 people
- Gray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Flourville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Flourville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville
- Wheelocktown ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wheelocktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelocktown
- Austin Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Austin Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Fall Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- North Johnson City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Johnson City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Johnson City
- Oakland Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oakland Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Village
- Camelot Two
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Camelot Two is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Two
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,582 people
- Johnson City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Johnson City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67,142 people
- Former names for Johnson City:
- Blue Plum Station
- Haynesville
- Johnsons Depot
- Johnsons Tank
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <1>
- Carnegie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Carnegie is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fox Fire, see our County-by-County Page for Fox Fire.
Cemeteries Near Fox Fire ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fox Fire.
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 Fox Fire - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fox Fire covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fox Fire, with the one closest to Fox Fire listed first.
- Roller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- White Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fleenor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Roust Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hooven Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- East Lawn Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Horn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Weaver Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Newland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gaines Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fain Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Thomas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (790 more) ...
- Rhee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton - Neil Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton - Neil Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pendleton - Neil Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the east of Bloomingdale.
- The Pendleton - Neil Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pendleton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #16972 <3>
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.<4>
While we didn't find Fox Fire in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fox Fire.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fox Fire, with the one closest to Fox Fire listed first.
- Orebank
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Orebank is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orebank
- Edgeworth ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Edgeworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
- Arcadia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Arcadia is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Bloomingdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingdale is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,888 people
- Eden Ridge ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Eden Ridge is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Ridge
- Hemlock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hemlock is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Samuel ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Samuel is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuel
- Lawson ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lawson is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Sac ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sac is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac
- Mill Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mill Point is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Point
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,080 people
- Wahoo ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wahoo is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Colby ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Colby is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Horace ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Kingsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fox Fire. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fox Fire.
Newspapers Published in Fox Fire ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fox Fire.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fox Fire, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fox Fire.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Fox Fire:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Greene County
- Hawkins County
- Johnson County
- Unicoi County
- Washington 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Fox Fire) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Fox Fire, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |