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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 Leadvale (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 Leadvale. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Leadvale is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Knox & Sevier.

Below are the counties that are near Leadvale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leadvale:

  • Jefferson County     (The home county of Leadvale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leadvale, with the one closest to Leadvale listed first.
    • White Pine
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Baneberry
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Edna
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Talbott
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Dandridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Rock Town
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Rock Town is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Town
    • Flat Gap
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jefferson City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Alena ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Alena is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena
    • New Market
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Piedmont
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Rocky Valley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
  • Claiborne County
  • Cocke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leadvale, with the one closest to Leadvale listed first.
    • Bybee
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Clevenger
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Clevenger is located in Cocke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
      • Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
    • Wilsonville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Bailey Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Bailey Town is located in Cocke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
      • Estimated population in 2014: 428 people
    • Jaybird
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jaybird is located in Cocke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
      • Estimated population in 2014: 3,299 people
    • Newport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jimtown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Parrottsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Carson Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Bridgeport
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Edwina
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • West Myers
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • West Myers is located in Cocke County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
  • Grainger County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leadvale, with the one closest to Leadvale listed first.
    • Marshalls Ferry
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
    • Oakland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Oakland is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
      • Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
    • Wa-Ni Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Wa-Ni Village is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wa-Ni Village
    • Dyers Ferry
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
    • Wyatt Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village
    • Bean Station
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Beans
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Beans is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
      • Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
    • Bowen
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Massengill Mill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Massengill Mill is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massengill Mill
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,600 people
    • Rutledge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Thorn Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lulaville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lulaville is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
  • Greene County
  • Hamblen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leadvale, with the one closest to Leadvale listed first.
    • Monte Vista Estates
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Monte Vista Estates is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista Estates
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,860 people
    • Morristown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • East Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • East Village is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
    • Silver City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Silver City is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Casablanca
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Casablanca is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
    • Bright ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Bright is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
    • Whitesburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Collons Ferry
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Collons Ferry is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collons Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2014: 986 people
  • Hancock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leadvale, with the one closest to Leadvale listed first.
    • Yount Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Duck Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Xenophon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Xenophon is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon
    • Trent Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Trent Valley is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley
      • Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
    • Sneedville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Hawkins County
  • Knox County
  • Sevier County
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Leadvale, with the one closest to Leadvale listed first.
    • Luttrell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Haynes ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Haynes is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
    • Plainview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Haywood County (NC)
  • Madison County (NC)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leadvale, see our County-by-County Page for Leadvale.

Cemeteries Near Leadvale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leadvale.

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 Leadvale - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leadvale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leadvale, with the one closest to Leadvale listed first.

  • Harle Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Colman Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Rogers Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Thomas Jarnagin Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Solomon Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Graham Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Calfee Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Moser Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Westminister Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cline Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Eckel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Vineyard Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (903 more) ...
    • Old Daughty Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Watkins Chapel Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Witt 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Leadvale had a population of 94 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Leadvale, with the one closest to Leadvale listed first.

  • White Pine
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Rankin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rankin is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
  • Witt
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Witt is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt
  • Bybee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Edna
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Beulah
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Springvale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Springvale is located in Hamblen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
  • Morristown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Newport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Oldtown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Oldtown is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldtown
  • Warrensburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leadvale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leadvale.

Newspapers Published in Leadvale ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leadvale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leadvale, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Leadvale.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Leadvale:

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 Leadvale, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Leadvale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.