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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Midway 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 Midway. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Midway:
Washington County (The home county of Midway)
The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
Green Hill (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Green Hill is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Onks (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Onks is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onks Estimated population in 2014: 3,715 people
Camelot Two (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Camelot Two is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Two Estimated population in 2014: 3,582 people
Jonesborough (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Johnson City (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Johnson City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,142 people
Former names for Johnson City:
Blue Plum Station Haynesville Johnsons Depot Johnsons Tank Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <1>
Carnegie (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Carnegie is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie North Johnson City (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
North Johnson City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Johnson City Oakland Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Oakland Village is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Village East Ridge (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
East Ridge is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ridge Estimated population in 2014: 21,317 people
South Gate Village (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
South Gate Village is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gate Village Austin Village (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Austin Village is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village Flourville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Flourville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville Carter County
The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
Pine Crest (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Pine Crest is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest Central (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Central is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Watauga (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Watauga is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Gap Run (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Gap Run is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run Biltmore (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Biltmore is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Elizabethton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Woodby Hill (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Woodby Hill is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodby Hill Estimated population in 2014: 2,730 people
Tolley Town (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Tolley Town is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolley Town Hampton (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Hunter (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Hunter is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Siam (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Siam is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam Burbank (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Burbank is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
Milburnton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Milburnton is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton Centersville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Centersville is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville Rheatown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Rheatown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown Horse Creek (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Horse Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
Jearoldstown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Jearoldstown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown Afton (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Tusculum (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Tusculum is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum Population from the 2020 Census: 2,669 people
Fairview (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Fairview is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Henshaw ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Henshaw is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw Estimated population in 2014: 470 people
Pleasant View (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant View is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Estimated population in 2014: 4,251 people
Water Fork Mill (21 miles [33.8 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 (21 miles [33.8 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
Hawkins County
The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
Rotherwood (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood Chimneytop ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop Block City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Block City is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City Blossom (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Blossom is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom Green Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Green Village is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village Mount Carmel (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Solitude ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Solitude is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude Church Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Greenvale (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Greenvale is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale Frisco (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Frisco is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco Waycross (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Waycross is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waycross Estimated population in 2014: 4,091 people
Greenland (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Greenland is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
Butler (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
High Health ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
High Health is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health Norris (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Norris is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris Estimated population in 2014: 1,652 people
Winchester (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Winchester is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Estimated population in 2014: 8,547 people
Sullivan County
The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
Piney Flats (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Colby ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Colby is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby Wahoo ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Wahoo is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Fordtown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Fordtown is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown Thom ‑ Historic(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Thom is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom Childress (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Childress is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek Colonial Heights (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Bluff City (14 miles [22.5 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>
Lella ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Lella is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lella Sac ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Sac is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac Galloway Mill (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Galloway Mill is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway Mill Estimated population in 2014: 665 people
Unicoi County
The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
Unicoi (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Whispering Pines (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines Bumpus Cove (10 miles [16.1 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
Erwin (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Banner Hill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
Limestone Cove (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove Indian Creek ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Ernestville (16 miles [25.7 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 (17 miles [27.4 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 Loganton ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Loganton is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton Flag Pond (20 miles [32.2 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 Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
Elk Park (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Whaley (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Whaley is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley Mount Gilead (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Mount Gilead is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead Minneapolis (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Minneapolis is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneapolis Chestnut Dale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Chestnut Dale is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Dale Plumtree (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Beech Mountain (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Vale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Vale is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale Madison County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
Allegheny (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Allegheny is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny Cutshalltown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Cutshalltown is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown Bethel (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Bethel is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Foster Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Foster Creek is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Creek White Rock (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
White Rock is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock Allenstand (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand Chapel Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Chapel Hill is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill Mitchell County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
Richlands (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Richlands is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands Bailey (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Bailey is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Buladean (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Buladean is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladean Huntdale (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Huntdale is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntdale Relief (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Relief is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief Herrell ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Herrell is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrell Tipton Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Tipton Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Hill Red Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Red Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Little Rock Creek ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Little Rock Creek is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Creek Bakersville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Penland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Yancey County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Midway, with the one closest to Midway listed first.
Sioux (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Sioux is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Ramseytown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Ramseytown is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseytown Day Book (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Day Book is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Book Higgins (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Higgins is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins Green Mountain (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Double Island (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Double Island is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Island Burnsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Concord (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Concord is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Micaville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Newdale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Newdale is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale Low Gap (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Low Gap is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap
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.
Carr Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Vines Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Onks Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Little Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Fine Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Leach Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Onks Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Leonard Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Carr Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Bayless Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Young Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Barton Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Continue List (1018 more) ...
Miller Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
McNeil Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Oliver Cemetery (Less than 2 miles 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.<2>
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.
Jonesborough (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Johnson City (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Johnson City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,142 people
Former names for Johnson City:
Blue Plum Station Haynesville Johnsons Depot Johnsons Tank Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <1>
Carnegie (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Carnegie is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie February (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
February is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for February Keebler Crossroads (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Keebler Crossroads is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keebler Crossroads Marbleton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Marbleton is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbleton Okolona (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Okolona is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona Flourville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Flourville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville Leesburg (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Leesburg is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg Telford (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Mayday (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Mayday is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayday Milligan (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Milligan is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milligan Continue List (14 more) ...
Austin Springs (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Austin Springs is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Springs Embreeville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Embreeville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embreeville Unicoi (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 30 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 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Midway.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Washington County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Carter County Greene County Hawkins County Johnson County Sullivan County Unicoi County Avery 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 Midway. 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 Midway, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Midway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.