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 Longs Bend (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 Longs Bend. 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 Longs Bend ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Longs Bend: Longs Bnd.
- While the name of this community is Longs Bend, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Longs Bend may originally have been Long's Bend.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Longs Bend might be written as Long Bend.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Longs Bend is located in Hawkins 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 Hawkins County: Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Sullivan, Washington, Lee (VA) & Scott (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Longs Bend. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Longs Bend:
- Hawkins County (The home county of Longs Bend)
- The following are listed by their distance from Longs Bend, with the one closest to Longs Bend listed first.
- Surgoinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blossom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Greenland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenland is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Kepler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kepler is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler
- New Canton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Amis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Amis is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis
- Church Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Strahl
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Strahl is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl
- Block City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Block City is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
- Green Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Green Village is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Rogersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mount Carmel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longs Bend, with the one closest to Longs Bend listed first.
- Central
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Central is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Pine Crest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pine Crest is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Watauga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Watauga is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Grainger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longs Bend, with the one closest to Longs Bend listed first.
- Bean Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wyatt Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village
- Marshalls Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longs Bend, with the one closest to Longs Bend listed first.
- Baileyton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jearoldstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Ottway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Romeo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Romeo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Milburnton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Milburnton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton
- Albany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Albany is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Centersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Centersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Fairview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Rheatown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rheatown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown
- Marvin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marvin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Bolton Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bolton Estates is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
- Afton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hamblen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longs Bend, with the one closest to Longs Bend listed first.
- Whitesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Bright ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bright is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
- East Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Village is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longs Bend, with the one closest to Longs Bend listed first.
- Kyles Ford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Trent Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Trent Valley is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
- Duck Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Duck Creek is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Sneedville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Yount Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Yount Town is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town
- Xenophon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Xenophon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longs Bend, with the one closest to Longs Bend listed first.
- Blair Gap
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Blair Gap is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Gap
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,870 people
- Beartown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beartown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Cherokee Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Beechwood Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village
- Borden Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Borden Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village
- Fordtown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Horace ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Kingsport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison City
- Colonial Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wahoo ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wahoo is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Bloomingdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomingdale is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,888 people
- Unicoi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longs Bend, with the one closest to Longs Bend listed first.
- Bumpus Cove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
- Indian Creek ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longs Bend, with the one closest to Longs Bend listed first.
- Fall Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ducktown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ducktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 457 people
- Harmony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Wheelocktown ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wheelocktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelocktown
- Locust Mount
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Mount is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
- Big Sandy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Sandy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Estimated population in 2014: 542 people
- Mill Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Brook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook
- Oakland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Bowmantown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bowmantown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
- Leesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Limestone
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Gray
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Spurgeon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Spurgeon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,957 people
- Harlan County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Longs Bend, with the one closest to Longs Bend listed first.
- Cranks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cranks is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranks
- Holmes Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Holmes Mill is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Mill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Longs Bend, see our County-by-County Page for Longs Bend.
Cemeteries Near Longs Bend ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Longs Bend.
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 Longs Bend - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Longs Bend covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Longs Bend, with the one closest to Longs Bend listed first.
- Charles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hunter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Powell Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jake Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whims Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ball Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beech Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tunnel Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Looney Mauk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (815 more) ...
- Morrison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Yankee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Horn Cemetery
(5 miles [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.<4>
While we didn't find Longs Bend in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Longs Bend.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Longs Bend, with the one closest to Longs Bend listed first.
- Surgoinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Stony Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stony Point is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Van Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Van Hill is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hill
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Blossom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Mole
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mole is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole
- New Canton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Vogel ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vogel is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vogel
- Amis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Amis is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis
- Starnes ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Starnes is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starnes
- Jearoldstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Church Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fisher Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fisher Creek is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Creek
- Gillenwater ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gillenwater is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillenwater
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Longs Bend. See our List of 1890's Communities around Longs Bend.
Newspapers Published in Longs Bend ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Longs Bend.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Longs Bend, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Longs Bend.
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 Longs Bend:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hawkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Grainger County
- Greene County
- Hamblen County
- Hancock County
- Sullivan County
- Unicoi County
- Washington County
- Harlan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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> | 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 Longs Bend, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Longs Bend) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |