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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Greenbrier. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Greenbrier to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Greenbrier, please Contact Us.
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 Greenbrier (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 Greenbrier. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Greenbrier is historic, it would have been located within present day Sevier 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 Sevier County: Haywood (NC), Swain (NC), Blount, Cocke, Jefferson & Knox.
Below are the counties that are near Greenbrier. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greenbrier:
- Sevier County (The home county of Greenbrier)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenbrier, with the one closest to Greenbrier listed first.
- Wear Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wear Valley is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wear Valley
- Elkmont ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elkmont is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont
- Starkeytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Starkeytown is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkeytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 431 people
- Chalet Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chalet Village is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalet Village
- Gatlinburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waldens Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Waldens Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldens Creek
- Pigeon Forge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dupont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dupont is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Middle Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Sevierville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pittman Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pittman Center is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
- Catlettsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg
- Harrisburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenbrier, with the one closest to Greenbrier listed first.
- Townsend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Red Bank
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Red Bank is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Cowan Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cowan Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,010 people
- Miller Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Miller Cove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 267 people
- Walland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rocky Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rocky Branch is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,427 people
- Seaton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Seaton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Wildwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Chelsey Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Chelsey Village is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsey Village
- Eagleton Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Eagleton Village is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,052 people
- Happy Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Happy Valley is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Sixmile
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sixmile is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Maryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cocke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenbrier, with the one closest to Greenbrier listed first.
- Cosby
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Birdsville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Birdsville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
- Carson Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carson Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Springs
- Bailey Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Town is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 428 people
- Clevenger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clevenger is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
- Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
- Wilton Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilton Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Springs
- Hartford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Edwina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Edwina is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Wilsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenbrier, with the one closest to Greenbrier listed first.
- Cook Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
- Dumplin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dumplin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin
- Piedmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Piedmont is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
- Rocky Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
- Strawberry Plains
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dandridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Alena ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Alena is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena
- New Market
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenbrier, with the one closest to Greenbrier listed first.
- Kimberlin Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Peters Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Peters Mill is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Mill
- Shooks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shooks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks
- Riverdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Riverdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Bonny Kate
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bonny Kate is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Kate
- Arrowhead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arrowhead is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Colonial Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Whites Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whites Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village
- Thorn Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Thorn Grove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Grove
- Moshina Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Moshina Heights is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshina Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,335 people
- Ramsey Ferry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ramsey Ferry is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 320 people
- Topside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Topside is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
- Estimated population in 2014: 346 people
- Wooddale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wooddale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooddale
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenbrier, with the one closest to Greenbrier listed first.
- Greenback
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jena is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenbrier, with the one closest to Greenbrier listed first.
- Ipe ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ipe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
- Halfway Town ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Cherokee County (NC)
- Topton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Graham County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenbrier, with the one closest to Greenbrier listed first.
- Fontana Dam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fontana Dam is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana Dam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Fontana Dam has also been known as:
- Fontana Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fontana Dam <2>
- Stecoah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stecoah is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stecoah
- Yellow Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Cheoah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cheoah is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheoah
- Lake Santeetlah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Santeetlah is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Santeetlah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Lake Santeetlah has also been known as:
- Santeetla
- Santeetlah
- Santultah
- Thunderbird Mountain
- Thunderbird
- Robbinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Haywood County (NC)
- Mount Sterling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Jackson County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenbrier, with the one closest to Greenbrier listed first.
- Whittier
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Paint Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Paint Town is located in Jackson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Town
- Wilmot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot is located in Jackson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Dillsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Macon County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenbrier, with the one closest to Greenbrier listed first.
- Fairview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Macon County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Tellico
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tellico is located in Macon County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tellico
- Swain County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenbrier, with the one closest to Greenbrier listed first.
- Bushnell ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bushnell is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Forney ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Forney is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
- Judson ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Judson is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Bryson City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Almond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cherokee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oconaluftee Indian Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wesser
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wesser is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesser
- Unahala
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Unahala is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unahala
- Nantahala
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Nantahala is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantahala
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greenbrier, see our County-by-County Page for Greenbrier.
Cemeteries Near Greenbrier ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenbrier.
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 Greenbrier - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greenbrier covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greenbrier, with the one closest to Greenbrier listed first.
- Little Greenbrier Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mattox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Headrick Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elkmont Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Loudon County Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Valley View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hatcher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fighting creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crowson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- White Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brickey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Burns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (671 more) ...
- Forks of River Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lower Fighting Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Trentham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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.
While we didn't find Greenbrier in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greenbrier.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greenbrier, with the one closest to Greenbrier listed first.
- Line Spring
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Line Spring is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Line Spring
- Wear Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wear Valley is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wear Valley
- Hornet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hornet is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornet
- Gatlinburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waldens Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Waldens Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldens Creek
- Pigeon Forge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Henderson Springs is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Springs
- Ellejoy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ellejoy is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellejoy
- Middle Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Sevierville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Seaton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Seaton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Notime ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Notime is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notime
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Proctor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Proctor is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
- Trundle Crossroad
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Trundle Crossroad is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trundle Crossroad
- Harrisburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greenbrier. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenbrier.
Newspapers Published in Greenbrier ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenbrier.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenbrier, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greenbrier.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Greenbrier:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Sevier County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cocke County
- Jefferson County
- Knox County
- Loudon County
- Monroe County
- Cherokee County
- Graham County
- Haywood County
- Jackson County
- Macon County
- Swain County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Greenbrier, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Greenbrier) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |