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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Kitzmiller. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Kitzmiller to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kitzmiller, 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 Kitzmiller (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 Kitzmiller. 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 Kitzmiller is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Kitzmiller. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kitzmiller:
- Washington County (The home county of Kitzmiller)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kitzmiller, with the one closest to Kitzmiller listed first.
- Gray
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Spurgeon
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Spurgeon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,957 people
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Wheelocktown ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wheelocktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelocktown
- Harmony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Flourville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Flourville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville
- Locust Mount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Mount is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
- Fall Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Green Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Green Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Austin Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Austin Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Camelot Two
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Camelot Two is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Two
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,582 people
- North Johnson City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Johnson City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Johnson City
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kitzmiller, with the one closest to Kitzmiller listed first.
- Watauga
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Watauga is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Central
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Central is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Pine Crest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Crest is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Biltmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Biltmore is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore
- Elizabethton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hunter
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hunter is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Gap Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Gap Run is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
- Siam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Siam is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Hampton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodby Hill
(20 miles [32.2 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tolley Town is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolley Town
- Fish Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fish Springs is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kitzmiller, with the one closest to Kitzmiller listed first.
- Milburnton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milburnton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton
- Jearoldstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Centersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Centersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Rheatown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rheatown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown
- Fairview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Horse Creek
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Baileyton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Afton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tusculum
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Bolton Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bolton Estates is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
- Henshaw ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Henshaw is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw
- Estimated population in 2014: 470 people
- Ottway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Hawkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kitzmiller, with the one closest to Kitzmiller listed first.
- Rotherwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood
- Green Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Village is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Mount Carmel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Solitude ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Solitude is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Block City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Block City is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
- Frisco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Frisco is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Greenvale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Greenvale is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
- Church Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waycross
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waycross is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waycross
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,091 people
- Blossom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- New Canton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kitzmiller, with the one closest to Kitzmiller listed first.
- Butler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- High Health ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- High Health is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
- Winchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Winchester is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,547 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kitzmiller, with the one closest to Kitzmiller listed first.
- Fordtown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Colonial Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wahoo ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wahoo is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Colby ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Colby is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Beechwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village
- Thom ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thom is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom
- Borden Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Borden Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village
- Horace ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Kingsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Orebank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Orebank is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orebank
- Sac ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sac is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac
- Unicoi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kitzmiller, with the one closest to Kitzmiller listed first.
- Whispering Pines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Unicoi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bumpus Cove
(19 miles [30.6 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
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Limestone Cove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove
- Indian Creek ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Ernestville
(24 miles [38.6 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
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Loganton is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton
- Flag Pond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond
- Mitchell County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kitzmiller, with the one closest to Kitzmiller listed first.
- Richlands
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Richlands is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands
- Bailey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bailey is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Buladean
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Buladean is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladean
- Huntdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Huntdale is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntdale
- Relief
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Relief is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
- Herrell ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Herrell is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrell
- Tipton Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tipton Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Hill
- Yancey County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kitzmiller, with the one closest to Kitzmiller listed first.
- Sioux
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sioux is located in Yancey County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux
- Ramseytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ramseytown is located in Yancey County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseytown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kitzmiller, see our County-by-County Page for Kitzmiller.
Cemeteries Near Kitzmiller ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kitzmiller.
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 Kitzmiller - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kitzmiller covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kitzmiller, with the one closest to Kitzmiller listed first.
- Gray Community Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jobe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Douglas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fitzgerald Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Weems Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Gray Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gray Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Continue List (910 more) ...
- Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Chase Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Copas 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.
While we didn't find Kitzmiller in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kitzmiller.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kitzmiller, with the one closest to Kitzmiller listed first.
- Fordtown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Wahoo ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wahoo is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Slaughter ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Slaughter is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter
- Meadowbrook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Meadowbrook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Harmony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Keebler Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Keebler Crossroads is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keebler Crossroads
- Boring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boring is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boring
- Hemlock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hemlock is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Colby ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Colby is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Samuel ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Samuel is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuel
- Flourville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Flourville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hilton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hilton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton
- Eden Ridge ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eden Ridge is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Ridge
- February
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- February is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for February
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kitzmiller. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kitzmiller.
Newspapers Published in Kitzmiller ...
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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kitzmiller.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kitzmiller, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kitzmiller.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Kitzmiller:
- 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
- Mitchell County
- Yancey 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 Kitzmiller, 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- Kitzmiller) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |