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 Halls Ferry (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 Halls Ferry. 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.
Halls Ferry is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County : Cherokee (NC) , Graham (NC) , Blount , Loudon , McMinn & Polk .
Below are the counties that are near Halls Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Halls Ferry:
Monroe County (The home county of Halls Ferry)
The following are listed by their distance from Halls Ferry, with the one closest to Halls Ferry listed first.
Vonore (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Tuskeegee ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Tuskeegee is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee Estimated population in 2014: 2,663 people
Toqua ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Toqua is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua Madisonville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Acorn (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Acorn is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Ballplay (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Ballplay is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay Halfway Town ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Halfway Town is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town Ipe ‑ Historic(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Ipe is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe Sweetwater (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Belltown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Belltown is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown Jacktown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Jacktown is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
Tellico Plains (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Anderson County
The following are listed by their distance from Halls Ferry, with the one closest to Halls Ferry listed first.
Oak Ridge (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Scarboro (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Scarboro is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro Robertsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Robertsville is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville Spring Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Spring Hill is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
Claxton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Claxton is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton Oliver Springs (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Blount County
The following are listed by their distance from Halls Ferry, with the one closest to Halls Ferry listed first.
McMullens (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
McMullens is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullens Estimated population in 2014: 13,620 people
Brick Mill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Brick Mill is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek Kiser (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Kiser is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser Big Springs (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Big Springs is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs Big Springs has also been known as:
Cliff Binfield (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Binfield is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binfield Friendsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Chilhowee (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Chilhowee is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee Walnut Hill Estates (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Walnut Hill Estates is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Estates Population from the 2010 Census: 2,394 people
Fairway Estates (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Fairway Estates is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Estates Estimated population in 2014: 8,224 people
Happy Valley (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Happy Valley is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley Sixmile (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Sixmile is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Halls Ferry, with the one closest to Halls Ferry listed first.
Boyd (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Boyd is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Virtue (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Virtue is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virtue Estimated population in 2014: 131 people
Belle Aire (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Belle Aire is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Aire Estimated population in 2014: 512 people
Farragut (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Concord (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Concord is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Ebenezer (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Ebenezer is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Aldenwood Park (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
Kingston Woods (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Kingston Woods is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Woods Estimated population in 2014: 2,790 people
Topside (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Topside is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside Estimated population in 2014: 346 people
Middlebrook Acres (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Middlebrook Acres is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook Acres Estimated population in 2014: 593 people
Arrowhead (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Arrowhead is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Hunting Hills West (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Hunting Hills West is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills West Estimated population in 2014: 3,970 people
Loudon County
The following are listed by their distance from Halls Ferry, with the one closest to Halls Ferry listed first.
Morganton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Morganton is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton Trigonia (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Trigonia is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia Alleghany ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Alleghany is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany Estimated population in 2014: 630 people
Greenback (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Jena (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Jena is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
Centersville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Centersville is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville Loudon (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Philadelphia (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Loudon City Park (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park Lenoir City (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Sharp Estates (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Sharp Estates is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Estates Estimated population in 2014: 919 people
Eaton Crossroads (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads McMinn County
The following are listed by their distance from Halls Ferry, with the one closest to Halls Ferry listed first.
Bell Spring (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Bell Spring is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring Manila (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Manila is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila Niota (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Nonaburg (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Nonaburg is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg Prigmore (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Prigmore is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore Englewood (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Mecca (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Mecca is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca Athens (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Grady (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Grady is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady Etowah (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Goodsprings (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Goodsprings is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings Riceville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Meigs County
The following are listed by their distance from Halls Ferry, with the one closest to Halls Ferry listed first.
Surprise (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Surprise is located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
Sewee (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Sewee is located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee Cute ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Cute is located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute Akeman Crossroad (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad Morgan County
The following are listed by their distance from Halls Ferry, with the one closest to Halls Ferry listed first.
Blue Gem ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Blue Gem is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Gem Coal Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Coal Hill is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill Harriman (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Coalfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Coalfield is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalfield Population from the 2010 Census: 2,463 people
Tupper Town (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Tupper Town is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupper Town Polk County
The following are listed by their distance from Halls Ferry, with the one closest to Halls Ferry listed first.
Delano (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Servilla (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Servilla is located in Polk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla Roane County
The following are listed by their distance from Halls Ferry, with the one closest to Halls Ferry listed first.
Cave Creek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Cave Creek is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek Bradbury (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Bradbury is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury Morrisgap ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Morrisgap is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap Selkirk ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Selkirk is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk Iron Divide ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Iron Divide is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
Bear ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Bear is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Wheat ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Wheat is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Kingston (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Laddie Village (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Laddie Village is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village Kries (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Kries is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kries Midtown Heights (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Midtown Heights is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
Dyllis (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Dyllis is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyllis Cherokee County (NC)
Unaka (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Unaka is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka Graham County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Halls Ferry, with the one closest to Halls Ferry listed first.
Fontana Dam (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
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 <1>
Lake Santeetlah (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Yellow Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Yellow Creek is located in Graham County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Halls Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Halls Ferry .
Cemeteries Near Halls Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Halls Ferry.
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 Halls Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Halls Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Halls Ferry, with the one closest to Halls Ferry listed first.
Wear Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Vonore Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Vonore Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Tipton Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Clemmer Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
St. Paul Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Old Lutheran Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Russell Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Niles - McGhee Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Rollins Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Morganton Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Smith Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Continue List (780 more) ...
Stephens Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Toqua Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Coffman Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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 Halls Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Halls Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Halls Ferry, with the one closest to Halls Ferry listed first.
McGhee (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
McGhee is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGhee Morganton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Morganton is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton Brakebill ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Brakebill is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brakebill Kincaid (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Kincaid is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid Trigonia (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Trigonia is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia Griffitts ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Griffitts is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffitts Greenback (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Hopewell Springs (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Hopewell Springs is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Springs Mountainville ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Mountainville is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainville Coytee ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Coytee is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coytee Hiwassee College (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Hiwassee College is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee College Meadow (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Meadow is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Continue List (13 more) ...
Brick Mill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Brick Mill is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek Madisonville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Halls Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Halls Ferry .
Newspapers Published in Halls Ferry ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Halls Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Halls Ferry, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Halls Ferry.
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 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 Halls Ferry:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Monroe County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Anderson County Blount County Knox County Loudon County McMinn County Meigs County Morgan County Polk County Roane County Cherokee County Graham County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Halls Ferry. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Monroe County: https://monroetn.gov/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Halls Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Halls Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.