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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Hickory Cove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hickory Cove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hickory Cove, 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 Hickory Cove (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 Hickory Cove. 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.
Name Variations for Hickory Cove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Hickory Cove: Hickory Cv.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Hickory Cove is historic, it would have been located within present day Hawkins 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 Hawkins County: Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Sullivan, Washington, Lee (VA) & Scott (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Hickory Cove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hickory Cove:
- Hawkins County (The home county of Hickory Cove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Cove, with the one closest to Hickory Cove listed first.
- Amis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Amis is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis
- Surgoinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Eidson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eidson is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson
- Kepler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kepler is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler
- Rogersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Greenland is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Strahl
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Strahl is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl
- New Canton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Persia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Persia is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Blossom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Church Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Block City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Block City is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
- Claiborne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Cove, with the one closest to Hickory Cove listed first.
- Caney Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Evans Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Evans Ferry is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ferry
- Population from the 2010 Census: 293 people
- Raven Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
- Grainger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Cove, with the one closest to Hickory Cove listed first.
- Bean Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village
- Marshalls Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
- Beans
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beans is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
- Thorn Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Bowen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowen is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Cove, with the one closest to Hickory Cove listed first.
- Baileyton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Romeo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Romeo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Ottway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Marvin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Marvin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Jearoldstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Albany
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Albany is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Mosheim
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Milburnton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Milburnton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton
- Midway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Centersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Centersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Fairview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Bolton Estates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bolton Estates is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
- Hamblen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Cove, with the one closest to Hickory Cove listed first.
- Whitesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bright ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bright is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
- Silver City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- East Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- East Village is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Casablanca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Casablanca is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
- Morristown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Monte Vista Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monte Vista Estates is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,860 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Cove, with the one closest to Hickory Cove listed first.
- Kyles Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Trent Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Trent Valley is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
- Duck Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Duck Creek is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Sneedville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Yount Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Yount Town is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town
- Xenophon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Xenophon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon
- Alanthus Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Alanthus Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,498 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Cove, with the one closest to Hickory Cove listed first.
- Blair Gap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Blair Gap is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Gap
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,870 people
- Beartown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Beartown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Morrison City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Morrison City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison City
- Borden Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Borden Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village
- Cherokee Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Kingsport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beechwood Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village
- Horace ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Colonial Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fordtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Bloomingdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bloomingdale is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,888 people
- Orebank
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Orebank is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orebank
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Cove, with the one closest to Hickory Cove listed first.
- Fall Branch
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ducktown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ducktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 457 people
- Harmony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Locust Mount
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Mount is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
- Wheelocktown ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wheelocktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelocktown
- Big Sandy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Big Sandy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Estimated population in 2014: 542 people
- Mill Brook
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Brook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook
- Oakland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Bowmantown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bowmantown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
- Limestone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Leesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Spurgeon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Spurgeon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,957 people
- Harlan County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hickory Cove, with the one closest to Hickory Cove listed first.
- Cranks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cranks is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranks
- Cawood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cawood is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawood
- Dizney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dizney is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dizney
- Holmes Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Holmes Mill is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Mill
- Bobs Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bobs Creek is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Creek
- Kenvir
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kenvir is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenvir
- Redbud
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Redbud is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud
- Closplint
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Closplint is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closplint
- Darkmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Darkmont is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darkmont
- Draper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Draper is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Evarts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mary Alice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mary Alice is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Alice
- Short Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Short Town is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hickory Cove, see our County-by-County Page for Hickory Cove.
Cemeteries Near Hickory Cove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hickory Cove.
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 Hickory Cove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hickory Cove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hickory Cove, with the one closest to Hickory Cove listed first.
- Gillenwater Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Klepper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Absalom Starnes Looney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pearson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Charles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ward Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Gilley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Herron Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Looneys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Presley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Klepper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sizemore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (726 more) ...
- Carter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Still Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Gilliam Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
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 Hickory Cove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hickory Cove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hickory Cove, with the one closest to Hickory Cove listed first.
- Gillenwater ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Gillenwater is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillenwater
- Vogel ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Vogel is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vogel
- Fisher Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fisher Creek is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Creek
- Alumwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Alumwell is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alumwell
- Amis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Amis is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis
- Surgoinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Eidson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eidson is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson
- Rogersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stony Point is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Kyles Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Austins Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Austins Mill is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austins Mill
- New Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Starnes ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Starnes is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starnes
- Strahl
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Strahl is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl
- Choptack
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Choptack is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptack
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hickory Cove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hickory Cove.
Newspapers Published in Hickory Cove ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hickory Cove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hickory Cove, 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 Hickory Cove.
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 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 Hickory Cove:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hawkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Claiborne County
- Grainger County
- Greene County
- Hamblen County
- Hancock County
- Sullivan County
- Washington County
- Harlan 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 Hickory Cove, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hickory Cove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |