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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 Hembree (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 Hembree. 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.

Hembree is located in Scott 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 Scott County: McCreary (KY), Anderson, Campbell, Fentress, Morgan & Pickett.

Below are the counties that are near Hembree. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hembree:

  • Scott County     (The home county of Hembree)
  • Anderson County
  • Campbell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hembree, with the one closest to Hembree listed first.
    • Shea
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Silica
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Silica is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
      • Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
    • Caryville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jacksboro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Crest
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Pine Crest is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,388 people
    • Stanfill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hatmaker ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Hatmaker is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
    • LaFollette
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Demory
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Elk Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Boy ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Boy is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy
    • Fincastle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Fincastle is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,618 people
    • Forkvale ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Forkvale is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkvale
  • Cumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hembree, with the one closest to Hembree listed first.
    • Rogers
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Rogers is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
      • Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
    • Hebbertsburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Pomeroy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairfield Glade
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Fentress County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hembree, with the one closest to Hembree listed first.
    • Armathwaite
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
      • Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
    • Gernt
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Gernt is located in Fentress County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
      • Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
    • Allardt
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Cumberland Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
      • Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hembree, with the one closest to Hembree listed first.
    • Heiskell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Volunteer Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Volunteer Village is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Village
    • Karns
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Oak Grove Heights
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Grove Heights is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 4,425 people
    • Powell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bayless ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Bayless is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayless
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,396 people
    • Dante
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Farragut
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunting Hills West
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Hunting Hills West is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills West
      • Estimated population in 2014: 3,970 people
    • Copper Ridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Copper Ridge is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Ridge
      • Estimated population in 2014: 333 people
    • Halls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Halls is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
    • Belle Aire
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Belle Aire is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Aire
      • Estimated population in 2014: 512 people
    • Cumberland Estates
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cumberland Estates is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Estates
      • Estimated population in 2014: 304 people
  • Loudon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hembree, with the one closest to Hembree listed first.
    • White Wing Ferry
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • White Wing Ferry is located in Loudon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Wing Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2014: 4,550 people
    • Vancouver ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Vancouver is located in Loudon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver
    • Eaton Crossroads
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Sharp Estates
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Sharp Estates is located in Loudon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Estates
      • Estimated population in 2014: 919 people
    • Lenoir City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Morgan County
  • Roane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hembree, with the one closest to Hembree listed first.
    • Kelley Town
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Kelley Town is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley Town
    • Ethel ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Ethel is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,049 people
    • Dyllis
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Bazel Town
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Bazel Town is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
    • Bear ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Bear is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
    • Kries
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Wheat ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Selkirk ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Selkirk is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
    • Emory Gap
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Bradbury
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Kingston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Laddie Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Laddie Village is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village
    • College Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • College Grove is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
      • Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hembree, with the one closest to Hembree listed first.
    • Loyston ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Gabe ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Gabe is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabe
    • Long Hollow ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Paulette
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Lost Creek ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Lost Creek is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
    • Rhodelia ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Rhodelia is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia
    • Warwicktown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Warwicktown is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwicktown
      • Estimated population in 2014: 658 people
  • McCreary County (KY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hembree, with the one closest to Hembree listed first.
    • Strunk
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Strunk is located in McCreary County (KY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
    • Pine Knot
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Whitley County (KY)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hembree, see our County-by-County Page for Hembree.

Cemeteries Near Hembree ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hembree.

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 Hembree - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hembree covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hembree, with the one closest to Hembree listed first.

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 Hembree in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hembree.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Hembree, with the one closest to Hembree listed first.

  • Norma
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Hughett
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jeffers
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jeffers is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers
  • Mill Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Emory ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Emory is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
  • Crookedfork ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Crookedfork is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crookedfork
  • Windrock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Windrock is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windrock
  • Frost
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Frost is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
  • Caryville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • New River
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Robbins
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Elgin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hembree. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hembree.

Newspapers Published in Hembree ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hembree.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hembree, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hembree.

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 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 Hembree:

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hembree) 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 Hembree, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.