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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Iron Hill. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Iron Hill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Iron Hill, 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 Iron Hill (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 Iron Hill. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Iron Hill is historic, it would have been located within present day Rhea 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 Rhea County: Bledsoe, Bradley, Cumberland, Meigs & Roane.
Below are the counties that are near Iron Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Iron Hill:
- Rhea County (The home county of Iron Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Hill, with the one closest to Iron Hill listed first.
- Lakewood Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Roddy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Spring City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bryan Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bryan Hill is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Hill
- Cumberland Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland Spring is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Spring
- Dayton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Graysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Graysville is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Anderson County
- Oak Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Hill, with the one closest to Iron Hill listed first.
- Ninemile
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Summer City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Winesap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Pikeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brayton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brayton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Bradley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Hill, with the one closest to Iron Hill listed first.
- Etola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Etola is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etola
- Charleston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Hill, with the one closest to Iron Hill listed first.
- Jewett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- Crab Orchard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Center Ford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Rogers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rogers is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
- Lake Pomeroy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Lake Tansi Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
- Hebbertsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Fairfield Glade
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbriar Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Woodlands
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlands is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
- Estimated population in 2014: 369 people
- Crossville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Hill, with the one closest to Iron Hill listed first.
- Birchwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lakewood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lakewood is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Estimated population in 2011: 2,336 people
- Sale Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Hill, with the one closest to Iron Hill listed first.
- Luttrell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Philadelphia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Loudon City Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park
- Loudon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Eaton Crossroads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads
- White Wing Ferry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- White Wing Ferry is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Wing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,550 people
- Lenoir City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sharp Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sharp Estates is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 919 people
- Vancouver ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vancouver is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver
- Centersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Centersville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Morganton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Alleghany ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Alleghany is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany
- Estimated population in 2014: 630 people
- McMinn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Hill, with the one closest to Iron Hill listed first.
- Prigmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prigmore is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore
- Bell Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Spring is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring
- Niota
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Athens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Riceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Manila
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Manila is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Lamontville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lamontville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamontville
- Englewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nonaburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
- Goodsprings
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Goodsprings is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Grady
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grady is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Calhoun
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Hill, with the one closest to Iron Hill listed first.
- Akeman Crossroad
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Surprise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Sewee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Cute ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Decatur
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Calico
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Calico is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Estimated population in 2014: 495 people
- Goodfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Goodfield is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfield
- Beta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Beta is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
- Cayuga Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cayuga Town is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Town
- East View
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East View is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East View
- Estimated population in 2014: 705 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Hill, with the one closest to Iron Hill listed first.
- Sweetwater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Madisonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vonore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Hill, with the one closest to Iron Hill listed first.
- Harriman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Deermont
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Nemo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Blue Gem ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Gem is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Gem
- Coal Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Hill is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Lancing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wartburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Coalfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coalfield is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalfield
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,463 people
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Iron Hill, with the one closest to Iron Hill listed first.
- Pioneer Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Glen Alice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Morrisgap ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Morrisgap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap
- Lakemont Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- Rockwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Postoak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Cardiff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- College Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Iron Divide ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Iron Divide is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
- Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
- Midtown Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Midtown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Emory Gap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Iron Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Iron Hill.
Cemeteries Near Iron Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Iron Hill.
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 Iron Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Iron Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Iron Hill, with the one closest to Iron Hill listed first.
- Gillespie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lucknow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McCaleb Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gillespie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Horst Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Parker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Baker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wasson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Culvahouse Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hornsby Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cross Key Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (897 more) ...
- Cooley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Collins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.
While we didn't find Iron Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Iron Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Iron Hill, with the one closest to Iron Hill listed first.
- Euchee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Euchee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchee
- Roddy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Rhea Springs ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rhea Springs is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhea Springs
- Lorraine
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lorraine is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Glen Alice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Grandview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spring City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Surprise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Sewee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Barnardsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Barnardsville is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnardsville
- Balta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Balta is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balta
- Cute ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
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- Regret ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Regret is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regret
- Erie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Erie is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Morrisgap ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Morrisgap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Iron Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Iron Hill.
Newspapers Published in Iron Hill ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Iron Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Iron Hill, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Iron Hill.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Iron Hill:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Rhea County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Bledsoe County
- Bradley County
- Cumberland County
- Hamilton County
- Loudon County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Roane 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 Iron Hill, 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> | 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- Iron Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |