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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Jonestown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Jonestown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Jonestown, 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 Jonestown (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 Jonestown. 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 hospitals and 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 Jonestown is historic, it would have been located within present day Cocke 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 Cocke County: Haywood (NC), Madison (NC), Greene, Hamblen, Jefferson & Sevier.
Below are the counties that are near Jonestown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jonestown:
- Cocke County (The home county of Jonestown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Nough
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Nough is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nough
- Wolf Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Tom Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tom Town is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tom Town
- Del Rio
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Myers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Myers is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
- Naillon ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Naillon is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naillon
- Bridgeport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Parrottsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hartford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Edwina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Edwina is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Jimtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jimtown is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Wilton Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wilton Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Springs
- Newport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Sirenburg ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sirenburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirenburg
- Cedar Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cedar Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Bright Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bright Hope is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Hope
- Little Chucky ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Little Chucky is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chucky
- Camp Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Camp Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek
- Warrensburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Warrensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg
- Greeneville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Midway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Water Fork Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Water Fork Mill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Fork Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 445 people
- Beulah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beulah is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Mosheim
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Forest Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,027 people
- Henshaw ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Henshaw is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw
- Estimated population in 2014: 470 people
- Hamblen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Silver City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Monte Vista Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Monte Vista Estates is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,860 people
- East Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Village is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Whitesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Morristown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hawkins County
- Bulls Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Baneberry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leadvale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leadvale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadvale
- White Pine
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Edna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edna is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Dandridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Flat Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Sevier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Pittman Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pittman Center is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
- East Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- East Fork is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Harrisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
- Millican Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Millican Grove is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millican Grove
- Unicoi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Flag Pond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond
- Clear Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Branch is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch
- Former name for Clear Branch:
- Kittyton
- Loganton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Loganton is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton
- Ernestville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ernestville is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernestville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,311 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Nolichucky ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nolichucky is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolichucky
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,861 people
- Limestone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Buncombe County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Sandymush
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandymush is located in Buncombe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandymush
- Sandymush has also been known as:
- Sandy Mush
- Alexander
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Leicester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newfound
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Newfound is located in Buncombe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfound
- Flat Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Flat Creek is located in Buncombe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Stoney Knob
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stoney Knob is located in Buncombe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Knob
- Weaverville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodfin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Democrat
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Democrat is located in Buncombe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat
- Candler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barnardsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Acton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Acton is located in Buncombe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Emma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Emma is located in Buncombe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- Haywood County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Teague ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Teague is located in Haywood County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
- Clyde
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Clyde is located in Haywood County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <2>
- Lake Junaluska
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Canton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Canton is located in Haywood County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canton
- Canton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Maggie Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Morning Star
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Morning Star is located in Haywood County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Star
- Waynesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bethel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Haywood County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Hazelwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hazelwood is located in Haywood County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Sonoma ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sonoma is located in Haywood County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
- Madison County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Lynch ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lynch is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
- Hot Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Trust
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Trust is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
- Stackhouse
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stackhouse is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
- Hurricane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hurricane is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
- Walnut
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Walnut is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
- Allenstand
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand
- Chapel Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chapel Hill is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- White Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- White Rock is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Cutshalltown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cutshalltown is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown
- Marshall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jonestown, see our County-by-County Page for Jonestown.
Cemeteries Near Jonestown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jonestown.
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 Jonestown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jonestown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Crowder Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cutshall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cutshall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Justis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Justis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Moore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Moore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Calder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grigby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (657 more) ...
- Mooneyham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mooneyham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Varner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] 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.
Jonestown itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jonestown, with the one closest to Jonestown listed first.
- Nough
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Nough is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nough
- Wolf Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Del Rio
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Paint Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Paint Rock is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Lynch ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lynch is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
- Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
- Naillon ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Naillon is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naillon
- Hot Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Sirenburg ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sirenburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirenburg
- Salem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Cedar Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cedar Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Parrottsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Mount Sterling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jonestown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jonestown.
Newspapers Published in Jonestown ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jonestown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jonestown, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jonestown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Jonestown:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Cocke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Greene County
- Hamblen County
- Hawkins County
- Jefferson County
- Sevier County
- Unicoi County
- Washington County
- Buncombe County
- Haywood County
- Madison 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 Jonestown, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jonestown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |