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 Hamilton (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 Hamilton. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Hamilton 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 Hamilton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hamilton:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Hamilton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Bluff City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bluff City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,672 people
- Former name for Bluff City:
- Zollicoffer
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <1>
- Galloway Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Galloway Mill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 665 people
- Lella ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lella is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lella
- Cedar Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Akard Addition
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Akard Addition is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akard Addition
- Cross
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cross is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,330 people
- Walnut Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Walnut Hill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Blountville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Childress
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Childress is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
- Collingwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Piney Flats
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beechnut City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beechnut City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechnut City
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Biltmore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Biltmore is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore
- Watauga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Watauga is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Elizabethton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hunter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Siam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Siam is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Central
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Central is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Buladeen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Buladeen is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladeen
- Former names for Buladeen:
- Colesville
- Magnetic
- Pine Crest
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Crest is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Hampton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gap Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gap Run is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
- Fish Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fish Springs is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
- Woodby Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Woodby Hill is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodby Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,730 people
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Milburnton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Milburnton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton
- Jearoldstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Centersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Centersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Rheatown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rheatown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown
- Hawkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Rotherwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood
- Greenvale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Greenvale is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
- Frisco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Frisco is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Mount Carmel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Solitude ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Solitude is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Waycross
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Waycross is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waycross
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,091 people
- Block City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Block City is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
- Green Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Green Village is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Church Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Blossom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- New Canton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Butler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- High Health ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- High Health is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
- Winchester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Winchester is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,547 people
- Vaughtsville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Vaughtsville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughtsville
- Norris
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Norris is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,652 people
- Fuller
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fuller is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Mountain City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Shingletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shingletown is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingletown
- Dowell ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dowell is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowell
- Estimated population in 2014: 364 people
- Trade
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Unicoi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Whispering Pines
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Limestone Cove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove
- Unicoi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Erwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- 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
- Bumpus Cove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
- Indian Creek ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Austin Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Austin Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Flourville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Flourville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville
- Oak Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Oakland Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Village
- Spurgeon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Spurgeon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,957 people
- Carnegie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Carnegie is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie
- East Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- East Ridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 21,317 people
- North Johnson City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Johnson City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Johnson City
- South Gate Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- South Gate Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gate Village
- Camelot Two
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Camelot Two is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Two
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,582 people
- Gray
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67,142 people
- Former names for Johnson City:
- Blue Plum Station
- Haynesville
- Johnsons Depot
- Johnsons Tank
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <1>
- Avery County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Mount Gilead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Gilead is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Whaley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whaley is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Beech Mountain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Buladean
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Buladean is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladean
- Richlands
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Richlands is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands
- Bailey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bailey is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Herrell ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Herrell is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrell
- Watauga County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Watauga Falls ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Watauga Falls is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Falls
- Zionville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mabel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mabel is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Rominger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rominger is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rominger
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hamilton, see our County-by-County Page for Hamilton.
Cemeteries Near Hamilton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hamilton.
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 Hamilton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hamilton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Henley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mauk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Morning View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning View Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Morning View Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bluff City.
- The Morning View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bluff City Morning View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2149796 <2>
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Webb Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Berry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Leonard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Boy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hines Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. John Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Holston Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Carden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (881 more) ...
- Lindamood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Droke Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
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 Hamilton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hamilton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hamilton, with the one closest to Hamilton listed first.
- Bluff City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bluff City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,672 people
- Former name for Bluff City:
- Zollicoffer
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <1>
- Sumpter ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sumpter is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Lella ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lella is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lella
- Childress
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Childress is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
- Blountville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Piney Flats
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Thom ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Thom is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom
- Sac ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sac is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac
- Hilton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hilton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton
- Keenburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Keenburg is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keenburg
- Beidlemans ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Beidlemans is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beidlemans
- Bristol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mill Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Point is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Point
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,080 people
- Edgeworth ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Edgeworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
- Lawson ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lawson is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hamilton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hamilton.
Newspapers Published in Hamilton ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hamilton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hamilton, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hamilton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Hamilton:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Greene County
- Hawkins County
- Johnson County
- Unicoi County
- Washington County
- Avery County
- Mitchell County
- Watauga 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 Hamilton, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hamilton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |