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 Housley (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 Housley. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Housley is located in Carter 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 Carter County: Avery (NC), Mitchell (NC), Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Housley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Housley:
- Carter County (The home county of Housley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Housley, with the one closest to Housley listed first.
- Buladeen
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Buladeen is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladeen
- Former names for Buladeen:
- Colesville
- Magnetic
- Fish Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fish Springs is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
- Hunter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Siam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Siam is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Biltmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Biltmore is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore
- Elizabethton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Watauga
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Watauga is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Central
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Central is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Gap Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gap Run is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
- Roan Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Shell Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Shell Creek is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 21,037 people
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Housley, with the one closest to Housley listed first.
- Butler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- High Health ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- High Health is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
- Winchester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Winchester is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,547 people
- Vaughtsville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Vaughtsville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughtsville
- Mountain City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Norris
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Norris is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,652 people
- Fuller
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fuller is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Shingletown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shingletown is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingletown
- Trade
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dowell ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dowell is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowell
- Estimated population in 2014: 364 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Housley, with the one closest to Housley listed first.
- Fishdam ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fishdam is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishdam
- Holston Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Holston Valley is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holston Valley
- Ruthton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ruthton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthton
- Cedar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Hunter Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hunter Hills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,854 people
- Forest Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Hills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Bristol
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Childress
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Childress is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
- Collingwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Galloway Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Galloway Mill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 665 people
- Piney Flats
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Unicoi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Housley, with the one closest to Housley listed first.
- Whispering Pines
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Limestone Cove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove
- Unicoi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Erwin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Banner Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Housley, with the one closest to Housley listed first.
- Carnegie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Carnegie is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie
- East Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- East Ridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 21,317 people
- South Gate Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- South Gate Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gate Village
- Austin Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Austin Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Oakland Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oakland Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Village
- Johnson City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Flourville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Flourville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville
- North Johnson City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- North Johnson City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Johnson City
- Camelot Two
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Camelot Two is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Two
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,582 people
- Oak Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Spurgeon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Spurgeon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,957 people
- Midway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Ashe County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Housley, with the one closest to Housley listed first.
- Ashland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Grayson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Grayson is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Creston
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Roten
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Roten is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roten
- Apple Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Apple Grove is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Todd
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Comet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Comet is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Lansing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Warrensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Brownwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brownwood is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Brandon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brandon is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- West Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Avery County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Housley, with the one closest to Housley listed first.
- Mount Gilead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Gilead is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Whaley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whaley is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Beech Mountain
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Banner Elk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Minneapolis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Minneapolis is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneapolis
- Vale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Vale is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
- Seven Devils
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Mountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Mountain is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Newland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Dale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Dale is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Dale
- Grandfather
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grandfather is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandfather
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
- Caldwell County (NC)
- Blowing Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Housley, with the one closest to Housley listed first.
- Buladean
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Buladean is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladean
- Little Rock Creek ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Little Rock Creek is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Creek
- Herrell ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Herrell is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrell
- Richlands
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Richlands is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands
- Bakersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Red Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Red Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Watauga County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Housley, with the one closest to Housley listed first.
- Mabel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mabel is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Watauga Falls ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Watauga Falls is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Falls
- Rominger
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rominger is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rominger
- Zionville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sugar Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vilas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Matney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Matney is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Valle Crucis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Norris ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Norris is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris
- Boone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boone is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,003 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boone <1>
- Foscoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sands
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sands is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Housley, see our County-by-County Page for Housley.
Cemeteries Near Housley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Housley.
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 Housley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Housley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Housley, with the one closest to Housley listed first.
- Hurley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Garland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Marklin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Grindstaff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forbes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ritchie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buckles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wagner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Morley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gentry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stophel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (1016 more) ...
- Hopkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wilson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bowers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Housley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Housley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Housley, with the one closest to Housley listed first.
- Fishdam ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fishdam is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishdam
- Doeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Doeville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doeville
- Pandora
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pandora is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Butler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- High Health ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- High Health is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
- Beidlemans ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beidlemans is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beidlemans
- Siam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Siam is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Fish Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fish Springs is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
- Ironville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ironville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
- Ruthton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ruthton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthton
- Holston Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Holston Valley is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holston Valley
- Lineback ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lineback is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lineback
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Little Doe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Little Doe is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Doe
- Keenburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Keenburg is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keenburg
- Stump Knob ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stump Knob is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Knob
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Housley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Housley.
Newspapers Published in Housley ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Housley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Housley, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Housley.
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 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 Housley:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Carter County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Johnson County
- Sullivan County
- Unicoi County
- Washington County
- Ashe County
- Avery County
- Caldwell County
- Mitchell County
- Watauga 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> | 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 Housley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Housley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |