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 Holmes (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 Holmes. 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 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 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.
Holmes is located in Washington 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 Washington County : Carter , Greene , Hawkins , Sullivan & Unicoi .
Below are the counties that are near Holmes. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holmes:
Washington County (The home county of Holmes)
The following are listed by their distance from Holmes, with the one closest to Holmes listed first.
Onks (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Onks is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onks Estimated population in 2014: 3,715 people
Green Hill (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Green Hill is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Midway (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Midway is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Jonesborough (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Camelot Two (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Camelot Two is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Two Estimated population in 2014: 3,582 people
Johnson City (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Johnson City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,142 people
Former names for Johnson City:
Blue Plum Station Haynesville Johnsons Depot Johnsons Tank Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <1>
North Johnson City (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
North Johnson City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Johnson City Oakland Village (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Oakland Village is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Village Leesburg (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Leesburg is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg Carnegie (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Carnegie is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie East Ridge (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
East Ridge is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ridge Estimated population in 2014: 21,317 people
Austin Village (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Austin Village is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village Flourville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Flourville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville Carter County
The following are listed by their distance from Holmes, with the one closest to Holmes listed first.
Pine Crest (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Pine Crest is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest Central (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Central is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Watauga (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Watauga is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Gap Run (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Gap Run is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run Biltmore (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Biltmore is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Elizabethton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Woodby Hill (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Woodby Hill is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodby Hill Estimated population in 2014: 2,730 people
Tolley Town (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Tolley Town is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolley Town Hampton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Hunter (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Hunter is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Siam (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Siam is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam Fish Springs (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Fish Springs is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs Burbank (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Burbank is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Holmes, with the one closest to Holmes listed first.
Milburnton (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Milburnton is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton Centersville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Centersville is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville Jearoldstown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Jearoldstown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown Rheatown (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Rheatown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown Horse Creek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Horse Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
Afton (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Tusculum (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Tusculum is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum Population from the 2020 Census: 2,669 people
Fairview (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Fairview is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Henshaw ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Henshaw is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw Estimated population in 2014: 470 people
Pleasant View (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant View is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Estimated population in 2014: 4,251 people
Bolton Estates (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Bolton Estates is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
Forest Hills (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Forest Hills is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Estimated population in 2014: 5,027 people
Baileyton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Hawkins County
The following are listed by their distance from Holmes, with the one closest to Holmes listed first.
Chimneytop ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop Rotherwood (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood Block City (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Block City is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City Blossom (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Blossom is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom Green Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Green Village is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village Mount Carmel (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Solitude ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Solitude is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude Church Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Greenvale (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Greenvale is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale Frisco (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Frisco is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco Greenland (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Greenland is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland New Canton (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
New Canton is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton Waycross (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Waycross is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waycross Estimated population in 2014: 4,091 people
Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Holmes, with the one closest to Holmes listed first.
Butler (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
High Health ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
High Health is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health Norris (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Norris is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris Estimated population in 2014: 1,652 people
Sullivan County
The following are listed by their distance from Holmes, with the one closest to Holmes listed first.
Fordtown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Fordtown is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown Colby ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Colby is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby Wahoo ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Wahoo is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Piney Flats (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek Colonial Heights (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Thom ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Thom is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom Childress (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Childress is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress Lella ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Lella is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lella Beechwood Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village Sac ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Sac is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac Bluff City (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Bluff City is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City Population from the 2020 Census: 1,672 people
Former name for Bluff City:
Zollicoffer Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <1>
Galloway Mill (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Galloway Mill is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway Mill Estimated population in 2014: 665 people
Unicoi County
The following are listed by their distance from Holmes, with the one closest to Holmes listed first.
Whispering Pines (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines Unicoi (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Bumpus Cove (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
Banner Hill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
Erwin (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Indian Creek ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Limestone Cove (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove Ernestville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Ernestville is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernestville Estimated population in 2014: 1,311 people
Clear Branch (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Clear Branch is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch Former name for Clear Branch:
Kittyton Loganton ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Loganton is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton Flag Pond (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond Avery County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Holmes, with the one closest to Holmes listed first.
Elk Park (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Mount Gilead (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Mount Gilead is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead Whaley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Whaley is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley Minneapolis (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Minneapolis is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneapolis Chestnut Dale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Chestnut Dale is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Dale Plumtree (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Madison County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Holmes, with the one closest to Holmes listed first.
Allegheny (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Allegheny is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny Foster Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Foster Creek is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Creek Cutshalltown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Cutshalltown is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown Bethel (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Bethel is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Allenstand (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand Chapel Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Chapel Hill is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill White Rock (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
White Rock is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock Mitchell County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Holmes, with the one closest to Holmes listed first.
Richlands (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Richlands is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands Bailey (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Bailey is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Buladean (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Buladean is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladean Huntdale (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Huntdale is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntdale Relief (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Relief is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief Tipton Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Tipton Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Hill Herrell ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Herrell is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrell Red Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Red Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Little Rock Creek ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Little Rock Creek is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Creek Bakersville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Yancey County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Holmes, with the one closest to Holmes listed first.
Sioux (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Sioux is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Ramseytown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Ramseytown is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseytown Day Book (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Day Book is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Book Higgins (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Higgins is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins Green Mountain (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Burnsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Double Island (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Double Island is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Island Concord (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Concord is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Low Gap (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Low Gap is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap Micaville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Newdale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Newdale is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Holmes, see our County-by-County Page for Holmes .
Cemeteries Near Holmes ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holmes.
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 Holmes - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Holmes covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Holmes, with the one closest to Holmes listed first.
Oliver Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Little Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Onks Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
McNeil Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Glenwood Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Maple Lawn Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Old Jonesboro Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Babb - Smith Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Estes Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Eden Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Pritchett Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Vines Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Continue List (1022 more) ...
Onks Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Williams Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Bales Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Holmes in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Holmes.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Holmes, with the one closest to Holmes listed first.
Jonesborough (Less than 2 miles to the west)
February (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
February is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for February Keebler Crossroads (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Keebler Crossroads is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keebler Crossroads Johnson City (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Johnson City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,142 people
Former names for Johnson City:
Blue Plum Station Haynesville Johnsons Depot Johnsons Tank Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <1>
Leesburg (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Leesburg is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg Telford (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Mayday (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Mayday is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayday Carnegie (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Carnegie is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie Flourville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Flourville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville Marbleton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Marbleton is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbleton Okolona (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Okolona is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona Austin Springs (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Austin Springs is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Springs Continue List (17 more) ...
Locust Mount (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Locust Mount is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount Bowmantown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Bowmantown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
Matuta ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Matuta is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matuta
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Holmes. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holmes .
Newspapers Published in Holmes ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holmes.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holmes, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Holmes.
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 websites either 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 Holmes:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Washington County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Carter County Greene County Hawkins County Johnson County Sullivan County Unicoi County Avery County Madison County Mitchell County Yancey County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Holmes. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Holmes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Holmes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.