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 Hayesville (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 Hayesville. 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 and doctors 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.
Hayesville is located in Macon 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 Macon County: Allen (KY), Monroe (KY), Clay, Jackson, Smith, Sumner & Trousdale.
Below are the counties that are near Hayesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hayesville:
- Macon County (The home county of Hayesville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayesville, with the one closest to Hayesville listed first.
- Lafayette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Siloam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Siloam is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Frog Pond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Frog Pond is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Pond
- Meadorville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Meadorville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadorville
- Green Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Green Grove is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Walnut Shade
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Walnut Shade is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Shade
- Red Boiling Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Town is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
- Gibbs Crossroads
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gibbs Crossroads is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Crossroads
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayesville, with the one closest to Hayesville listed first.
- Hermitage Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hermitage Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage Springs
- Jenkins Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jenkins Village is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Village
- Clementsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Clementsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementsville
- Boles
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Boles is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
- Moss
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Moss is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayesville, with the one closest to Hayesville listed first.
- North Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Springs is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Springs
- Haydenburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Haydenburg is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haydenburg
- Whitleyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whitleyville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitleyville
- Rough Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rough Point is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough Point
- Robertson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayesville, with the one closest to Hayesville listed first.
- Black Jack
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Black Jack is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Mitchell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mitchell is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Estimated population in 2014: 198 people
- Mulloy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mulloy is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulloy
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayesville, with the one closest to Hayesville listed first.
- Dixon Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dixon Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Springs
- Pleasant Shade
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Difficult
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Difficult is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Difficult
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,993 people
- Monoville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Monoville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monoville
- Defeated
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Defeated is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defeated
- Rock City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Carthage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- South Carthage
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- South Carthage is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carthage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,406 people
- Bluff Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bluff Creek is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,734 people
- Sumner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayesville, with the one closest to Hayesville listed first.
- Westmoreland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Bledsoe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bledsoe is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Bransford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bransford is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bransford
- Population from the 2010 Census: 170 people
- Fairfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Bethpage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chipman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chipman is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipman
- Rock Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Bridge is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bridge
- Rogana
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rogana is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogana
- Corinth
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Corinth is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Sengtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sengtown is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sengtown
- Castalian Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Head
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fountain Head is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Head
- Trousdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayesville, with the one closest to Hayesville listed first.
- Hartsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Johntown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Johntown is located in Trousdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johntown
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayesville, with the one closest to Hayesville listed first.
- Centerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Centerville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,595 people
- Possum Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Possum Town is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Town
- Laguardo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Laguardo is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguardo
- Estimated population in 2014: 132 people
- Allen County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayesville, with the one closest to Hayesville listed first.
- Holland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holland is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Oak Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oak Forest is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Petroleum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Scottsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Adolphus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cedar Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cedar Springs is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Red Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Red Hill is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Halfway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Halfway is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Halifax
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Halifax is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Yesse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Yesse is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yesse
- Pope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pope is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Trammel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trammel is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Meador
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Meador is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meador
- Barren County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayesville, with the one closest to Hayesville listed first.
- Austin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Austin is located in Barren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Etoile
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Etoile is located in Barren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etoile
- Lucas
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rocky Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rocky Hill is located in Barren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Haywood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Haywood is located in Barren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
- Nobob
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Nobob is located in Barren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nobob
- Beckton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Beckton is located in Barren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckton
- Eighty Eight
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eighty Eight is located in Barren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eighty Eight
- Glasgow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Kino
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kino is located in Barren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kino
- Oil City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oil City is located in Barren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Slick Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Slick Rock is located in Barren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slick Rock
- Edmonson County (KY)
- Rocky Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Rocky Hill is located in Edmonson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill
- Metcalfe County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayesville, with the one closest to Hayesville listed first.
- Summer Shade
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beaumont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beaumont is located in Metcalfe County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Monroe County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayesville, with the one closest to Hayesville listed first.
- Akersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Akersville is located in Monroe County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Fountain Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gamaliel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Hermon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Hermon is located in Monroe County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hermon
- Mud Lick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mud Lick is located in Monroe County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lick
- Forkton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Forkton is located in Monroe County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkton
- Tompkinsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Boles
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Boles is located in Monroe County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
- Hestand
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hestand is located in Monroe County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hestand
- Simpson County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayesville, with the one closest to Hayesville listed first.
- Gold City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Black Jack
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Black Jack is located in Simpson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Jack
- Franklin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Salmons
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Salmons is located in Simpson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons
- Warren County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hayesville, with the one closest to Hayesville listed first.
- Claypool
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Claypool is located in Warren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool
- Martinsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Martinsville is located in Warren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Alvaton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Drake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Drake is located in Warren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Gotts
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gotts is located in Warren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Woodburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Oakland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Warren County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Smiths Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hayesville, see our County-by-County Page for Hayesville.
Cemeteries Near Hayesville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hayesville.
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 Hayesville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hayesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hayesville, with the one closest to Hayesville listed first.
- Lyles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Harper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Black Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher Cliburn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cold Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- King Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jent Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fishburn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- G T Dalton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jonas Meador Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Draper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (473 more) ...
- Walden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- King Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bandy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Hayesville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hayesville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hayesville, with the one closest to Hayesville listed first.
- Haysville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Haysville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysville
- Holland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Holland is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Long Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Long Creek is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Creek
- Barefoot
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Barefoot is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barefoot
- Eulia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eulia is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulia
- Lafayette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Akersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Akersville is located in Monroe County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Westmoreland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fountain Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scottsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rodemer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rodemer is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodemer
- Petroleum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Petroleum is located in Allen County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Adolphus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sugar Grove is located in Sumner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Meadorville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Meadorville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadorville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hayesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hayesville.
Newspapers Published in Hayesville ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hayesville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hayesville, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hayesville.
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 Hayesville:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Macon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Jackson County
- Robertson County
- Smith County
- Sumner County
- Trousdale County
- Wilson County
- Allen County
- Barren County
- Edmonson County
- Metcalfe County
- Monroe County
- Simpson County
- Warren 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hayesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Hayesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |