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 New Era (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 New Era. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
New Era is located in Sevier 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 Sevier County: Haywood (NC), Swain (NC), Blount, Cocke, Jefferson & Knox.
Below are the counties that are near New Era. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Era:
- Sevier County (The home county of New Era)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Era, with the one closest to New Era listed first.
- Sevierville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Middle Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Waldens Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Waldens Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldens Creek
- Pigeon Forge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Catlettsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg
- Dupont
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dupont is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Harrisburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
- Millican Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millican Grove is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millican Grove
- Boyds Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boyds Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Creek
- Oak City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak City is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City
- Seymour
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Starkeytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Starkeytown is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkeytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 431 people
- Henry Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Henry Crossroads is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Crossroads
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Era, with the one closest to New Era listed first.
- Cowan Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cowan Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,010 people
- Townsend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Walland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Cove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Cove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 267 people
- Rocky Branch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Branch is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,427 people
- Wildwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wildwood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Red Bank
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Seaton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seaton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Eagleton Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Eagleton Village is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,052 people
- Rockford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rockford is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Chelsey Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chelsey Village is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsey Village
- Rockgardens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rockgardens is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgardens
- Estimated population in 2014: 861 people
- Alcoa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cocke County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Era, with the one closest to New Era listed first.
- Birdsville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Birdsville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
- Carson Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Carson Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Springs
- Cosby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bailey Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Town is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 428 people
- Clevenger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clevenger is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
- Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
- Wilsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Wilton Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wilton Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Springs
- Edwina
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Edwina is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Jaybird
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Jaybird is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,299 people
- Newport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hartford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jimtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jimtown is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Bridgeport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bridgeport is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Grainger County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Era, with the one closest to New Era listed first.
- Blaine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Dyers Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
- Lea Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lea Springs is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lea Springs
- Maples ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Maples is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Oakland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
- Massengill Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Massengill Mill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massengill Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,600 people
- Joppa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Joppa is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Wa-Ni Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Wa-Ni Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wa-Ni Village
- Lulaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lulaville is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Rutledge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hamblen County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Era, with the one closest to New Era listed first.
- Collons Ferry
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Collons Ferry is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collons Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 986 people
- Monte Vista Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Era, with the one closest to New Era listed first.
- Cook Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
- Dumplin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dumplin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin
- Piedmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Piedmont is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
- Rocky Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
- Strawberry Plains
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dandridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Alena ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Alena is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena
- New Market
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jefferson City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rock Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Rock Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Town
- Baneberry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edna is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Era, with the one closest to New Era listed first.
- Kimberlin Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peters Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Peters Mill is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Mill
- Riverdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Thorn Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thorn Grove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Grove
- Shooks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shooks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks
- Moshina Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moshina Heights is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshina Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,335 people
- Wooddale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wooddale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooddale
- Lyonton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lyonton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonton
- Highpoint ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Highpoint is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint
- Mayo ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mayo is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,366 people
- Ramsey Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ramsey Ferry is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 320 people
- Bonny Kate
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bonny Kate is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Kate
- Colonial Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Colonial Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Era, with the one closest to New Era listed first.
- Plainview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,184 people
- Luttrell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Luttrell is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
- Paulette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Paulette is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
- Maynardville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Graham County (NC)
- Fontana Dam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fontana Dam is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana Dam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Fontana Dam has also been known as:
- Fontana Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fontana Dam <1>
- Haywood County (NC)
- Mount Sterling
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Jackson County (NC)
- Paint Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Paint Town is located in Jackson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Town
- Swain County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Era, with the one closest to New Era listed first.
- Forney ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Forney is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
- Bushnell ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bushnell is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Bryson City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Judson ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Judson is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Cherokee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oconaluftee Indian Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Era, see our County-by-County Page for New Era.
Cemeteries Near New Era ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Era.
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 New Era - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Era covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Era, with the one closest to New Era listed first.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Claiborne Baker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gists Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gists Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sevier County Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Gists Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (819 more) ...
- Waldens Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smoky Mountains Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McMahan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 New Era in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Era.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Era, with the one closest to New Era listed first.
- Henderson Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Henderson Springs is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Springs
- Sevierville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Waldens Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Waldens Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldens Creek
- Pigeon Forge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Middle Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Catlettsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg
- Harrisburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
- Boyds Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boyds Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Creek
- Ellejoy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ellejoy is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellejoy
- Allensville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Allensville is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Henry Crossroads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Henry Crossroads is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Crossroads
- Trundle Crossroad
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Trundle Crossroad is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trundle Crossroad
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hornet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hornet is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornet
- Wear Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wear Valley is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wear Valley
- Line Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Line Spring is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Line Spring
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Era. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Era.
Newspapers Published in New Era ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Era.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Era, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Era.
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 New Era:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Sevier County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cocke County
- Grainger County
- Hamblen County
- Jefferson County
- Knox County
- Union County
- Graham County
- Haywood County
- Jackson County
- Swain 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 New Era, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Era) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |