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 Old Chilhowee (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 Old Chilhowee. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Old Chilhowee is located in Blount 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 Blount County: Graham (NC), Swain (NC), Knox, Loudon, Monroe & Sevier.
Below are the counties that are near Old Chilhowee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Chilhowee:
- Blount County (The home county of Old Chilhowee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Chilhowee, with the one closest to Old Chilhowee listed first.
- Cowan Springs
(3 miles [4.8 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
- Walland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Cove
(5 miles [8 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
(5 miles [8 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
- Seaton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seaton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Wildwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wildwood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Townsend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Red Bank
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Red Bank is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Eagleton Village
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Chelsey Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chelsey Village is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsey Village
- Rockford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rockford is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Rockgardens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rockgardens is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgardens
- Estimated population in 2014: 861 people
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Chilhowee, with the one closest to Old Chilhowee listed first.
- Spring Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
- Claxton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Claxton is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Peak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Peak is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
- Panther ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Panther is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Scarboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scarboro is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cocke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Chilhowee, with the one closest to Old Chilhowee listed first.
- Birdsville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Birdsville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
- Carson Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Carson Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Springs
- Cosby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bailey Town
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clevenger is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
- Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
- Grainger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Chilhowee, with the one closest to Old Chilhowee listed first.
- Blaine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lea Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lea Springs is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lea Springs
- Maples ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Maples is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Dyers Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Chilhowee, with the one closest to Old Chilhowee listed first.
- Cook Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
- Strawberry Plains
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dumplin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dumplin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin
- Piedmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Piedmont is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
- Rocky Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
- Alena ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alena is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena
- New Market
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dandridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Jefferson City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Town
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Chilhowee, with the one closest to Old Chilhowee listed first.
- Shooks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Shooks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks
- Kimberlin Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bonny Kate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bonny Kate is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Kate
- Arrowhead
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arrowhead is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Colonial Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Riverdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Riverdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Topside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Topside is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
- Estimated population in 2014: 346 people
- Whites Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whites Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village
- Peters Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Peters Mill is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Mill
- Ramsey Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ramsey Ferry is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 320 people
- Moshina Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Moshina Heights is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshina Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,335 people
- Humes Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Humes Ferry is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humes Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,348 people
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Chilhowee, with the one closest to Old Chilhowee listed first.
- Jena
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jena is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- Greenback
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Alleghany ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Alleghany is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany
- Estimated population in 2014: 630 people
- Centersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Centersville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Trigonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- Lenoir City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Morganton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Sharp Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sharp Estates is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 919 people
- Vancouver ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Vancouver is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver
- Eaton Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Chilhowee, with the one closest to Old Chilhowee listed first.
- Ipe ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ipe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
- Halfway Town ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Tuskeegee ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tuskeegee is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,663 people
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Vonore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sevier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Chilhowee, with the one closest to Old Chilhowee listed first.
- Dupont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dupont is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Seymour Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Seymour Heights is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 10,919 people
- Waldens Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waldens Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldens Creek
- Seymour
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wear Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wear Valley is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wear Valley
- Oak City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oak City is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City
- Pigeon Forge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Starkeytown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Starkeytown is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkeytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 431 people
- Boyds Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boyds Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Creek
- Sevierville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chalet Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Chalet Village is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalet Village
- Catlettsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Chilhowee, with the one closest to Old Chilhowee listed first.
- Plainview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Plainview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,184 people
- Luttrell
(28 miles [45.1 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 north)
- Paulette is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
- Gabe ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gabe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabe
- Graham County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Chilhowee, with the one closest to Old Chilhowee listed first.
- Fontana Dam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Yellow Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Stecoah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stecoah is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stecoah
- Lake Santeetlah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- 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
- Cheoah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cheoah is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheoah
- Swain County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Chilhowee, with the one closest to Old Chilhowee listed first.
- Bushnell ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bushnell is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Forney ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forney is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
- Judson ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Judson is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Almond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bryson City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Chilhowee, see our County-by-County Page for Old Chilhowee.
Cemeteries Near Old Chilhowee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Chilhowee.
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 Old Chilhowee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Chilhowee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Chilhowee, with the one closest to Old Chilhowee listed first.
- Dripping Springs MB Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ellejoy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Prospect Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cold Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Keebles Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eusebia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Temple Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oak View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Walker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chinquapin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dupont Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (821 more) ...
- Knob Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Headrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rocky Branch MB Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Old Chilhowee in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Chilhowee.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Chilhowee, with the one closest to Old Chilhowee listed first.
- Ellejoy
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ellejoy is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellejoy
- Hornet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hornet is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornet
- Seaton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seaton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Bank ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bank is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank
- Notime ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Notime is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notime
- Wear Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wear Valley is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wear Valley
- Waldens Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waldens Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldens Creek
- Trundle Crossroad
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Trundle Crossroad is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trundle Crossroad
- Line Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Line Spring is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Line Spring
- Shooks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Shooks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks
- Henderson Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Henderson Springs is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Springs
- Blockhouse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blockhouse is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockhouse
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Kimberlin Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rockford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rockford is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Pigeon Forge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Old Chilhowee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Chilhowee.
Newspapers Published in Old Chilhowee ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Chilhowee.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Chilhowee, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Chilhowee.
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 Old Chilhowee:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Blount County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Cocke County
- Grainger County
- Jefferson County
- Knox County
- Loudon County
- Monroe County
- Sevier County
- Union County
- Graham 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 Old Chilhowee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Old Chilhowee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |