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 Melvine (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 Melvine. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Melvine is located in Bledsoe 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 Bledsoe County: Cumberland, Hamilton, Rhea, Sequatchie & Van Buren.
Below are the counties that are near Melvine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Melvine:
- Bledsoe County (The home county of Melvine)
- The following are listed by their distance from Melvine, with the one closest to Melvine listed first.
- Ninemile
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Winesap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Summer City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Pikeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brayton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Brayton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Brockdell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brockdell is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockdell
- Pailo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pailo is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pailo
- Bradley County
- Etola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Etola is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etola
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melvine, with the one closest to Melvine listed first.
- Burke
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Jewett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- Lake Tansi Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
- Newton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
- Newton has also been known as:
- Peay
- Lantana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lantana is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lantana
- Mount Gilead ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Gilead is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Erasmus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Erasmus is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erasmus
- Todd Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Todd Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Town
- Crossville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Greenbriar Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Howard Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Crab Orchard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Center Ford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melvine, with the one closest to Melvine listed first.
- Lakewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lakewood is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Estimated population in 2011: 2,336 people
- Sale Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Birchwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Flat Top
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Flat Top is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
- Population from the 2010 Census: 422 people
- Loudon County
- Luttrell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- McMinn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melvine, with the one closest to Melvine listed first.
- Prigmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Prigmore is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore
- Lamontville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lamontville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamontville
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melvine, with the one closest to Melvine listed first.
- Akeman Crossroad
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Calico
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Calico is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Estimated population in 2014: 495 people
- Cute ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Decatur
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Town ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cayuga Town is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Town
- Goodfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Goodfield is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfield
- Beta
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Beta is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
- Sewee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Surprise
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- East View
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- East View is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East View
- Estimated population in 2014: 705 people
- Morgan County
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melvine, with the one closest to Melvine listed first.
- Burnett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burnett is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Estimated population in 2014: 418 people
- Monterey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melvine, with the one closest to Melvine listed first.
- Spring City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cumberland Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Spring is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Spring
- Lakewood Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Ogden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ogden is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Roddy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Bryan Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bryan Hill is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Hill
- Dayton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Graysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Graysville is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melvine, with the one closest to Melvine listed first.
- Glen Alice
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Pioneer Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Lakemont Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- Rockwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Postoak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Cardiff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- College Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Morrisgap ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Morrisgap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap
- Midtown Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Midtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Emory Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Iron Divide ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Iron Divide is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
- Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
- Sequatchie County
- Dunlap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melvine, with the one closest to Melvine listed first.
- Sweetgum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sweetgum is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetgum
- Spencer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cummingsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cummingsville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummingsville
- Meade ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Meade is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
- Sopha ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sopha is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopha
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,104 people
- Chalybeate
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chalybeate is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate
- Bone Cave
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bone Cave is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone Cave
- Laurelburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Laurelburg is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelburg
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Melvine, with the one closest to Melvine listed first.
- Clarktown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
- Ravenscroft
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenscroft is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenscroft
- Methodist ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Methodist is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist
- Sparta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Doyle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Doyle is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
- Cherry Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Creek is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Quebeck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Melvine, see our County-by-County Page for Melvine.
Cemeteries Near Melvine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Melvine.
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 Melvine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Melvine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Melvine, with the one closest to Melvine listed first.
- Hamilton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Walker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Thurman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Swafford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Swafford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stephens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Arnett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brushy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Swafford Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tollett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Parham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (686 more) ...
- Kerley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ormes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thurman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
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 Melvine in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Melvine.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Melvine, with the one closest to Melvine listed first.
- Litton
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Litton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litton
- Ninemile
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Burke
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Music ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Music is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Music
- Grapevine ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Grapevine is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
- Tanbark ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tanbark is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanbark
- Big Lick
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Big Lick is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lick
- Winesap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Seals ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Seals is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seals
- Pearson ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pearson is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Wyatt ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wyatt is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Jewett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Schoolfield ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Schoolfield is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoolfield
- Newton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
- Newton has also been known as:
- Peay
- Lantana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lantana is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lantana
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Melvine. See our List of 1890's Communities around Melvine.
Newspapers Published in Melvine ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Melvine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Melvine, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Melvine.
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 Melvine:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Bledsoe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradley County
- Cumberland County
- Hamilton County
- Loudon County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Morgan County
- Putnam County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Sequatchie County
- Van Buren County
- White 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 Melvine, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Melvine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |