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 Ketchen (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 Ketchen. 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.
Ketchen is located in Scott 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 Scott County: McCreary (KY), Anderson, Campbell, Fentress, Morgan & Pickett.
Below are the counties that are near Ketchen. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ketchen:
- Scott County (The home county of Ketchen)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ketchen, with the one closest to Ketchen listed first.
- Isham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Isham is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- State Line
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- State Line is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Winfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oneida
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Oneida
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- West Oneida is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida
- Straight Fork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Straight Fork is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Fork
- Verdun
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Verdun is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun
- Foster Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Foster Crossroads is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Crossroads
- Huntsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Helenwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Winona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Winona is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Norma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Norma is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Estimated population in 2014: 147 people
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ketchen, with the one closest to Ketchen listed first.
- Rocky Top
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rocky Top is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Top
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Former names for Rocky Top:
- Coal Creek
- Lake City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Top <1>
- Fraterville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Fraterville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraterville
- Estimated population in 2014: 70,612 people
- Norris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Andersonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 472 people
- Bethel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 719 people
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ketchen, with the one closest to Ketchen listed first.
- Stanfill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stanfill is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill
- Elk Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Valley is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
- Jellico
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Habersham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Habersham is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habersham
- Morley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Morley is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- White Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- White Oak is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- LaFollette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- LaFollette is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,585 people
- LaFollette has also been known as:
- Big Creek Gap
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFollette <1>
- Caryville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Silica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Silica is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
- Jacksboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fincastle
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fincastle is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,618 people
- Stockville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stockville is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockville
- Claiborne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ketchen, with the one closest to Ketchen listed first.
- Clairfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Clairfield is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairfield
- Hamlin Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hamlin Town is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin Town
- Pruden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pruden is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden
- Speedwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fentress County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ketchen, with the one closest to Ketchen listed first.
- Gernt
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Armathwaite
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ketchen, with the one closest to Ketchen listed first.
- Mill Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Brewstertown ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brewstertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewstertown
- Mahan Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mahan Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Village
- Sunbright
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burrville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ketchen, with the one closest to Ketchen listed first.
- Long Hollow ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Long Hollow is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow
- Braden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Braden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden
- Estimated population in 2014: 277 people
- Phebe ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Phebe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phebe
- Rhodelia ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rhodelia is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia
- Lost Creek ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Loyston ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loyston is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyston
- Bell County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ketchen, with the one closest to Ketchen listed first.
- Pearl
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pearl is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Frakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Frakes is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frakes
- Pruden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pruden is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden
- Fonde
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fonde is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonde
- Capito
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Capito is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capito
- Edgewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Edgewood is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Yellow Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Ingram
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ingram is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Premier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Premier is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Premier
- Knox County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ketchen, with the one closest to Ketchen listed first.
- Bryants Store
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bryants Store is located in Knox County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants Store
- Wheeler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wheeler is located in Knox County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- North Corbin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Corbin is located in Knox County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Corbin
- Warren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Warren is located in Knox County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Gray
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- McCreary County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ketchen, with the one closest to Ketchen listed first.
- Strunk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Strunk is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
- Pine Knot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Revelo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Stearns
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Whitley City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marshes Siding
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
- Wiborg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wiborg is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
- Greenwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Pulaski County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ketchen, with the one closest to Ketchen listed first.
- Alpine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine is located in Pulaski County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Sloans Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sloans Valley is located in Pulaski County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Valley
- Tateville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tateville is located in Pulaski County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tateville
- Wayne County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ketchen, with the one closest to Ketchen listed first.
- Ritner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Parmleysville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Mount Pisgah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Whitley County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ketchen, with the one closest to Ketchen listed first.
- Ayers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ayers is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Fairview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Red Ash
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Red Ash is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Saxton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Saxton is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Lot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lot is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot
- Pleasant View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Emlyn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Emlyn is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn
- Liberty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Williamsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Packard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Packard is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard
- Nevisdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nevisdale is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevisdale
- Verne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Verne is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ketchen, see our County-by-County Page for Ketchen.
Cemeteries Near Ketchen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ketchen.
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 Ketchen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ketchen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ketchen, with the one closest to Ketchen listed first.
- Trammel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ryan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Blankenship Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Trammel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Angel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Angel / Wright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Adkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adkins Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Adkins Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east of Oneida.
- The Adkins Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sterling Adkins Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2268510 <2>
- Lawson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Baird Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (813 more) ...
- Trammel Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Baker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hayes Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Ketchen in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ketchen.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ketchen, with the one closest to Ketchen listed first.
- Isham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Isham is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isham
- Elk Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Valley is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
- Winfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Doctors ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Doctors is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctors
- Bowl ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bowl is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowl
- Newcomb
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Newcomb is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Pioneer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jellico
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Oneida
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buckeye
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Buckeye is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Red Ash
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Red Ash is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Saxton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Saxton is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pine Mountain ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Mountain is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
- Lot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lot is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot
- Pleasant View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ketchen. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ketchen.
Newspapers Published in Ketchen ...
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 Ketchen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ketchen, 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 Ketchen.
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 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 Ketchen:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Scott County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Campbell County
- Claiborne County
- Fentress County
- Morgan County
- Union County
- Bell County
- Knox County
- McCreary County
- Pulaski County
- Wayne County
- Whitley 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ketchen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Ketchen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |