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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 Otter Creek Junction (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 Otter Creek Junction. 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.
Name Variations for Otter Creek Junction ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Ottercreek Junction.
- A typical abbreviation for Otter Creek Junction: Otter Crk. Jct. (or less commonly used: Otter Ck. Jct. or Otter Cr. Jct.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Otter Creek Junction. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Otter Creek Junction.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Otter Creek Junction is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Bledsoe, Fentress, Morgan, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Van Buren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Otter Creek Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Otter Creek Junction:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Otter Creek Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Otter Creek Junction, with the one closest to Otter Creek Junction listed first.
- Crab Orchard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Center Ford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Woodlands
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Woodlands is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
- Estimated population in 2014: 369 people
- Greenbriar Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Fairfield Glade
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Pomeroy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Crossville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hebbertsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Lake Tansi Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
- Howard Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Creston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Dykes Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otter Creek Junction, with the one closest to Otter Creek Junction listed first.
- Winesap
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Ninemile
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Summer City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Pikeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fentress County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otter Creek Junction, with the one closest to Otter Creek Junction listed first.
- Clarkrange
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Grimsley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wilder
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wilder is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Allardt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Loudon County
- Luttrell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- McMinn County
- Prigmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Prigmore is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otter Creek Junction, with the one closest to Otter Creek Junction listed first.
- Akeman Crossroad
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Surprise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Cute ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Sewee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Calico
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Calico is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Estimated population in 2014: 495 people
- Decatur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otter Creek Junction, with the one closest to Otter Creek Junction listed first.
- Bucklick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Nemo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Lavender
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Deermont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Harriman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Deer Lodge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Lancing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Oakdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Glades
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Annadel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Wartburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Overton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otter Creek Junction, with the one closest to Otter Creek Junction listed first.
- Lovejoy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lovejoy is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Obey City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Obey City is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obey City
- Hanging Limb
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hanging Limb is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Limb
- Bushing ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bushing is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushing
- Beaver Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Hill
- Qualls ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Qualls is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualls
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otter Creek Junction, with the one closest to Otter Creek Junction listed first.
- Monterey
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Burnett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Burnett is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Estimated population in 2014: 418 people
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otter Creek Junction, with the one closest to Otter Creek Junction listed first.
- Roddy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Spring City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Cumberland Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Spring is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Spring
- Bryan Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bryan Hill is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Hill
- Dayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ogden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ogden is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otter Creek Junction, with the one closest to Otter Creek Junction listed first.
- Glen Alice
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Rockwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lakemont Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- Pioneer Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Cardiff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- College Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Postoak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Emory Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Midtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Midtown Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Bazel Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bazel Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
- Kingston
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otter Creek Junction, with the one closest to Otter Creek Junction listed first.
- Sweetgum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sweetgum is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetgum
- Cummingsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cummingsville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummingsville
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Otter Creek Junction, with the one closest to Otter Creek Junction listed first.
- Ravenscroft
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ravenscroft is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenscroft
- Clarktown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
- Cherry Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cherry Creek is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Sparta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Otter Creek Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Otter Creek Junction.
Cemeteries Near Otter Creek Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Otter Creek Junction.
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 Otter Creek Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Otter Creek Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Otter Creek Junction, with the one closest to Otter Creek Junction listed first.
- Hedgecoth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bakers Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Warner Cemetery #1
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Warner Cemetery #2
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Haley Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stansbury Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Homestead Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Battown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cline Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Turner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (767 more) ...
- Cry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goodstock Cemetery #2
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Goodstock Cemetery #1
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Otter Creek Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Otter Creek Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Otter Creek Junction, with the one closest to Otter Creek Junction listed first.
- Crab Orchard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crossville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grassy Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grassy Cove is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Cove
- Hebbertsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Howard Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Creston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Lantana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lantana is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lantana
- Big Lick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Big Lick is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lick
- Pomona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pomona is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Wyatt ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Jewett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- Balta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Balta is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balta
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Woody
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Burke
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Halfway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Halfway is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Otter Creek Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Otter Creek Junction.
Newspapers Published in Otter Creek Junction ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Otter Creek Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Otter Creek Junction, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Otter Creek Junction.
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 Otter Creek Junction:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bledsoe County
- Fentress County
- Loudon County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Morgan County
- Overton County
- Putnam County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Van Buren County
- White 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> | 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- Otter Creek Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Otter Creek Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |