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 Little Cove (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 Little Cove. 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.
Name Variations for Little Cove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Little Cove: Little Cove
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 hospitals and 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.
Little Cove is located in Sevier 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 Sevier County: Haywood (NC), Swain (NC), Blount, Cocke, Jefferson & Knox.
Below are the counties that are near Little Cove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Cove:
- Sevier County (The home county of Little Cove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Cove, with the one closest to Little Cove listed first.
- Waldens Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Waldens Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldens Creek
- Starkeytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Starkeytown is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkeytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 431 people
- Pigeon Forge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chalet Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chalet Village is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalet Village
- Wear Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wear Valley is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wear Valley
- Middle Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Gatlinburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sevierville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dupont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dupont is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Elkmont ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Elkmont is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont
- Harrisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
- Catlettsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg
- Boyds Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Boyds Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Creek
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Cove, with the one closest to Little Cove listed first.
- Townsend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cowan Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cowan Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,010 people
- Walland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Red Bank
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Miller Cove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Miller Cove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 267 people
- Rocky Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rocky Branch is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,427 people
- Seaton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Seaton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Wildwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wildwood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Chelsey Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chelsey Village is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsey Village
- Eagleton Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Eagleton Village is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,052 people
- Rockford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rockford is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Rockgardens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rockgardens is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgardens
- Estimated population in 2014: 861 people
- Alcoa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cocke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Cove, with the one closest to Little Cove listed first.
- Cosby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Birdsville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Birdsville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
- Bailey Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Town is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 428 people
- Carson Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Carson Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Springs
- Wilton Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wilton Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Springs
- Clevenger
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clevenger is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
- Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
- Wilsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Hartford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Edwina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Edwina is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Jaybird
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jaybird is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,299 people
- Newport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jimtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jimtown is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Bridgeport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeport is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Grainger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Cove, with the one closest to Little Cove listed first.
- Blaine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dyers Ferry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
- Lea Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lea Springs is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lea Springs
- Maples ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Maples is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Oakland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
- Massengill Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Massengill Mill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massengill Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,600 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Cove, with the one closest to Little Cove listed first.
- Cook Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
- Dumplin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dumplin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin
- Piedmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Piedmont is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
- Rocky Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
- Strawberry Plains
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dandridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alena ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Alena is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena
- Flat Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- New Market
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jefferson City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rock Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rock Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Town
- Baneberry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Edna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Edna is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Cove, with the one closest to Little Cove listed first.
- Kimberlin Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peters Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Peters Mill is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Mill
- Riverdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Shooks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shooks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks
- Thorn Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Thorn Grove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Grove
- Bonny Kate
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bonny Kate is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Kate
- Colonial Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Moshina Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moshina Heights is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshina Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,335 people
- Ramsey Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ramsey Ferry is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 320 people
- Whites Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Whites Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village
- Wooddale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wooddale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooddale
- Lyonton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lyonton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonton
- Arrowhead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Arrowhead is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Cove, with the one closest to Little Cove listed first.
- Ipe ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ipe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
- Halfway Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Union County
- Plainview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Plainview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,184 people
- Graham County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Cove, with the one closest to Little Cove listed first.
- Fontana Dam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fontana Dam is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana Dam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Fontana Dam has also been known as:
- Fontana Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fontana Dam <1>
- Yellow Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yellow Creek is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Stecoah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Stecoah is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stecoah
- Cheoah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cheoah is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheoah
- Lake Santeetlah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Santeetlah is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Santeetlah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Lake Santeetlah has also been known as:
- Santeetla
- Santeetlah
- Santultah
- Thunderbird Mountain
- Thunderbird
- Haywood County (NC)
- Mount Sterling
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Jackson County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Cove, with the one closest to Little Cove listed first.
- Paint Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Paint Town is located in Jackson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Town
- Whittier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot is located in Jackson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Swain County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Cove, with the one closest to Little Cove listed first.
- Bushnell ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bushnell is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Forney ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Forney is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
- Bryson City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Judson ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Judson is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Oconaluftee Indian Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cherokee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Almond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Unahala
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Unahala is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unahala
- Wesser
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wesser is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesser
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little Cove, see our County-by-County Page for Little Cove.
Cemeteries Near Little Cove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Cove.
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 Little Cove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little Cove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little Cove, with the one closest to Little Cove listed first.
- Little Cove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Crowson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Valley View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hatcher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hurst Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Waldens Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mattox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pigeon Forge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smoky Mountains Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (747 more) ...
- Laurel Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Little Greenbrier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shiloh Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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 Little Cove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little Cove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little Cove, with the one closest to Little Cove listed first.
- Waldens Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Waldens Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldens Creek
- Pigeon Forge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Henderson Springs is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Springs
- Wear Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wear Valley is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wear Valley
- Line Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Line Spring is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Line Spring
- Middle Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Gatlinburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hornet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hornet is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornet
- Sevierville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Harrisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
- Ellejoy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ellejoy is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellejoy
- Catlettsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Boyds Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Boyds Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Creek
- Trundle Crossroad
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trundle Crossroad is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trundle Crossroad
- East Fork
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Fork is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little Cove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Cove.
Newspapers Published in Little Cove ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Cove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Cove, 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 Little Cove.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Little Cove:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Sevier County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cocke County
- Grainger County
- Jefferson County
- Knox County
- Monroe County
- Union County
- Graham County
- Haywood County
- Jackson County
- Swain 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 Little Cove, 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 from Point A (ie- Little Cove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |