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 Miller Flats (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 Miller Flats. 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 Miller Flats ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Miller Flats: Miller Flts.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Miller Flats 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 Miller Flats. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Miller Flats:
- Hawkins County (The home county of Miller Flats)
- The following are listed by their distance from Miller Flats, with the one closest to Miller Flats listed first.
- Surgoinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kepler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kepler is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler
- Amis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Amis is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis
- Blossom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Greenland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenland is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Strahl
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Strahl is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl
- Rogersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Canton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Church Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eidson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eidson is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson
- Persia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Persia is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Green Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Village is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Grainger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Miller Flats, with the one closest to Miller Flats listed first.
- Bean Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wyatt Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village
- Marshalls Ferry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
- Beans
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Beans is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
- Thorn Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Miller Flats, with the one closest to Miller Flats listed first.
- Baileyton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Romeo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Romeo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Jearoldstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Ottway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Albany
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Albany is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Marvin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marvin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Centersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Milburnton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milburnton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton
- Fairview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Bolton Estates
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bolton Estates is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
- Mosheim
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rheatown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rheatown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown
- Hamblen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Miller Flats, with the one closest to Miller Flats listed first.
- Whitesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Bright ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bright is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
- East Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Village is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Casablanca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Casablanca is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
- Morristown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monte Vista Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Monte Vista Estates is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,860 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Miller Flats, with the one closest to Miller Flats listed first.
- Kyles Ford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Willis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Willis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- 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
- Duck Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Duck Creek is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Sneedville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Yount Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- 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
(30 miles [48.3 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 Miller Flats, with the one closest to Miller Flats listed first.
- Blair Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blair Gap is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Gap
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,870 people
- Beartown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beartown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Borden Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Borden Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village
- Kingsport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cherokee Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Morrison City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Morrison City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison City
- Beechwood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village
- Colonial Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fordtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Horace ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Orebank
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Orebank is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orebank
- Bloomingdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomingdale is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,888 people
- Unicoi County
- Bumpus Cove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Miller Flats, with the one closest to Miller Flats listed first.
- Fall Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ducktown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ducktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 457 people
- Harmony
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Locust Mount
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Locust Mount is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
- Wheelocktown ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wheelocktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelocktown
- Big Sandy
(18 miles [29 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
- Mill Brook
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Brook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook
- Oakland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Bowmantown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bowmantown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
- Limestone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leesburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Gray
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Telford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harlan County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Miller Flats, with the one closest to Miller Flats listed first.
- Cranks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cranks is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranks
- Holmes Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Holmes Mill is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Mill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Miller Flats, see our County-by-County Page for Miller Flats.
Cemeteries Near Miller Flats ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Miller Flats.
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 Miller Flats - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Miller Flats covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Miller Flats, with the one closest to Miller Flats listed first.
- Charles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hunter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Harrison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jake Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Powell Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tunnel Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Valley View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Knox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tunnel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (807 more) ...
- McClellan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shanks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] 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 Miller Flats in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Miller Flats.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Miller Flats, with the one closest to Miller Flats listed first.
- Surgoinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Amis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Amis is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis
- Van Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Van Hill is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hill
- Stony Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Point is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
- Vogel ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Vogel is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vogel
- Gillenwater ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gillenwater is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillenwater
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- Blossom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Rogersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Strahl
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Strahl is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl
- Mole
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mole is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fisher Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fisher Creek is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Creek
- Alumwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Alumwell is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alumwell
- Austins Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Austins Mill is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austins Mill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Miller Flats. See our List of 1890's Communities around Miller Flats.
Newspapers Published in Miller Flats ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Miller Flats.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Miller Flats, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Miller Flats.
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 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 Miller Flats:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hawkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Grainger County
- Greene County
- Hamblen County
- Hancock County
- Sullivan County
- Unicoi County
- Washington County
- Harlan 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> | 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 Miller Flats, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Miller Flats) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |