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 Mountain View (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 Mountain View. 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 Mountain View ...
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: Mountainview.
- A typical abbreviation for Mountain View: Mountain Vw.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mountain View. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mountain View.
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 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.
Mountain View is located in Scott 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 Scott County: McCreary (KY), Anderson, Campbell, Fentress, Morgan & Pickett.
Below are the counties that are near Mountain View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mountain View:
- Scott County (The home county of Mountain View)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- New River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- New River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Robbins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Robbins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Robbins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Robbins
- Elgin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
- Helenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hughett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hughett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughett
- Glenmary
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- Winona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Winona is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Verdun
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Verdun is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun
- West Oneida
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- West Oneida is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida
- Oneida
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Norma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Norma is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Estimated population in 2014: 147 people
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Fraterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fraterville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraterville
- Estimated population in 2014: 70,612 people
- Oliver Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Top
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Top is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Top
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
- Former names for Rocky Top:
- Coal Creek
- Lake City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Top <1>
- Fairview ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Leinarts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leinarts is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leinarts
- Robertsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Robertsville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Stanfill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Stanfill is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill
- Shea
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shea is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shea
- Silica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Silica is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica
- Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
- Caryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elk Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elk Valley is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 565 people
- Jacksboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- LaFollette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- LaFollette is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,585 people
- LaFollette has also been known as:
- Big Creek Gap
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFollette <1>
- Pine Crest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Crest is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,388 people
- Hatmaker ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hatmaker is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
- Demory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Demory is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Demory
- Fincastle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fincastle is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,618 people
- Habersham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Habersham is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habersham
- Jellico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Rogers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rogers is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
- Hebbertsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Lake Pomeroy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Fentress County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Gernt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Armathwaite
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Allardt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Jamestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Grimsley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pall Mall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Little Crab
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Little Crab is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crab
- Clarkrange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cooper
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cooper is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
- Wilder
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wilder is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Mill Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mill Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Brewstertown ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Brewstertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewstertown
- Sunbright
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burrville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Annadel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Glades
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Mahan Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mahan Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Village
- Deer Lodge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Lavender
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Lancing
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wartburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Nemo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Bucklick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Pickett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Cedar Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Pickett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Chanute
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chanute is located in Pickett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanute
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Kelley Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kelley Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley Town
- Bazel Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bazel Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
- Dyllis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dyllis is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyllis
- McCreary County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Strunk
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Strunk is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
- Blue Heron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Blue Heron is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Heron
- Pine Knot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barthell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Barthell is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barthell
- Revelo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Smith Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Stearns
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Whitley City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Marshes Siding
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
- Wiborg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wiborg is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
- Wayne County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Mount Pisgah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Parmleysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Ritner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Slickford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Slickford is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickford
- Sumpter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Whitley County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Ayers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ayers is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Fairview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Red Ash
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Red Ash is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mountain View, see our County-by-County Page for Mountain View.
Cemeteries Near Mountain View ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mountain View.
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 Mountain View - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mountain View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Black Creek Cross Roads Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Smithers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Robbins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Goad Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Baptist Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Memorial Cemetery
- The Baptist Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brickyard Cemetery
- Newport Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Reed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Foote Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foote Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Foote Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Elgin.
- Sulphur Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Love Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (820 more) ...
- Todd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jergin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
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 Mountain View in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mountain View.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
- Robbins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- New River
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- New River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Elgin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
- Helenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmary
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- Hughett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hughett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughett
- Huntsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rugby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mill Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mill Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Oneida
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sunbright
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jeffers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jeffers is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Doctors ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Doctors is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doctors
- Armathwaite
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Burrville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mountain View. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mountain View.
Newspapers Published in Mountain View ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mountain View.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mountain View, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mountain View.
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 websites either 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 Mountain View:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Scott County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Campbell County
- Cumberland County
- Fentress County
- Morgan County
- Pickett County
- Roane County
- McCreary County
- Wayne County
- Whitley 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 '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- Mountain View) 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 Mountain View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |