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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 Niles Ferry (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 Niles Ferry. 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 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.
Niles Ferry is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County : Cherokee (NC) , Graham (NC) , Blount , Loudon , McMinn & Polk .
Below are the counties that are near Niles Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Niles Ferry:
Monroe County (The home county of Niles Ferry)
The following are listed by their distance from Niles Ferry, with the one closest to Niles Ferry listed first.
Tuskeegee ‑ Historic(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Tuskeegee is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee Estimated population in 2014: 2,663 people
Vonore (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Toqua ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Toqua is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua Halfway Town ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Halfway Town is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town Acorn (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Acorn is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Ballplay (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Ballplay is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay Ipe ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Ipe is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe Madisonville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Belltown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Belltown is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown Sweetwater (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Jacktown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Jacktown is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
Tellico Plains (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Jalapa (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Jalapa is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa Anderson County
The following are listed by their distance from Niles Ferry, with the one closest to Niles Ferry listed first.
Oak Ridge (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Scarboro (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Scarboro is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro Robertsville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Robertsville is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville Spring Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Spring Hill is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
Claxton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Claxton is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton Blount County
The following are listed by their distance from Niles Ferry, with the one closest to Niles Ferry listed first.
Brick Mill (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Brick Mill is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek McMullens (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
McMullens is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullens Estimated population in 2014: 13,620 people
Kiser (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Kiser is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser Big Springs (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Big Springs is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs Big Springs has also been known as:
Cliff Binfield (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Binfield is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binfield Chilhowee (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Chilhowee is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee Friendsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Walnut Hill Estates (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Walnut Hill Estates is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Estates Population from the 2010 Census: 2,394 people
Fairway Estates (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
Fairway Estates is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Estates Estimated population in 2014: 8,224 people
Happy Valley (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Happy Valley is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley Sixmile (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Sixmile is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Chelsey Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Chelsey Village is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsey Village Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Niles Ferry, with the one closest to Niles Ferry listed first.
Boyd (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Boyd is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Virtue (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Virtue is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virtue Estimated population in 2014: 131 people
Belle Aire (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Belle Aire is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Aire Estimated population in 2014: 512 people
Concord (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Concord is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Farragut (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Ebenezer (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Ebenezer is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Aldenwood Park (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
Kingston Woods (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Kingston Woods is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Woods Estimated population in 2014: 2,790 people
Topside (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Topside is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside Estimated population in 2014: 346 people
Middlebrook Acres (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Middlebrook Acres is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook Acres Estimated population in 2014: 593 people
Arrowhead (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Arrowhead is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Oak Grove Heights (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Oak Grove Heights is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights Population from the 2010 Census: 4,425 people
Bonny Kate (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Bonny Kate is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Kate Loudon County
The following are listed by their distance from Niles Ferry, with the one closest to Niles Ferry listed first.
Trigonia (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Trigonia is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia Morganton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Morganton is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton Alleghany ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Alleghany is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany Estimated population in 2014: 630 people
Greenback (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Jena (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Jena is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
Centersville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Centersville is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville Loudon (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Philadelphia (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Loudon City Park (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park Lenoir City (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Sharp Estates (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Sharp Estates is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Estates Estimated population in 2014: 919 people
Eaton Crossroads (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads Luttrell (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
McMinn County
The following are listed by their distance from Niles Ferry, with the one closest to Niles Ferry listed first.
Bell Spring (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Bell Spring is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring Manila (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Manila is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila Englewood (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Nonaburg (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Nonaburg is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg Niota (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Prigmore (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Prigmore is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore Mecca (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Mecca is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca Athens (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Grady (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Grady is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady Etowah (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Goodsprings (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Goodsprings is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings Riceville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Meigs County
The following are listed by their distance from Niles Ferry, with the one closest to Niles Ferry listed first.
Surprise (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Surprise is located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
Sewee (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Sewee is located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee Cute ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Cute is located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute Akeman Crossroad (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad Morgan County
The following are listed by their distance from Niles Ferry, with the one closest to Niles Ferry listed first.
Harriman (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Blue Gem ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Blue Gem is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Gem Coal Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Coal Hill is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill Polk County
The following are listed by their distance from Niles Ferry, with the one closest to Niles Ferry listed first.
Servilla (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Servilla is located in Polk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla Delano (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Roane County
The following are listed by their distance from Niles Ferry, with the one closest to Niles Ferry listed first.
Cave Creek (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Cave Creek is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek Bradbury (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Bradbury is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury Morrisgap ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Morrisgap is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap Selkirk ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Selkirk is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk Iron Divide ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Iron Divide is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
Bear ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Bear is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Wheat ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Wheat is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Kingston (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Kries (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Kries is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kries Laddie Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Laddie Village is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village Ethel ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Ethel is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel Estimated population in 2014: 2,049 people
Midtown Heights (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Midtown Heights is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
Dyllis (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Dyllis is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyllis Cherokee County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Niles Ferry, with the one closest to Niles Ferry listed first.
Unaka (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Unaka is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka Boiling Springs (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Boiling Springs is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs Pleasant Hill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Graham County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Niles Ferry, with the one closest to Niles Ferry listed first.
Fontana Dam (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
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>
Lake Santeetlah (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Lake Santeetlah is located in Graham County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Santeetlah Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
Lake Santeetlah has also been known as:
Santeetla Santeetlah Santultah Thunderbird Mountain Thunderbird Yellow Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Yellow Creek is located in Graham County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek Robbinsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Niles Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Niles Ferry .
Cemeteries Near Niles Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Niles Ferry.
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 Niles Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Niles Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Niles Ferry, with the one closest to Niles Ferry listed first.
Niles - McGhee Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Toqua Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Toqua Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
McGhee Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Oakland Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Rollins Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Vonore Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Morganton Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Vonore Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Montgomery Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Tipton Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Wear Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Continue List (737 more) ...
White Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
McGhee Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Smith Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Niles Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Niles Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Niles Ferry, with the one closest to Niles Ferry listed first.
McGhee (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
McGhee is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGhee Trigonia (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Trigonia is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia Morganton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Morganton is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton Kincaid (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Kincaid is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid Mountainville ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Mountainville is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainville Greenback (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Brakebill ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Brakebill is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brakebill Griffitts ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Griffitts is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffitts Hopewell Springs (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Hopewell Springs is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Springs Coytee ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Coytee is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coytee Citico ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Citico is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citico Brick Mill (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Brick Mill is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill Continue List (16 more) ...
Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek Meadow (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Meadow is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Hiwassee College (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Hiwassee College is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee College
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Niles Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Niles Ferry .
Newspapers Published in Niles Ferry ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Niles Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Niles Ferry, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Niles Ferry.
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 Niles Ferry:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Monroe County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Anderson County Blount County Knox County Loudon County McMinn County Meigs County Morgan County Polk County Roane County Cherokee County Graham County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Niles Ferry. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Monroe County: https://monroetn.gov/
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Niles Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Niles Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.