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 Midway (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 Midway. 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 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 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.
Midway 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 Midway. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Midway:
- Hawkins County (The home county of Midway)
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Surgoinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenland is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- New Canton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Church Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blossom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Eidson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eidson is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson
- Block City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Block City is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
- Kepler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kepler is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler
- Amis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Amis is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis
- Green Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Green Village is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Mount Carmel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Rogersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grainger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Bean Station
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Baileyton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jearoldstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Romeo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Romeo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Ottway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Milburnton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Milburnton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton
- Albany
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Albany is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Marvin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Marvin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Centersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Centersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Fairview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Rheatown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rheatown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown
- Mosheim
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Afton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hamblen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Whitesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bright ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bright is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
- Silver City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- East Village
(30 miles [48.3 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 Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Willis
(8 miles [12.9 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Trent Valley
(18 miles [29 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
- Sneedville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Duck Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Duck Creek is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Yount Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yount Town is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town
- Xenophon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Xenophon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon
- Alanthus Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Alanthus Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,498 people
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Blair Gap
(13 miles [20.9 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Beartown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Morrison City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Morrison City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison City
- Cherokee Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Borden Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Borden Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village
- Horace ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Kingsport
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Beechwood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village
- Bloomingdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bloomingdale is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,888 people
- Colonial Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fordtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Orebank
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Orebank is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orebank
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Fall Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ducktown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ducktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 457 people
- Harmony
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Wheelocktown ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wheelocktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelocktown
- Locust Mount
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Mount is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
- Big Sandy
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bowmantown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
- Gray
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Brook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Brook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook
- Oakland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Leesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Limestone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harlan County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Cranks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cranks is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranks
- Holmes Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Holmes Mill is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Mill
- Cawood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cawood is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawood
- Dizney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dizney is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dizney
- Closplint
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Closplint is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closplint
- Kenvir
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kenvir is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenvir
- Bobs Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bobs Creek is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Creek
- Redbud
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Redbud is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud
- Short Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Short Town is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Town
- Darkmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Darkmont is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darkmont
- Draper
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Draper is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Evarts
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Louellen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Louellen is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louellen
- Letcher County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Gordon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gordon is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Partridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Partridge is located in Letcher County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Midway, see our County-by-County Page for Midway.
Cemeteries Near Midway ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Midway.
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 Midway - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Midway covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Anderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Barrett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Snap Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Still Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shanks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Horn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Looney Mauk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Horton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Moneyhun Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moneyhun Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moneyhun Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Eidson.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15718 <2>
- Continue List (677 more) ...
- Creatch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Simmons Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
While we didn't find Midway in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Midway.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
- Starnes ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Starnes is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starnes
- Fisher Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fisher Creek is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Creek
- Stony Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stony Point is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Opossum ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Opossum is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opossum
- Vogel ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vogel is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vogel
- Surgoinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Canton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Gillenwater ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gillenwater is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillenwater
- Mole
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mole is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole
- Eidson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eidson is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson
- Alumwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alumwell is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alumwell
- Blossom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Church Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kyles Ford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Amis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Midway. See our List of 1890's Communities around Midway.
Newspapers Published in Midway ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Midway.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Midway, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Midway.
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 Midway:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hawkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grainger County
- Greene County
- Hamblen County
- Hancock County
- Sullivan County
- Washington County
- Harlan County
- Letcher 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> | 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- Midway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Midway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |