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 Glen Alpine (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 Glen Alpine. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Glen Alpine 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 Glen Alpine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glen Alpine:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Glen Alpine)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Alpine, with the one closest to Glen Alpine listed first.
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Beechwood Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village
- Borden Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Borden Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village
- Kingsport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Colonial Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Beartown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Beartown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Cherokee Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Horace ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Fordtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Blair Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Blair Gap is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Gap
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,870 people
- Wahoo ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wahoo is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Morrison City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Morrison City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison City
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Alpine, with the one closest to Glen Alpine listed first.
- Watauga
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Watauga is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Central
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Central is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Pine Crest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Crest is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Biltmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Biltmore is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore
- Elizabethton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hunter is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Gap Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gap Run is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
- Siam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Siam is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Hampton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodby Hill
(27 miles [43.5 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
(29 miles [46.7 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 Glen Alpine, with the one closest to Glen Alpine listed first.
- Jearoldstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Milburnton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Milburnton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton
- Centersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Centersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Baileyton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rheatown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rheatown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown
- Fairview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Afton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Ottway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Horse Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Horse Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
- Pleasant View
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,251 people
- Bolton Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bolton Estates is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Alpine, with the one closest to Glen Alpine listed first.
- Willis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Willis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Kyles Ford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hawkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Alpine, with the one closest to Glen Alpine listed first.
- Rotherwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood
- Green Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Village is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Mount Carmel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Solitude ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Solitude is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Block City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Block City is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
- Frisco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Frisco is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Greenvale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Greenvale is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
- Waycross
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waycross is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waycross
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,091 people
- Church Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blossom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- New Canton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Unicoi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Alpine, with the one closest to Glen Alpine listed first.
- Bumpus Cove
(23 miles [37 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
- Whispering Pines
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Unicoi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Erwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Banner Hill
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Limestone Cove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove
- Ernestville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ernestville is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernestville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,311 people
- Clear Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clear Branch is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch
- Former name for Clear Branch:
- Kittyton
- Loganton ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Loganton is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen Alpine, with the one closest to Glen Alpine listed first.
- Fall Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harmony
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Wheelocktown ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wheelocktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelocktown
- Gray
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spurgeon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spurgeon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,957 people
- Locust Mount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Locust Mount is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
- Ducktown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ducktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 457 people
- Oak Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Big Sandy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Big Sandy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Estimated population in 2014: 542 people
- Flourville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Flourville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville
- Bowmantown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bowmantown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
- Leesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Leesburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glen Alpine, see our County-by-County Page for Glen Alpine.
Cemeteries Near Glen Alpine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glen Alpine.
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 Glen Alpine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glen Alpine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glen Alpine, with the one closest to Glen Alpine listed first.
- Sunrise Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Depew Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hickman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Duncan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lone Star Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Peoples Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McClellan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Baxter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Slaughter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Easley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wilson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Continue List (866 more) ...
- Boyer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dolen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wells Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
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 Glen Alpine in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glen Alpine.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glen Alpine, with the one closest to Glen Alpine listed first.
- Butterfly ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Butterfly is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly
- Cloverbottom ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cloverbottom is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverbottom
- Harbour
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harbour is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour
- Slaughter ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Slaughter is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter
- Rotherwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood
- Meadowbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Meadowbrook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Kingsport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fall Branch
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fordtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Hemlock
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hemlock is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Eden Ridge ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eden Ridge is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Ridge
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Horace ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Solitude ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Solitude is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Lovelace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lovelace is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glen Alpine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glen Alpine.
Newspapers Published in Glen Alpine ...
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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glen Alpine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glen Alpine, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glen Alpine.
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 either 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 Glen Alpine:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Greene County
- Hancock County
- Hawkins 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> | 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 Glen Alpine, 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- Glen Alpine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |