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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Longtown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Longtown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Longtown, 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 Longtown (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 Longtown. 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 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 Longtown is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Longtown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Longtown:
- Hawkins County (The home county of Longtown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Longtown, with the one closest to Longtown listed first.
- Persia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Persia is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Bulls Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Strahl
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Strahl is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl
- Rogersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bridge Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Red Bridge Ferry is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bridge Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,135 people
- Galbraith Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Galbraith Springs is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith Springs
- Amis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Amis is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis
- Mooresburg Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mooresburg Springs is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg Springs
- Population from the 2010 Census: 941 people
- Mooresburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kepler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kepler is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler
- Eidson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Eidson is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson
- Surgoinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Claiborne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longtown, with the one closest to Longtown listed first.
- Caney Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Evans Ferry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Evans Ferry is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ferry
- Population from the 2010 Census: 293 people
- Raven Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
- Springdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Springdale is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Lone Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lone Mountain is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain
- Tazewell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cocke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longtown, with the one closest to Longtown listed first.
- Bybee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Parrottsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jimtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jimtown is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Bridgeport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Jaybird
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wilsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wilsonville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- West Myers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Myers is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
- Clevenger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clevenger is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
- Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
- Del Rio
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wolf Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Bailey Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey Town is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 428 people
- Edwina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Edwina is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Grainger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longtown, with the one closest to Longtown listed first.
- Bean Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wyatt Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village
- Marshalls Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
- Beans
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Beans is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
- Bowen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bowen is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Thorn Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Wa-Ni Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wa-Ni Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wa-Ni Village
- Rutledge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Oakland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
- Dyers Ferry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
- Lulaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lulaville is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Massengill Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Massengill Mill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massengill Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,600 people
- Washburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Washburn is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longtown, with the one closest to Longtown listed first.
- Marvin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marvin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Romeo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Romeo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Albany
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Albany is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Ottway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Midway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mosheim
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Baileyton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Beulah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Beulah is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Warrensburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Warrensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg
- Little Chucky ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Little Chucky is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chucky
- Bright Hope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bright Hope is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Hope
- Bolton Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bolton Estates is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
- Hamblen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longtown, with the one closest to Longtown listed first.
- Whitesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Bright ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bright is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
- East Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Village is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Morristown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Casablanca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Casablanca is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
- Monte Vista Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monte Vista Estates is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,860 people
- Collons Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Longtown, with the one closest to Longtown listed first.
- Yount Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yount Town is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town
- Trent Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Trent Valley is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
- Duck Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Duck Creek is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Kyles Ford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sneedville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Willis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Willis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Xenophon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Xenophon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon
- Alanthus Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alanthus Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,498 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longtown, with the one closest to Longtown listed first.
- Leadvale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Leadvale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadvale
- White Pine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baneberry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Edna
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Edna is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Talbott
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Town
- Jefferson City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dandridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Alena ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alena is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longtown, with the one closest to Longtown listed first.
- Blair Gap
(22 miles [35.4 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beartown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longtown, with the one closest to Longtown listed first.
- Ducktown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ducktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 457 people
- Fall Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Limestone
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mill Brook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mill Brook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook
- Oakland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Big Sandy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Big Sandy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Estimated population in 2014: 542 people
- Bowmantown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bowmantown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
- Locust Mount
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Locust Mount is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
- Harmony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Leesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Leesburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Wheelocktown ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wheelocktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelocktown
- Telford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Nolichucky ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nolichucky is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolichucky
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,861 people
- Harlan County (KY)
- Cranks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cranks is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranks
- Madison County (NC)
- Allenstand
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Longtown, see our County-by-County Page for Longtown.
Cemeteries Near Longtown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Longtown.
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 Longtown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Longtown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Longtown, with the one closest to Longtown listed first.
- Long Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Walker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Walker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gulley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Berry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mooney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bacon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Chestnut Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gulley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Long Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Price Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ed Berry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (805 more) ...
- Walker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Frank Berry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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 Longtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Longtown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Longtown, with the one closest to Longtown listed first.
- Saint Clair
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Saint Clair is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Otes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Otes is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otes
- White Horn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- White Horn is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horn
- Persia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Persia is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Bulls Gap
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Austins Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Austins Mill is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austins Mill
- Pilot Knob
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Knob is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Choptack
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Choptack is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptack
- Strahl
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Strahl is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl
- Whitesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marvin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marvin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Rogersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Romeo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Romeo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Galbraith Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Galbraith Springs is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith Springs
- Amis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Amis is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Longtown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Longtown.
Newspapers Published in Longtown ...
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 Longtown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Longtown, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Longtown.
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 helpful 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 Longtown:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hawkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Claiborne County
- Cocke County
- Grainger County
- Greene County
- Hamblen County
- Hancock County
- Jefferson County
- Sullivan County
- Washington County
- Harlan County
- Madison 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 Longtown, 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> | 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- Longtown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |