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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 Mill Point (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 Point. 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 Point ...

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.

Another variation: Millpoint.

  • A typical abbreviation for Mill Point: Mill Pt.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mill Point. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mill Point.

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.

Mill Point is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Carter, Hawkins, Johnson, Washington, Bristol City (VA), Scott (VA) & Washington (VA).

Below are the counties that are near Mill Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mill Point:

  • Sullivan County     (The home county of Mill Point)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mill Point, with the one closest to Mill Point listed first.
    • Beechnut City
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Beechnut City is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechnut City
    • Harrtown
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Harrtown is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrtown
      • Estimated population in 2014: 4,365 people
    • Cross
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Blountville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Akard Addition
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Sac ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Sac is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac
    • Rock City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Rock City is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
    • Walnut Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Walnut Hill is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
    • Collingwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lella ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Lella is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lella
    • Galloway Mill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Galloway Mill is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway Mill
      • Estimated population in 2014: 665 people
    • Orebank
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Carter County
  • Greene County
  • Hawkins County
  • Johnson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mill Point, with the one closest to Mill Point listed first.
    • Winchester
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Winchester is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
      • Estimated population in 2014: 8,547 people
    • Butler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • High Health ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • High Health is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
    • Fuller
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Unicoi County
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mill Point, with the one closest to Mill Point listed first.
    • Spurgeon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Oak Grove is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Flourville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Gray
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Austin Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Austin Village is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
    • Oakland Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Oakland Village is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Village
    • Camelot Two
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Camelot Two is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Two
      • Estimated population in 2014: 3,582 people
    • North Johnson City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • North Johnson City is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Johnson City
    • Wheelocktown ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Carnegie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Carnegie is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie
    • East Ridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • East Ridge is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ridge
      • Estimated population in 2014: 21,317 people
    • Harmony
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mill Point, see our County-by-County Page for Mill Point.

Cemeteries Near Mill Point ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mill Point.

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 Point - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mill Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mill Point, with the one closest to Mill Point listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mill Point had a population of 33 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2014, Mill Point had a population of 11,080 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Mill Point, with the one closest to Mill Point listed first.

  • Edgeworth ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Edgeworth is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
  • Blountville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sac ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Sac is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac
  • Lawson ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lawson is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
  • Arcadia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Arcadia is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
  • Orebank
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Thom ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Thom is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom
  • Lella ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Lella is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lella
  • Sumpter ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sumpter is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
  • Samuel ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Samuel is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuel
  • Colby ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Colby is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
  • Hilton ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Hilton is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Bloomingdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hemlock
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Hemlock is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
    • Wahoo ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Wahoo is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mill Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mill Point.

Newspapers Published in Mill Point ...

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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mill Point.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mill Point, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mill Point.

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 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 Mill Point:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Mill Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Mill Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.