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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Mill Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Mill Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mill Creek, please Contact Us.
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 Mill Creek (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 Mill Creek. 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 Mill Creek ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mill Creek: Mill Crk. (or less commonly used: Mill Ck. or Mill Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mill Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mill Creek.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Mill Creek is historic, it would have been located within present day Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Bledsoe, Fentress, Morgan, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Van Buren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Mill Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mill Creek:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Mill Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek, with the one closest to Mill Creek listed first.
- Woody
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Woodlands
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlands is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
- Estimated population in 2014: 369 people
- Creston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Fairfield Glade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dykes Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
- Crossville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Greenbriar Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Lake Pomeroy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Howard Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Hebbertsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Center Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Crab Orchard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek, with the one closest to Mill Creek listed first.
- Winesap
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Ninemile
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Fentress County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek, with the one closest to Mill Creek listed first.
- Clarkrange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Grimsley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wilder
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wilder is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Cumberland Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Allardt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Armathwaite
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Cooper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cooper is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
- Jamestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Little Crab
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Little Crab is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crab
- Gernt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek, with the one closest to Mill Creek listed first.
- Bucklick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Lavender
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Deer Lodge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Glades
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Annadel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Lancing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Nemo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Burrville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Sunbright
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Deermont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Wartburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Brewstertown ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Brewstertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewstertown
- Overton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek, with the one closest to Mill Creek listed first.
- Lovejoy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lovejoy is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Obey City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Obey City is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obey City
- Hanging Limb
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hanging Limb is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Limb
- Bushing ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bushing is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushing
- Qualls ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Qualls is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualls
- Beaver Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Hill
- Poteet ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Poteet is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poteet
- Oak Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Oak Dale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Dale is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Dale
- Estimated population in 2014: 222 people
- Livingston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Duncan's Chapel ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Duncan's Chapel is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan's Chapel
- Garretts Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garretts Mill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Mill
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek, with the one closest to Mill Creek listed first.
- Monterey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Burnett
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Burnett is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Estimated population in 2014: 418 people
- Jeremiah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jeremiah is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremiah
- Shennon Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shennon Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennon Village
- Algood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- White Plains
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- White Plains is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,231 people
- Bangham Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bangham Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangham Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 504 people
- Park Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Park Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
- Southtown Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Southtown Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southtown Village
- Cookeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek, with the one closest to Mill Creek listed first.
- Roddy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Spring City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek, with the one closest to Mill Creek listed first.
- Lakemont Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- Rockwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Glen Alice
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- College Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Postoak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Emory Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Pioneer Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Bazel Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bazel Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
- Midtown Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Midtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Kingston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Laddie Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Laddie Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek, with the one closest to Mill Creek listed first.
- Glenmary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- Elgin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
- West Robbins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Robbins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Robbins
- Robbins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Van Buren County
- Sweetgum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetgum is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetgum
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mill Creek, with the one closest to Mill Creek listed first.
- Ravenscroft
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ravenscroft is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenscroft
- Clarktown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
- Cherry Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cherry Creek is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Sparta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Methodist ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Methodist is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist
- Macedonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Macedonia is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mill Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Mill Creek.
Cemeteries Near Mill Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mill Creek.
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 Mill Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mill Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mill Creek, with the one closest to Mill Creek listed first.
- Goss Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dickerson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Andrews Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Henry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Turner Cemetery #1
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Slate Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Springs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Slate Springs Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northeast of Crossville.
- The Slate Springs Cemetery has also been known as:
- Slate Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18589 <4>
- Wattenbarger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Woody Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tolletts Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Acres Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elmore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Winnie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (728 more) ...
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sims Cemetery #2
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gulden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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.
While we didn't find Mill Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mill Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mill Creek, with the one closest to Mill Creek listed first.
- Genesis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Genesis is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesis
- Woody
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Creston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Clarkrange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Crossville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Halfway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Halfway is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Howard Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Pomona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pomona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Frankfort
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Frankfort is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Roslin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Roslin is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslin
- Hebbertsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Cliff Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cliff Springs is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Springs
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Crab Orchard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Banner Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Banner Springs is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Springs
- Keese ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Keese is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keese
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mill Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mill Creek.
Newspapers Published in Mill Creek ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mill Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mill Creek, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mill Creek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Mill Creek:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bledsoe County
- Fentress County
- Morgan County
- Overton County
- Putnam County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Scott County
- Van Buren County
- White County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mill Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Mill Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |