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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 Lenoir City (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 Lenoir City. 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 and hospitals 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.

Lenoir City is located in Loudon 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 Loudon County: Blount, Knox, McMinn, Monroe & Roane.

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

  • Loudon County     (The home county of Lenoir City)
  • Anderson County
  • Blount County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenoir City, with the one closest to Lenoir City listed first.
    • Kiser
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Friendsville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • McMullens
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • McMullens is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullens
      • Estimated population in 2014: 13,620 people
    • Big Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek
    • Louisville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Binfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Brick Mill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairway Estates
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairway Estates is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Estates
      • Estimated population in 2014: 8,224 people
    • Alcoa
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Alcoa is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,382 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alcoa <1>
    • Maryville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Walnut Hill Estates
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Walnut Hill Estates is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Estates
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,394 people
  • Campbell County
  • Cumberland County
    • Rogers
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Rogers is located in Cumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
      • Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
  • Knox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenoir City, with the one closest to Lenoir City listed first.
    • Boyd
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Virtue
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Virtue is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virtue
      • Estimated population in 2014: 131 people
    • Belle Aire
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Belle Aire is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Aire
      • Estimated population in 2014: 512 people
    • Farragut
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Concord
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Ebenezer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Grove Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Grove Heights is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 4,425 people
    • Volunteer Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Volunteer Village is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Village
    • Aldenwood Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park
      • Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
    • Karns
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kingston Woods
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Kingston Woods is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Woods
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,790 people
    • Middlebrook Acres
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Middlebrook Acres is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook Acres
      • Estimated population in 2014: 593 people
  • McMinn County
  • Meigs County
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenoir City, with the one closest to Lenoir City listed first.
    • Vonore
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Tuskeegee ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Tuskeegee is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,663 people
    • Toqua ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Sweetwater
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Madisonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Halfway Town ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
    • Ipe ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Ipe is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
    • Acorn
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Ballplay
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Belltown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Jacktown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jacktown is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
      • Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
    • Tellico Plains
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Morgan County
  • Rhea County
  • Roane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenoir City, with the one closest to Lenoir City listed first.
    • Cave Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bradbury
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Selkirk ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Selkirk is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
    • Bear ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Bear is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
    • Wheat ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ethel ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Ethel is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,049 people
    • Kries
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dyllis
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Iron Divide ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Iron Divide is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
    • Kingston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Laddie Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Laddie Village is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village
    • Kelley Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Kelley Town is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley Town
  • Scott County
  • Sevier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lenoir City, with the one closest to Lenoir City listed first.
    • Seymour Heights
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Seymour Heights is located in Sevier County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour Heights
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 10,919 people
    • Seymour
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Lenoir City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lenoir City.

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 Lenoir City - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.<3>

While we didn't find Lenoir City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lenoir City.

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

  • Eaton Crossroads
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Vancouver ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Vancouver is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver
  • Boyd
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Virtue
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Virtue is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virtue
    • Estimated population in 2014: 131 people
  • Oral
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Oral is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oral
  • Loudon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Coytee ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Coytee is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coytee
  • Unitia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Unitia is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unitia
  • Disco
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Disco is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Disco
  • Cave Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Kiser
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Concord
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Griffitts ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Griffitts is located in Loudon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffitts
    • Ewing ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Ewing is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
    • Selkirk ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Selkirk is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lenoir City ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lenoir City.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lenoir City. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lenoir City and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lenoir City.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> of Lenoir City.

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 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 Lenoir City:

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>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 Lenoir City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Lenoir City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.