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 Mayday (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 Mayday. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the 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 east 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.
Mayday is located in Washington 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 Washington County : Carter , Greene , Hawkins , Sullivan & Unicoi .
Below are the counties that are near Mayday. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mayday:
Washington County (The home county of Mayday)
The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
Kansas City (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Kansas City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas City Conklin (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Conklin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Telford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Jonesborough (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Nolichucky ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Nolichucky is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolichucky Population from the 2010 Census: 5,861 people
Green Hill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Green Hill is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Onks (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Onks is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onks Estimated population in 2014: 3,715 people
Leesburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Leesburg is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg Midway (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Midway is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Bowmantown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Bowmantown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
Limestone (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Big Sandy (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Big Sandy is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy Estimated population in 2014: 542 people
Mill Brook (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Mill Brook is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook Carter County
The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
Pine Crest (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Pine Crest is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest Woodby Hill (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Woodby Hill is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodby Hill Estimated population in 2014: 2,730 people
Central (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Central is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Gap Run (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Gap Run is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run Tolley Town (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Tolley Town is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolley Town Watauga (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Watauga is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Biltmore (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Biltmore is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Elizabethton (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Hampton (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Hunter (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Hunter is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Siam (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Siam is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam Burbank (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Burbank is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank Heaton Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Heaton Creek is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton Creek Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
Horse Creek (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Horse Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
Centersville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Centersville is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville Milburnton (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Milburnton is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton Rheatown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Rheatown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown Afton (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Henshaw ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Henshaw is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw Estimated population in 2014: 470 people
Fairview (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Fairview is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Pleasant View (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Pleasant View is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Estimated population in 2014: 4,251 people
Tusculum (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Tusculum is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum Population from the 2020 Census: 2,669 people
Jearoldstown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Jearoldstown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown Water Fork Mill (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Water Fork Mill is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Fork Mill Estimated population in 2014: 445 people
Bolton Estates (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Bolton Estates is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
Camp Creek (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Camp Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek Hawkins County
The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
Chimneytop ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop Blossom (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Blossom is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom Mount Carmel (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Rotherwood (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood Solitude ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Solitude is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude Church Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Green Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Green Village is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village Block City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Block City is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City Kepler (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Kepler is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler New Canton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
New Canton is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton Greenland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Greenland is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Surgoinsville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Frisco (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Frisco is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
Butler (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
High Health ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
High Health is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health Sullivan County
The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
Fordtown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Fordtown is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek Piney Flats (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Colby ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Colby is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby Colonial Heights (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Wahoo ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Wahoo is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Childress (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Childress is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress Blair Gap (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Blair Gap is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Gap Estimated population in 2014: 1,870 people
Thom ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Thom is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom Beechwood Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village Lella ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Lella is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lella Borden Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Borden Village is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village Bluff City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Bluff City is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City Population from the 2020 Census: 1,672 people
Former name for Bluff City:
Zollicoffer Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <1>
Unicoi County
The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
Bumpus Cove (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
Banner Hill (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
Erwin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Indian Creek ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Unicoi (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Ernestville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Ernestville is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernestville Estimated population in 2014: 1,311 people
Clear Branch (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Clear Branch is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch Former name for Clear Branch:
Kittyton Whispering Pines (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines Loganton ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Loganton is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton Limestone Cove (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove Flag Pond (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond Avery County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
Elk Park (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Minneapolis (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Minneapolis is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneapolis Chestnut Dale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Chestnut Dale is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Dale Plumtree (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Buncombe County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
Barnardsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Democrat (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Democrat is located in Buncombe County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat Rockview (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Rockview is located in Buncombe County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockview Madison County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
Allegheny (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Allegheny is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny Foster Creek (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Foster Creek is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Creek Cutshalltown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Cutshalltown is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown Allenstand (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand Chapel Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Chapel Hill is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill White Rock (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
White Rock is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock Bethel (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Bethel is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Hurricane (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Hurricane is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Mars Hill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Ivy (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Ivy is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy Petersburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Petersburg is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Stackhouse (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Stackhouse is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse Hot Springs (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Mitchell County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
Richlands (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Richlands is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands Bailey (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Bailey is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Huntdale (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Huntdale is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntdale Relief (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Relief is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief Tipton Hill (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Tipton Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Hill Buladean (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Buladean is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladean Herrell ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Herrell is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrell Red Hill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Red Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Little Rock Creek ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Little Rock Creek is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Creek Bakersville (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Penland (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Yancey County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
Sioux (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Sioux is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Ramseytown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Ramseytown is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseytown Higgins (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Higgins is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins Day Book (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Day Book is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Book Green Mountain (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Burnsville (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Concord (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Concord is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Double Island (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Double Island is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Island Low Gap (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Low Gap is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap Micaville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Newdale (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Newdale is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale Pensacola (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Pensacola is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola Murchison (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Murchison is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchison
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mayday, see our County-by-County Page for Mayday .
Cemeteries Near Mayday ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mayday.
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 Mayday - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mayday covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
Mayberry Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Mt. Lebanon Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Brown Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Berry Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Bailey Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Mt. Wesley Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Johnson Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Sevier Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Stuart Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Bethesda Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Old Dutch Meeting House Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
New Victory Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Continue List (1135 more) ...
New Victory Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Humphreys Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
West Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Mayday had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mayday, with the one closest to Mayday listed first.
Conklin (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Conklin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Embreeville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Embreeville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embreeville Clarkson ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Clarkson is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson Telford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Washington College (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Washington College is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington College Jonesborough (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Broylesville (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Broylesville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broylesville Brownsboro ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Brownsboro is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro Erwin (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Leesburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Leesburg is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg Matuta ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Matuta is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matuta Indian Creek ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Continue List (17 more) ...
Bowmantown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Bowmantown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
Limestone (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
February (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
February is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for February
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mayday. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mayday .
Newspapers Published in Mayday ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mayday.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mayday, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Mayday.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Mayday:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Washington County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Carter County Greene County Hawkins County Johnson County Sullivan County Unicoi County Avery County Buncombe County Madison County Mitchell County Yancey County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mayday. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Mayday, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mayday) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.