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 McPheeter 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 McPheeter 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 McPheeter 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for McPheeter Bend: McPheeter Bnd.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the 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.
McPheeter 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 McPheeter Bend. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to McPheeter Bend:
- Hawkins County (The home county of McPheeter Bend)
- The following are listed by their distance from McPheeter Bend, with the one closest to McPheeter Bend listed first.
- Church Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- New Canton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Blossom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Block City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Block City is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
- Green Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Green Village is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Greenland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greenland is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Mount Carmel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Solitude ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Solitude is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Rotherwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood
- Surgoinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Frisco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Frisco is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Greenvale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greenvale is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from McPheeter Bend, with the one closest to McPheeter Bend listed first.
- Watauga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Watauga is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Central
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Central is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Pine Crest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Crest is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Biltmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Biltmore is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore
- Elizabethton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from McPheeter Bend, with the one closest to McPheeter Bend listed first.
- Jearoldstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Baileyton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Milburnton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Milburnton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton
- Centersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Centersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Rheatown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rheatown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown
- Ottway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Fairview
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Romeo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Romeo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Afton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bolton Estates
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Albany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Albany is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Tusculum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Tusculum is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,669 people
- Hamblen County
- The following are listed by their distance from McPheeter Bend, with the one closest to McPheeter Bend listed first.
- Whitesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from McPheeter Bend, with the one closest to McPheeter Bend listed first.
- Willis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Willis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Kyles Ford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Trent Valley
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Duck Creek is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Sneedville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yount Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Yount Town is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from McPheeter Bend, with the one closest to McPheeter Bend listed first.
- Blair Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blair Gap is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Gap
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,870 people
- Beartown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Beartown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Borden Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Borden Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village
- Kingsport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Morrison City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison City
- Beechwood Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Horace ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Colonial Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fordtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Orebank
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Orebank is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orebank
- Bloomingdale
(14 miles [22.5 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 McPheeter Bend, with the one closest to McPheeter Bend listed first.
- Bumpus Cove
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Banner Hill
(29 miles [46.7 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Unicoi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Pines
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- 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 McPheeter Bend, with the one closest to McPheeter Bend listed first.
- Fall Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Ducktown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ducktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 457 people
- Wheelocktown ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wheelocktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelocktown
- Locust Mount
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Mount is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
- Gray
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Big Sandy
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Spurgeon
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Bowmantown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bowmantown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
- Mill Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mill Brook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook
- Oakland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Leesburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Oak Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Harlan County (KY)
- Holmes Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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 McPheeter Bend, see our County-by-County Page for McPheeter Bend.
Cemeteries Near McPheeter Bend ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McPheeter 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 McPheeter Bend - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McPheeter Bend covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McPheeter Bend, with the one closest to McPheeter Bend listed first.
- Patterson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Yankee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Price Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mowell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hawkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Morrison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Loyd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cooper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Christian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Beech Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (831 more) ...
- Oak Glenn Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Glenn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dolen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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.<3>
While we didn't find McPheeter Bend in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McPheeter Bend.
These communities are listed based on their distance from McPheeter Bend, with the one closest to McPheeter Bend listed first.
- Mole
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mole is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole
- Blossom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Church Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- New Canton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Harbour
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harbour is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour
- Solitude ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Solitude is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Stony Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stony Point is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Lovelace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lovelace is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
- Cloverbottom ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cloverbottom is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverbottom
- Butterfly ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Butterfly is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly
- Opossum ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Opossum is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opossum
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Surgoinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fall Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rotherwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McPheeter Bend. See our List of 1890's Communities around McPheeter Bend.
Newspapers Published in McPheeter 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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around McPheeter Bend.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McPheeter Bend, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McPheeter Bend.
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 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 McPheeter Bend:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hawkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Greene County
- Hamblen County
- Hancock County
- Sullivan County
- Unicoi County
- Washington County
- Harlan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 McPheeter Bend, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McPheeter Bend) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |