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 Ottinger (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 Ottinger. 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 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.
Ottinger is located in Cocke 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 Cocke County : Haywood (NC) , Madison (NC) , Greene , Hamblen , Jefferson & Sevier .
Below are the counties that are near Ottinger. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ottinger:
Cocke County (The home county of Ottinger)
The following are listed by their distance from Ottinger, with the one closest to Ottinger listed first.
Parrottsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Bybee (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
West Myers (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
West Myers is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
Bridgeport (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Bridgeport is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Del Rio (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Jimtown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Jimtown is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown Wolf Creek (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek Jaybird (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Jaybird is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird Estimated population in 2014: 3,299 people
Newport (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Nough (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Nough is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nough Edwina (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Edwina is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina Wilsonville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Wilsonville is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville Clevenger (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Ottinger, with the one closest to Ottinger listed first.
Marshalls Ferry (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry Wyatt Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village Bean Station (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Wa-Ni Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Wa-Ni Village is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wa-Ni Village Beans (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Beans is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
Dyers Ferry (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
Oakland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Oakland is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
Bowen (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Bowen is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen Thorn Hill (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill Rutledge (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Massengill Mill (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Massengill Mill is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massengill Mill Estimated population in 2014: 1,600 people
Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Ottinger, with the one closest to Ottinger listed first.
Bright Hope (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Bright Hope is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Hope Little Chucky ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Little Chucky is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chucky Sirenburg ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Sirenburg is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirenburg Warrensburg (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Warrensburg is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg Cedar Creek (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Cedar Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Midway (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Beulah (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Beulah is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Mosheim (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Marvin (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Marvin is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Albany (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Albany is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Greeneville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Camp Creek (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Camp Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek Forest Hills (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Forest Hills is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Estimated population in 2014: 5,027 people
Hamblen County
The following are listed by their distance from Ottinger, with the one closest to Ottinger listed first.
Silver City (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Silver City is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City Whitesburg (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
East Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
East Village is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village Monte Vista Estates (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
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 (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Bright ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Bright is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
Casablanca (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Casablanca is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
Collons Ferry (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Collons Ferry is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collons Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 986 people
Hancock County
Yount Town (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Yount Town is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town Hawkins County
The following are listed by their distance from Ottinger, with the one closest to Ottinger listed first.
Bulls Gap (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Persia (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Persia is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia Red Bridge Ferry (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Red Bridge Ferry is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bridge Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 1,135 people
Strahl (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Strahl is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl Galbraith Springs (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Galbraith Springs is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith Springs Mooresburg (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Rogersville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Mooresburg Springs (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Mooresburg Springs is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg Springs Population from the 2010 Census: 941 people
Amis (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Amis is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis Kepler (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Kepler is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler Chimneytop ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop Surgoinsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Jefferson County
The following are listed by their distance from Ottinger, with the one closest to Ottinger listed first.
Leadvale (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Leadvale is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadvale Baneberry (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
White Pine (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Edna (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Edna is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Dandridge (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Talbott (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Rock Town (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Rock Town is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Town Flat Gap (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap Alena ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Alena is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena Jefferson City (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Piedmont (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Piedmont is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont Dumplin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Dumplin is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin New Market (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Sevier County
The following are listed by their distance from Ottinger, with the one closest to Ottinger listed first.
East Fork (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
East Fork is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork Harrisburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Harrisburg is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
Millican Grove (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Millican Grove is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millican Grove Pittman Center (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Pittman Center is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman Center Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
Unicoi County
The following are listed by their distance from Ottinger, with the one closest to Ottinger listed first.
Flag Pond (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond Loganton ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Loganton is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton Clear Branch (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Clear Branch is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch Former name for Clear Branch:
Kittyton Ernestville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Ernestville is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernestville Estimated population in 2014: 1,311 people
Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Ottinger, with the one closest to Ottinger listed first.
Limestone (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Nolichucky ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Nolichucky is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolichucky Population from the 2010 Census: 5,861 people
Mill Brook (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Mill Brook is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook Oakland (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Oakland is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Conklin (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Conklin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Big Sandy (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Big Sandy is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy Estimated population in 2014: 542 people
Ducktown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Ducktown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown Estimated population in 2014: 457 people
Telford (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Buncombe County (NC)
Sandymush (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Sandymush is located in Buncombe County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandymush Sandymush has also been known as:
Sandy Mush Haywood County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Ottinger, with the one closest to Ottinger listed first.
Mount Sterling (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling Teague ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Teague is located in Haywood County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague Madison County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Ottinger, with the one closest to Ottinger listed first.
Hot Springs (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Allenstand (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand Bluff (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Bluff is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Hurricane (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Hurricane is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Lynch ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Lynch is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Stackhouse (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Stackhouse is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse Chapel Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Chapel Hill is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill Cutshalltown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Cutshalltown is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown White Rock (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
White Rock is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock Spring Creek (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Spring Creek is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Allegheny (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
Allegheny is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny Walnut (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Walnut is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Trust (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Trust is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trust
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ottinger, see our County-by-County Page for Ottinger .
Cemeteries Near Ottinger ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ottinger.
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 Ottinger - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ottinger covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ottinger, with the one closest to Ottinger listed first.
Harneds Chapel Graveyard (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Ottinger Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Faubion Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Kilgore Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Mt. Olive Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Hale Cemetery (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Susong Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Bible Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Luster Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Slate Creek Cemetery (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
O'Dell Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
McNabb Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (819 more) ...
Susong Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Midway Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Hurley Cemetery (8 miles [12.9 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ottinger had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ottinger, with the one closest to Ottinger listed first.
Salem (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Salem is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Pate Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Pate Hill is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pate Hill Parrottsville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Caney Branch (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Caney Branch is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Branch Sirenburg ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Sirenburg is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirenburg Bright Hope (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Bright Hope is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Hope Little Chucky ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Little Chucky is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chucky Warrensburg (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Warrensburg is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg Thula (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Thula is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thula Timber Ridge (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Timber Ridge is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Ridge Bybee (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Oldtown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Oldtown is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldtown Continue List (14 more) ...
Bridgeport (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Bridgeport is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Cedar Creek (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Cedar Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Midway (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ottinger. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ottinger .
Newspapers Published in Ottinger ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ottinger.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ottinger, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Ottinger.
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 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 Ottinger:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Cocke County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Grainger County Greene County Hamblen County Hancock County Hawkins County Jefferson County Sevier County Unicoi County Washington County Buncombe County Haywood County Madison County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ottinger. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
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 Ottinger, 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- Ottinger) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.