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 Henry Ford (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 Henry Ford. 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.
Henry Ford is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Bledsoe, Fentress, Morgan, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Van Buren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Henry Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Henry Ford:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Henry Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Henry Ford, with the one closest to Henry Ford listed first.
- Fairfield Glade
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lake Pomeroy
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Woodlands
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlands is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
- Estimated population in 2014: 369 people
- Hebbertsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Center Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Rogers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
- Woody
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Crab Orchard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Creston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Greenbriar Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Crossville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dykes Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
- Anderson County
- Oliver Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Henry Ford, with the one closest to Henry Ford listed first.
- Winesap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Ninemile
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Fentress County
- The following are listed by their distance from Henry Ford, with the one closest to Henry Ford listed first.
- Clarkrange
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grimsley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wilder
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilder is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Allardt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Armathwaite
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Cumberland Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Jamestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gernt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Cooper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
- Little Crab
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Little Crab is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crab
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Henry Ford, with the one closest to Henry Ford listed first.
- Bucklick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Lavender
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Deer Lodge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Lancing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Nemo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Glades
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Annadel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Wartburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Deermont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Burrville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Sunbright
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Overton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Henry Ford, with the one closest to Henry Ford listed first.
- Lovejoy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lovejoy is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Obey City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Obey City is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obey City
- Hanging Limb
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hanging Limb is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Limb
- Qualls ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Qualls is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualls
- Bushing ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bushing is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushing
- Beaver Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Hill
- Poteet ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Poteet is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poteet
- Oak Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Oak Dale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Dale is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Dale
- Estimated population in 2014: 222 people
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Henry Ford, with the one closest to Henry Ford listed first.
- Monterey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Burnett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Burnett is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Estimated population in 2014: 418 people
- Jeremiah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jeremiah is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremiah
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Henry Ford, with the one closest to Henry Ford listed first.
- Roddy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Spring City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Henry Ford, with the one closest to Henry Ford listed first.
- Lakemont Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- Rockwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- College Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Postoak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Bazel Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bazel Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
- Emory Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Glen Alice
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Midtown Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Midtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Pioneer Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Kingston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Henry Ford, with the one closest to Henry Ford listed first.
- Glenmary
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- Elgin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
- Robbins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Robbins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Robbins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Robbins
- Hughett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hughett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughett
- Hembree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hembree is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hembree
- New River
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Helenwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Henry Ford, with the one closest to Henry Ford listed first.
- Ravenscroft
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ravenscroft is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenscroft
- Clarktown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Henry Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Henry Ford.
Cemeteries Near Henry Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Henry Ford.
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 Henry Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Henry Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Henry Ford, with the one closest to Henry Ford listed first.
- Elmore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Turner Cemetery #3
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sims Cemetery #2
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Peavine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sims Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brookhart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Turner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frankfort Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Howard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gulden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (763 more) ...
- Slate Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Springs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Slate Springs Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northeast of Crossville.
- The Slate Springs Cemetery has also been known as:
- Slate Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18589 <2>
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Branstetter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Henry Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Henry Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Henry Ford, with the one closest to Henry Ford listed first.
- Halfway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Genesis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Genesis is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesis
- Frankfort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Frankfort is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Hebbertsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Islandford ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Islandford is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islandford
- Lavender
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Roslin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Roslin is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslin
- Deer Lodge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Clarkrange
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woody
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Creston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Crab Orchard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Stowers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Stowers is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowers
- Crossville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Banner Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Banner Springs is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Henry Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Henry Ford.
Newspapers Published in Henry Ford ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Henry Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Henry Ford, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Henry Ford.
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 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 Henry Ford:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Bledsoe County
- Fentress County
- Morgan County
- Overton County
- Putnam County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Scott County
- White 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> | 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- Henry Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Henry Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |