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 Nenny (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 Nenny. 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.
Nenny is located in Hamblen 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 Hamblen County: Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hawkins & Jefferson.
Below are the counties that are near Nenny. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nenny:
- Hamblen County (The home county of Nenny)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nenny, with the one closest to Nenny listed first.
- Whitesburg
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Silver City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- East Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Village is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Bright ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bright is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
- Monte Vista Estates
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Morristown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Casablanca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Casablanca is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
- Collons Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Collons Ferry is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collons Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 986 people
- Claiborne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nenny, with the one closest to Nenny listed first.
- Caney Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Evans Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Ferry is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ferry
- Population from the 2010 Census: 293 people
- Raven Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
- Springdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Springdale is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Lone Mountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lone Mountain is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain
- Tazewell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Tazewell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Head of Barren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren
- Cocke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nenny, with the one closest to Nenny listed first.
- Bybee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Parrottsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jimtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jimtown is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Jaybird
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jaybird is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,299 people
- Newport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wilsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wilsonville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Bridgeport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Clevenger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Clevenger is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
- Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
- Bailey Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bailey Town is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 428 people
- West Myers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Myers is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
- Del Rio
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Carson Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Carson Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Springs
- Grainger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nenny, with the one closest to Nenny listed first.
- Wyatt Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village
- Bean Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marshalls Ferry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
- Beans
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beans is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
- Bowen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bowen is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Thorn Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Wa-Ni Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wa-Ni Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wa-Ni Village
- Oakland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
- Dyers Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
- Rutledge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Massengill Mill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Massengill Mill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massengill Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,600 people
- Lulaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lulaville is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nenny, with the one closest to Nenny listed first.
- Beulah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beulah is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Marvin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Marvin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Warrensburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Warrensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg
- Midway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mosheim
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Romeo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Romeo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Little Chucky ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Chucky is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chucky
- Albany
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Albany is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Bright Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bright Hope is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Hope
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Ottway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Baileyton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nenny, with the one closest to Nenny listed first.
- Yount Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Yount Town is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town
- Duck Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Duck Creek is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Trent Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Trent Valley is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
- Xenophon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Xenophon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon
- Sneedville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kyles Ford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Willis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Willis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Alanthus Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alanthus Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,498 people
- Hawkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nenny, with the one closest to Nenny listed first.
- Bulls Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Red Bridge Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Red Bridge Ferry is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bridge Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,135 people
- Galbraith Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Galbraith Springs is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith Springs
- Mooresburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Persia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Persia is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Mooresburg Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mooresburg Springs is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg Springs
- Population from the 2010 Census: 941 people
- Strahl
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Strahl is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl
- Rogersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Amis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Amis is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis
- Kepler
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kepler is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler
- Eidson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Eidson is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson
- Surgoinsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nenny, with the one closest to Nenny listed first.
- Leadvale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leadvale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadvale
- White Pine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Baneberry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Edna
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Edna is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Talbott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Town
- Dandridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Alena ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Alena is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena
- New Market
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
- Sullivan County
- Blair Gap
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blair Gap is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Gap
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,870 people
- Union County
- Haynes ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Haynes is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nenny, with the one closest to Nenny listed first.
- Limestone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mill Brook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mill Brook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook
- Ducktown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ducktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 457 people
- Oakland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Madison County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nenny, with the one closest to Nenny listed first.
- Allenstand
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand
- Hot Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nenny, see our County-by-County Page for Nenny.
Cemeteries Near Nenny ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nenny.
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 Nenny - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nenny covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nenny, with the one closest to Nenny listed first.
- Haun Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bent Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hyatt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Heath Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- McCullough Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lane Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Creechs Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Thomason Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- McKenney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Courtney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Drake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (846 more) ...
- Guthrie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lyle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wright Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Nenny in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nenny.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nenny, with the one closest to Nenny listed first.
- Whitesburg
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Russellville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bulls Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Springvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Springvale is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
- Mohawk
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mohawk is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
- White Horn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- White Horn is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horn
- Bright ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bright is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
- Beulah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beulah is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Thula
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thula is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thula
- Saint Clair
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Clair is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
- Galbraith Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Galbraith Springs is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith Springs
- Warrensburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Warrensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Marvin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Marvin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Pilot Knob
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pilot Knob is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilot Knob
- Otes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Otes is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otes
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nenny. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nenny.
Newspapers Published in Nenny ...
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 Nenny.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nenny, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nenny.
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 Nenny:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hamblen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Claiborne County
- Cocke County
- Grainger County
- Greene County
- Hancock County
- Hawkins County
- Jefferson County
- Sullivan County
- Union County
- Washington County
- Madison 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> | 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 Nenny, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Nenny) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |