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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Hart. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hart to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hart, 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 Hart (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 Hart. 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 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Hart is historic, it would have been located within present day Bledsoe 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 Bledsoe County: Cumberland, Hamilton, Rhea, Sequatchie & Van Buren.
Below are the counties that are near Hart. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hart:
- Bledsoe County (The home county of Hart)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hart, with the one closest to Hart listed first.
- Winesap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Ninemile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Pikeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Summer City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Brockdell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brockdell is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockdell
- Brayton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Brayton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Pailo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pailo is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pailo
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hart, with the one closest to Hart listed first.
- Newton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Newton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
- Newton has also been known as:
- Peay
- Mount Gilead ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Gilead is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Burke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Erasmus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Erasmus is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erasmus
- Todd Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Todd Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Town
- Lantana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lantana is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lantana
- Lake Tansi Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
- Jewett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- Pleasant Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Howard Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Neverfail ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Neverfail is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neverfail
- Crossville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greenbriar Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Grundy County
- Beersheba Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Beersheba Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beersheba Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hart, with the one closest to Hart listed first.
- Sale Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Flat Top
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Flat Top is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
- Population from the 2010 Census: 422 people
- Lakewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lakewood is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Estimated population in 2011: 2,336 people
- Birchwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Soddy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Soddy is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soddy
- Mowbray
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mowbray is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowbray
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,615 people
- Soddy Lake Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Soddy Lake Heights is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soddy Lake Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,190 people
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hart, with the one closest to Hart listed first.
- Cayuga Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Town is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Town
- Calico
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Calico is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Estimated population in 2014: 495 people
- Akeman Crossroad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Beta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beta is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
- Decatur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goodfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goodfield is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfield
- Cute ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- East View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- East View is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East View
- Estimated population in 2014: 705 people
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hart, with the one closest to Hart listed first.
- Burnett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burnett is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Estimated population in 2014: 418 people
- Monterey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hart, with the one closest to Hart listed first.
- Ogden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ogden is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Cumberland Spring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland Spring is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Spring
- Dayton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bryan Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bryan Hill is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Hill
- Graysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Graysville is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Spring City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lakewood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Roddy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hart, with the one closest to Hart listed first.
- Glen Alice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Pioneer Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Lakemont Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- Sequatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hart, with the one closest to Hart listed first.
- Dunlap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Center Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Center Point is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Daus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Daus is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daus
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hart, with the one closest to Hart listed first.
- Sweetgum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sweetgum is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetgum
- Spencer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cummingsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cummingsville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummingsville
- Meade ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Meade is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
- Sopha ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sopha is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopha
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,104 people
- Chalybeate
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate
- Bone Cave
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bone Cave is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Cave
- Laurelburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Laurelburg is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelburg
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hart, with the one closest to Hart listed first.
- Hillis ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hillis is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillis
- Campaign
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Campaign is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campaign
- Fall City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fall City is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall City
- Rowland Station ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rowland Station is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland Station
- Rowland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rowland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Horseshoe Falls ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Horseshoe Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Falls
- Shellsford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shellsford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsford
- Smyrna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Smyrna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hart, with the one closest to Hart listed first.
- Clarktown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
- Ravenscroft
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ravenscroft is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenscroft
- Doyle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Doyle is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
- Methodist ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Methodist is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist
- Sparta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Quebeck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cherry Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Creek is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Darkey Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Darkey Springs is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darkey Springs
- Pollard ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pollard is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
- Drop ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Drop is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drop
- Macedonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Macedonia is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Fanchers Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fanchers Mills is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanchers Mills
- Peeled Chestnut
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peeled Chestnut is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeled Chestnut
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hart, see our County-by-County Page for Hart.
Cemeteries Near Hart ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hart.
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 Hart - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hart covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hart, with the one closest to Hart listed first.
- Beaverhill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Simmons Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blackburn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Knight Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Seals Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beach Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Boynton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Warner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Thomas Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Winesap.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #19306 <3>
- Winesap Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lonewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (607 more) ...
- Burgess Cemetery #1
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Iron Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Arnett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
While we didn't find Hart in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hart.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hart, with the one closest to Hart listed first.
- Pearson ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pearson is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Sampson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sampson is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
- Schoolfield ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Schoolfield is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoolfield
- Seals ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Seals is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seals
- Gladecreek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gladecreek is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladecreek
- Winesap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Grapevine ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grapevine is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
- Newton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Newton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
- Newton has also been known as:
- Peay
- Pikeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ninemile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Music ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Music is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Music
- Mount Gilead ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Gilead is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Litton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Litton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litton
- Summer City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Wyatt ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wyatt is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hart. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hart.
Newspapers Published in Hart ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hart.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hart, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hart.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Hart:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Bledsoe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cumberland County
- Grundy County
- Hamilton County
- Meigs County
- Putnam County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Sequatchie County
- Van Buren County
- Warren County
- White 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 Hart, 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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- Hart) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |