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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Little River. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Little River to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Little River, 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 Little River (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 River. 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 River ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Little River: Little Riv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Little River. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Little River.
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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Little River is historic, it would have been located within present day Monroe 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 Monroe County: Cherokee (NC), Graham (NC), Blount, Loudon, McMinn & Polk.
Below are the counties that are near Little River. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little River:
- Monroe County (The home county of Little River)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little River, with the one closest to Little River listed first.
- Tuskeegee ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Tuskeegee is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,663 people
- Vonore
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Halfway Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Acorn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Ballplay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Madisonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ipe ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ipe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
- Belltown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Sweetwater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jacktown
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little River, with the one closest to Little River listed first.
- Oak Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Scarboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Scarboro is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Robertsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Robertsville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Spring Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
- Claxton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Claxton is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little River, with the one closest to Little River listed first.
- McMullens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McMullens is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullens
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,620 people
- Brick Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brick Mill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill
- Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek
- Kiser
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kiser is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser
- Big Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Big Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Big Springs has also been known as:
- Cliff
- Binfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Binfield is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binfield
- Friendsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chilhowee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chilhowee is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee
- Walnut Hill Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Fairway Estates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fairway Estates is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,224 people
- Happy Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Happy Valley is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Sixmile
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sixmile is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little River, with the one closest to Little River listed first.
- Boyd
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Boyd is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Virtue
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Virtue is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virtue
- Estimated population in 2014: 131 people
- Belle Aire
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Belle Aire is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Aire
- Estimated population in 2014: 512 people
- Concord
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Farragut
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ebenezer is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Aldenwood Park
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Kingston Woods
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Topside
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Topside is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
- Estimated population in 2014: 346 people
- Middlebrook Acres
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Middlebrook Acres is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook Acres
- Estimated population in 2014: 593 people
- Arrowhead
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Arrowhead is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Hunting Hills West
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hunting Hills West is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills West
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,970 people
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little River, with the one closest to Little River listed first.
- Trigonia
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- Morganton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Alleghany ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Alleghany is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany
- Estimated population in 2014: 630 people
- Greenback
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jena is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- Centersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Centersville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Loudon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Philadelphia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Loudon City Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park
- Lenoir City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sharp Estates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sharp Estates is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 919 people
- Eaton Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads
- McMinn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little River, with the one closest to Little River listed first.
- Bell Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bell Spring is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring
- Manila
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Manila is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Englewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nonaburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
- Niota
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Prigmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Prigmore is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore
- Mecca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Athens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grady
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Grady is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Etowah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goodsprings
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goodsprings is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Riceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little River, with the one closest to Little River listed first.
- Surprise
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Sewee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Cute ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Akeman Crossroad
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little River, with the one closest to Little River listed first.
- Blue Gem ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Gem is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Gem
- Harriman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coal Hill is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little River, with the one closest to Little River listed first.
- Servilla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Servilla is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla
- Delano
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little River, with the one closest to Little River listed first.
- Cave Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cave Creek is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
- Bradbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bradbury is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Selkirk ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Selkirk is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Morrisgap ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisgap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap
- Iron Divide ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Iron Divide is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
- Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
- Bear ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bear is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
- Wheat ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wheat is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat
- Kingston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Laddie Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Laddie Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village
- Kries
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kries is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kries
- Ethel ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ethel is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,049 people
- Midtown Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Cherokee County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little River, with the one closest to Little River listed first.
- Unaka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Boiling Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boiling Springs is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Graham County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little River, with the one closest to Little River listed first.
- Fontana Dam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <2>
- Yellow Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Creek is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Lake Santeetlah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Robbinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little River, see our County-by-County Page for Little River.
Cemeteries Near Little River ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little River.
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 River - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little River covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little River, with the one closest to Little River listed first.
- Niles - McGhee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Vonore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rollins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wear Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Vonore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Toqua Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Toqua Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McGhee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tipton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Morganton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (749 more) ...
- White Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- McGhee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.
While we didn't find Little River in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little River.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little River, with the one closest to Little River listed first.
- McGhee
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- McGhee is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGhee
- Trigonia
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- Morganton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Brakebill ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brakebill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brakebill
- Kincaid
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kincaid is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Greenback
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mountainville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainville
- Griffitts ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Griffitts is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffitts
- Hopewell Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell Springs is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Springs
- Meadow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Meadow is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
- Citico ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Citico is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citico
- Brick Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brick Mill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek
- Coytee ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Coytee is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coytee
- Hiwassee College
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hiwassee College is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee College
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little River. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little River.
Newspapers Published in Little River ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little River.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little River, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little River.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Little River:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Blount County
- Knox County
- Loudon County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Morgan County
- Polk County
- Roane County
- Cherokee County
- Graham 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 Little River, 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> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Little River) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |