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 Lakewood (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 Lakewood. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the south 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.
Lakewood is located in Hamilton 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 Hamilton County: Catoosa (GA), Dade (GA), Walker (GA), Whitfield (GA), Bledsoe, Bradley, Marion, Meigs, Rhea & Sequatchie.
Below are the counties that are near Lakewood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lakewood:
- Hamilton County (The home county of Lakewood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Birchwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sale Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Soddy Lake Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Soddy Lake Heights is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soddy Lake Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,190 people
- Soddy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Soddy is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soddy
- Flat Top
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Flat Top is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
- Population from the 2010 Census: 422 people
- Soddy - Daisy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Mowbray
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mowbray is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowbray
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,615 people
- Lakesite
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lakesite is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakesite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,866 people
- Caramel Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Caramel Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caramel Village
- Crabtree Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crabtree Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree Hills
- Estimated population in 2014: 763 people
- Harrison Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Harrison Ferry is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Ferry
- Population from the 2010 Census: 7,769 people
- Lake Dweller
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lake Dweller is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dweller
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Brayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brayton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Summer City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Pailo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pailo is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pailo
- Pikeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brockdell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brockdell is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockdell
- Ninemile
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Winesap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Bradley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Etola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Etola is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etola
- Hopewell Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell Estates is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,874 people
- Bent Tree Acres
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bent Tree Acres is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Tree Acres
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,309 people
- Countryside Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Countryside Village is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside Village
- Hopewell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Bellefounte
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bellefounte is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefounte
- Charleston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cleveland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- McDonald
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- East Cleveland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- East Cleveland is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cleveland
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,608 people
- Mineral Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mineral Park is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Park
- South Cleveland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Cleveland is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cleveland
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,912 people
- Wildwood Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood Lake is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,124 people
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Burke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Jewett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- Newton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Newton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
- Newton has also been known as:
- Peay
- Grundy County
- Palmer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Condra
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Condra is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Condra
- Powells Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Powells Crossroads is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Crossroads
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,352 people
- Whitwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- McMinn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Lamontville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lamontville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamontville
- Calhoun
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Riceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Claxton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Claxton is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Luskville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Luskville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luskville
- Athens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Goodsprings
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Goodsprings is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Etowah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grady
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grady is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Niota
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Prigmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Prigmore is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Cayuga Town ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cayuga Town is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Town
- East View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East View is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East View
- Estimated population in 2014: 705 people
- Beta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Beta is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
- Goodfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Goodfield is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfield
- Calico
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Calico is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Estimated population in 2014: 495 people
- Decatur
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cute ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Akeman Crossroad
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Sewee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Surprise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Chestuee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chestuee is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestuee
- Ocoee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Benton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oldfort
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oldfort is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfort
- Delano
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Parksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parksville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Ball Play
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Play is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Play
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Graysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Graysville is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Bryan Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bryan Hill is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Hill
- Dayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Spring is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Spring
- Ogden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ogden is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Spring City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lakewood Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Roddy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Sequatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Center Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Center Point is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Dunlap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Daus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Daus is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daus
- Cartwright
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cartwright is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,261 people
- Van Buren County
- Chalybeate
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chalybeate is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate
- Catoosa County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Mount Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Vernon is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,371 people
- Graysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dafron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dafron is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dafron
- Estimated population in 2019: 7,294 people
- Indian Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Indian Springs is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Springs
- Newnan Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Newnan Springs is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newnan Springs
- Estimated population in 2019: 41,581 people
- Lakeview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Walker County (GA)
- Rossville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whitfield County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Red Clay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Red Clay is located in Whitfield County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Clay
- Parrett Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Parrett Crossing is located in Whitfield County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrett Crossing
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Cohutta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lakewood, see our County-by-County Page for Lakewood.
Cemeteries Near Lakewood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lakewood.
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 Lakewood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lakewood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Shelton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Roark Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Old Browder Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Spivey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lake Drive Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- McCallie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shelton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McInturff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Patterson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- May Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cookston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Doughty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (750 more) ...
- Spivey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview 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.<2>
While we didn't find Lakewood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lakewood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lakewood, with the one closest to Lakewood listed first.
- Sale Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Coulterville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coulterville is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulterville
- Graysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Graysville is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Brittsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brittsville is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brittsville
- Big Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Big Spring is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Dayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Soddy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Soddy is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soddy
- Ogden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ogden is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Etola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Etola is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etola
- Pineland ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pineland is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineland
- Beta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Beta is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
- Brayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brayton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Igous Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Igous Ferry is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igous Ferry
- Cotton Port ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Port is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Port
- Daisy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lakewood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lakewood.
Newspapers Published in Lakewood ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakewood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lakewood, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lakewood.
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 Lakewood:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hamilton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bledsoe County
- Bradley County
- Cumberland County
- Grundy County
- Marion County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Polk County
- Rhea County
- Sequatchie County
- Van Buren County
- Catoosa County
- Walker County
- Whitfield 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> | 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 Lakewood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Lakewood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |