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 Hall 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 Hall 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 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.
Hall Ford is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Bledsoe, Fentress, Morgan, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Van Buren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Hall Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hall Ford:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Hall Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hall Ford, with the one closest to Hall Ford listed first.
- Fairfield Glade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Woodlands
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Woodlands is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
- Estimated population in 2014: 369 people
- Woody
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Lake Pomeroy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Hebbertsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Rogers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
- Creston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Center Ford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Dykes Crossroads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
- Greenbriar Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Crossville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crab Orchard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bledsoe County
- Winesap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Fentress County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hall Ford, with the one closest to Hall Ford listed first.
- Clarkrange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grimsley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wilder
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wilder is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Allardt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Armathwaite
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Jamestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cooper
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
- Little Crab
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Little Crab is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crab
- Gernt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Pall Mall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hall Ford, with the one closest to Hall Ford listed first.
- Bucklick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Lavender
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Deer Lodge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Glades
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Burrville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Annadel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Lancing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sunbright
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Nemo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Brewstertown ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brewstertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewstertown
- Wartburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Overton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hall Ford, with the one closest to Hall Ford listed first.
- Obey City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Obey City is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obey City
- Hanging Limb
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hanging Limb is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Limb
- Lovejoy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lovejoy is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Qualls ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Qualls is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualls
- Bushing ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bushing is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushing
- Poteet ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Poteet is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poteet
- Beaver Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Beaver Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Hill
- Oak Dale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Dale is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Dale
- Estimated population in 2014: 222 people
- Oak Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Garretts Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Garretts Mill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Mill
- Livingston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Free Communion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Free Communion is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Communion
- Pickett County
- Cedar Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Pickett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hall Ford, with the one closest to Hall Ford listed first.
- Monterey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Burnett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Burnett is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Estimated population in 2014: 418 people
- Jeremiah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jeremiah is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremiah
- Shennon Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shennon Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennon Village
- Algood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- White Plains
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- White Plains is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,231 people
- Rhea County
- Roddy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hall Ford, with the one closest to Hall Ford listed first.
- Rockwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- College Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Lakemont Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- Bazel Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bazel Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
- Emory Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Postoak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Glen Alice
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Midtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Pioneer Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Midtown Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Kingston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hall Ford, with the one closest to Hall Ford listed first.
- Glenmary
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- Elgin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
- West Robbins
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Robbins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Robbins
- Robbins
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hughett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hughett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughett
- New River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Hembree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hembree is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hembree
- Helenwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Winona is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Verdun
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Verdun is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hall Ford, with the one closest to Hall Ford listed first.
- Ravenscroft
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ravenscroft is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenscroft
- Clarktown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hall Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Hall Ford.
Cemeteries Near Hall Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hall 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 Hall Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hall Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hall Ford, with the one closest to Hall Ford listed first.
- Hall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Friends Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Gulden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Turner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Turner Cemetery #3
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wattenbarger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Westfelt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (734 more) ...
- Sims Cemetery #2
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elmore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sims Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Hall Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hall Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hall Ford, with the one closest to Hall Ford listed first.
- Genesis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Genesis is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesis
- Halfway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Halfway is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Roslin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Roslin is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslin
- Banner Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Banner Springs is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Springs
- Frankfort
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frankfort is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Clarkrange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Keese ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Keese is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keese
- Lavender
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Stowers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stowers is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowers
- Deer Lodge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Glades
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Tinch ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tinch is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinch
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Woody
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Islandford ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Islandford is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islandford
- Boiling ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Boiling is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hall Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hall Ford.
Newspapers Published in Hall 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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hall Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hall Ford, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hall Ford.
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 helpful 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 Hall Ford:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bledsoe County
- Fentress County
- Morgan County
- Overton County
- Pickett County
- Putnam County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Scott 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> | 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 Hall Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hall Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |