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 Gates Ford (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 Gates Ford. 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.
Gates Ford is located in Bledsoe 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 Bledsoe County: Cumberland, Hamilton, Rhea, Sequatchie & Van Buren.
Below are the counties that are near Gates Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gates Ford:
- Bledsoe County (The home county of Gates Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates Ford, with the one closest to Gates Ford listed first.
- Pailo
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pailo is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pailo
- Brockdell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brockdell is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockdell
- Brayton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brayton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Pikeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summer City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Ninemile
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Winesap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Bradley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates Ford, with the one closest to Gates Ford listed first.
- Etola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Etola is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etola
- Bent Tree Acres
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bent Tree Acres is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Tree Acres
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,309 people
- Hopewell Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell Estates is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,874 people
- Hopewell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Countryside Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Countryside Village is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside Village
- McDonald
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Park is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Park
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates Ford, with the one closest to Gates Ford listed first.
- Newton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Gilead is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Burke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Todd Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Todd Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Town
- Jewett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- Erasmus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Erasmus is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erasmus
- Lantana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lantana is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lantana
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates Ford, with the one closest to Gates Ford listed first.
- Palmer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gruetli - Laager
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Beersheba Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Beersheba Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersheba Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Gruetli
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gruetli is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
- Coalmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Coalmont is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Altamont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- White City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Lankford Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- Tracy City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sartain Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sartain Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartain Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 380 people
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates Ford, with the one closest to Gates Ford listed first.
- Flat Top
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Top is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
- Population from the 2010 Census: 422 people
- Sale Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mowbray
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mowbray is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowbray
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,615 people
- Soddy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Soddy is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soddy
- Lakewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lakewood is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Estimated population in 2011: 2,336 people
- Daisy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Soddy - Daisy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Soddy Lake Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Soddy Lake Heights is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soddy Lake Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,190 people
- Falling Water
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Falling Water is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Water
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,232 people
- Birchwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Crabtree Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Crabtree Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree Hills
- Estimated population in 2014: 763 people
- Fairmount
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fairmount is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,825 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates Ford, with the one closest to Gates Ford listed first.
- Condra
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Condra is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condra
- Powells Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Powells Crossroads is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Crossroads
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,352 people
- Whitwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greentown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greentown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- McMinn County
- Lamontville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lamontville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamontville
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates Ford, with the one closest to Gates Ford listed first.
- Cayuga Town ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Town is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Town
- East View
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East View is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East View
- Estimated population in 2014: 705 people
- Beta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Beta is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
- Calico
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Calico is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Estimated population in 2014: 495 people
- Goodfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Goodfield is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfield
- Decatur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates Ford, with the one closest to Gates Ford listed first.
- Ogden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ogden is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Graysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Graysville is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Cumberland Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cumberland Spring is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Spring
- Bryan Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bryan Hill is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Hill
- Dayton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Spring City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sequatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates Ford, with the one closest to Gates Ford listed first.
- Dunlap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Center Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Center Point is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Daus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Daus is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daus
- Cartwright
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cartwright is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,261 people
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates Ford, with the one closest to Gates Ford listed first.
- Chalybeate
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chalybeate is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate
- Sopha ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sopha is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopha
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,104 people
- Spencer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sweetgum
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sweetgum is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetgum
- Laurelburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Laurelburg is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelburg
- Cummingsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cummingsville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummingsville
- Meade ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Meade is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
- Bone Cave
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bone Cave is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Cave
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates Ford, with the one closest to Gates Ford listed first.
- Hillis ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hillis is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillis
- Smyrna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Smyrna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
- Shellsford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shellsford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsford
- Campaign
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Campaign is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campaign
- Rowland Station ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rowland Station is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland Station
- Rowland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rowland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Fall City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fall City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall City
- McMinnville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates Ford, with the one closest to Gates Ford listed first.
- Quebeck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Doyle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Doyle is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gates Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Gates Ford.
Cemeteries Near Gates Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gates Ford.
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 Gates Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gates Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gates Ford, with the one closest to Gates Ford listed first.
- Hughes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lamb Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- John M. Hixson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Collier Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Johnson - Lewis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson - Lewis Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Johnson - Lewis Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northeast of Dunlap.
- The Johnson - Lewis Cemetery has also been known as:
- Johnson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #14039 <2>
- Pope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hixson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hixson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Howard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McWilliams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Welch Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (618 more) ...
- Dodson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cagle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hendon Cemetery
(5 miles [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.<4>
While we didn't find Gates Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gates Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gates Ford, with the one closest to Gates Ford listed first.
- Pailo
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pailo is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pailo
- Mount Airy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Airy is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Airy
- Dunlap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brayton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brayton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Cagle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cagle is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagle
- Olio ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Olio is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olio
- Pikeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Daus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Daus is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daus
- Sale Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coulterville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Coulterville is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulterville
- Ogden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ogden is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Chalybeate
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chalybeate is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Graysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Graysville is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Morgan Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan Springs is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Springs
- Summer City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gates Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gates Ford.
Newspapers Published in Gates Ford ...
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 Gates Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gates Ford, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gates Ford.
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 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 Gates Ford:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Bledsoe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradley County
- Cumberland County
- Grundy County
- Hamilton County
- Marion County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Rhea County
- Sequatchie County
- Van Buren County
- Warren County
- White 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gates Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Gates Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |