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 Orme (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 Orme. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Orme is located in Marion 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 Marion County: Jackson (AL), Dade (GA), Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton & Sequatchie.
Below are the counties that are near Orme. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Orme:
- Marion County (The home county of Orme)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orme, with the one closest to Orme listed first.
- Richard City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Richard City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richard City
- South Pittsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ketchall ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ketchall is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchall
- Kimball
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Hope is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Comfort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Comfort is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Jasper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vulcan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Vulcan is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- Whiteside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Whiteside is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside
- Greentown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greentown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentown
- Whitwell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Powells Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Powells Crossroads is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Crossroads
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,352 people
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orme, with the one closest to Orme listed first.
- Ruthledge Ford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ruthledge Ford is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthledge Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,116 people
- Stephenson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stephenson is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson
- Hillsboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orme, with the one closest to Orme listed first.
- Anderson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Saint Marys
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Marys is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Marys
- Estimated population in 2014: 785 people
- Sand Switch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sand Switch is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Switch
- Sewanee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sal City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sal City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sal City
- Cowan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greenhaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Greenhaw is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhaw
- Liberty
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Estimated population in 2014: 318 people
- Decherd
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Winchester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Estill Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beans Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Beans Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Creek
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orme, with the one closest to Orme listed first.
- Monteagle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lankford Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lankford Town is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Town
- Tracy City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- White City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- White City is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Sartain Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sartain Springs is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartain Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 380 people
- Pelham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Coalmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Coalmont is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 842 people
- Gruetli
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gruetli is located in Grundy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
- Gruetli - Laager
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Palmer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Altamont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orme, with the one closest to Orme listed first.
- Tiftonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tiftonia is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiftonia
- Lake Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lake Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Lookout Mountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Valley Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Valley Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Village
- Saint Elmo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Elmo is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Signal Mountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Signal Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Signal Hills is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Hills
- Chattanooga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fountain Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fountain Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Village
- Midvale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Midvale is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Signal Terrace
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Signal Terrace is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Terrace
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,519 people
- Fairmount
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairmount is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,825 people
- Sequatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orme, with the one closest to Orme listed first.
- Cartwright
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cartwright is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,261 people
- Daus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Daus is located in Sequatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daus
- DeKalb County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orme, with the one closest to Orme listed first.
- Cartersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cartersville is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartersville
- Ider
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Beaty Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Beaty Crossroads is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaty Crossroads
- Henagar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Snake Creek ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Snake Creek is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
- Kaolin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kaolin is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaolin
- Jackson County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orme, with the one closest to Orme listed first.
- Copenhagen ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Copenhagen is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copenhagen
- Bridgeport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeport is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,272 people
- Former name for Bridgeport:
- Jonesville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <1>
- Browns Valley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Browns Valley is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
- Long Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Long Island is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
- Haynes Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Haynes Crossing is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossing
- New Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Stevenson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bryant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rash
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rash is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rash
- Narrows ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Narrows is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
- Eliza
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eliza is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliza
- Higdon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Catoosa County (GA)
- Lakeview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lakeview is located in Catoosa County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Dade County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orme, with the one closest to Orme listed first.
- Cole City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cole City is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole City
- Population from the 2010 Census: 127 people
- Stewart Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stewart Town is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Town
- Trenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Morganville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Morganville is located in Dade County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,835 people
- Wildwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rising Fawn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Walker County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orme, with the one closest to Orme listed first.
- Durham
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Durham is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,257 people
- Thompsonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Thompsonville is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 6,528 people
- Lookout Mountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rock City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rock City is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Chattanooga Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chattanooga Valley is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattanooga Valley
- Flintstone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Moons
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Moons is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moons
- Fantasy Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fantasy Hills is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fantasy Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 316 people
- Happy Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Happy Valley is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Estimated population in 2019: 192 people
- Cassandra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cassandra is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassandra
- Fairview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- John Ross Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- John Ross Estates is located in Walker County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Ross Estates
- Estimated population in 2018: 84,310 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Orme, see our County-by-County Page for Orme.
Cemeteries Near Orme ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Orme.
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 Orme - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Orme covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Orme, with the one closest to Orme listed first.
- Orme Mtn. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wynne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Abbott Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkpatrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Richards Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beene Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gonce Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Willis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bonaventure Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Loyd Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (726 more) ...
- Beene Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lynch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gonce Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Orme in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Orme.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Orme, with the one closest to Orme listed first.
- Anderson
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- South Pittsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ketchall ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ketchall is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchall
- Bridgeport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeport is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,272 people
- Former name for Bridgeport:
- Jonesville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <1>
- Kimball
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sherwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Long Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Long Island is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
- Comfort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Comfort is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comfort
- Stevenson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kirby Creek ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kirby Creek is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby Creek
- Jasper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shellmound ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Shellmound is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellmound
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Sequatchie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sequatchie is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequatchie
- Narrows ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Narrows is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
- Fabius
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fabius is located in Jackson County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabius
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Orme. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orme.
Newspapers Published in Orme ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Orme.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Orme, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Orme.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Orme:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Marion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coffee County
- Franklin County
- Grundy County
- Hamilton County
- Sequatchie County
- DeKalb County
- Jackson County
- Catoosa County
- Dade County
- Walker 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 Orme, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Orme) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |