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 Painter Spring (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 Painter Spring. 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 Painter Spring ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Painter Spring: Painter Spg. (or less commonly used: Painter Spng. or Painter Sprng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Painter Spring. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Painter Spring.
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 southeast 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 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.
Painter Spring is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Carter, Hawkins, Johnson, Washington, Bristol City (VA), Scott (VA) & Washington (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Painter Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Painter Spring:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Painter Spring)
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Spring, with the one closest to Painter Spring listed first.
- Holston Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holston Valley is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holston Valley
- Fishdam ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fishdam is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishdam
- Ruthton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ruthton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthton
- Hunter Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hunter Hills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,854 people
- Forest Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Forest Hills is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- Bristol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Collingwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Walnut Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Walnut Hill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Akard Addition
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Akard Addition is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akard Addition
- Cross
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cross is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,330 people
- Bluff City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,672 people
- Former name for Bluff City:
- Zollicoffer
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <1>
- Beechnut City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Beechnut City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechnut City
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Spring, with the one closest to Painter Spring listed first.
- Buladeen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Buladeen is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladeen
- Former names for Buladeen:
- Colesville
- Magnetic
- Hunter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hunter is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Siam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Siam is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Biltmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Biltmore is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore
- Fish Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fish Springs is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
- Elizabethton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Watauga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Watauga is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Hampton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Central
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Central is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Gap Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gap Run is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
- Pine Crest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Crest is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Roan Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Shell Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Shell Creek is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 21,037 people
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Spring, with the one closest to Painter Spring listed first.
- Winchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Winchester is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,547 people
- Fuller
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fuller is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Shingletown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Shingletown is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingletown
- Butler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- High Health ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- High Health is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
- Mountain City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughtsville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughtsville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughtsville
- Dowell ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dowell is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowell
- Estimated population in 2014: 364 people
- Norris
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Norris is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,652 people
- Trade
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Unicoi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Spring, with the one closest to Painter Spring listed first.
- Whispering Pines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Limestone Cove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Spring, with the one closest to Painter Spring listed first.
- Austin Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Austin Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Flourville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Flourville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville
- Carnegie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Carnegie is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie
- East Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Ridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ridge
- Estimated population in 2014: 21,317 people
- North Johnson City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Johnson City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Johnson City
- Oak Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Oakland Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Village
- Spurgeon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Spurgeon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,957 people
- Johnson City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67,142 people
- Former names for Johnson City:
- Blue Plum Station
- Haynesville
- Johnsons Depot
- Johnsons Tank
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <1>
- South Gate Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Gate Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gate Village
- Camelot Two
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Camelot Two is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Two
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,582 people
- Gray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Midway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Ashe County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Spring, with the one closest to Painter Spring listed first.
- Grayson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Grayson is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Ashland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Roten
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Roten is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roten
- Apple Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Apple Grove is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Creston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Comet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Comet is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comet
- Brandon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brandon is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Lansing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sturgills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sturgills is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgills
- Avery County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Spring, with the one closest to Painter Spring listed first.
- Mount Gilead
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mount Gilead is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Whaley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Whaley is located in Avery County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
- Beech Mountain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Elk Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Watauga County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Painter Spring, with the one closest to Painter Spring listed first.
- Mabel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mabel is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Zionville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Watauga Falls ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Watauga Falls is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Falls
- Rominger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rominger is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rominger
- Sugar Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vilas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Matney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Matney is located in Watauga County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matney
- Valle Crucis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Painter Spring, see our County-by-County Page for Painter Spring.
Cemeteries Near Painter Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Painter Spring.
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 Painter Spring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Painter Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Painter Spring, with the one closest to Painter Spring listed first.
- Browns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Trivett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hotter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Potter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stophel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chapman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rust Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (798 more) ...
- Stophel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wyatt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Painter Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Painter Spring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Painter Spring, with the one closest to Painter Spring listed first.
- Holston Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holston Valley is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holston Valley
- Ruthton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ruthton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthton
- Fishdam ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fishdam is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishdam
- Paperville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Paperville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paperville
- Beidlemans ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beidlemans is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beidlemans
- Bristol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pandora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pandora is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Little Doe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Little Doe is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Doe
- Sumpter ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sumpter is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Bluff City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,672 people
- Former name for Bluff City:
- Zollicoffer
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <1>
- Doeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Doeville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doeville
- Blountville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Silver Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Silver Lake is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Lella ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lella is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lella
- Childress
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Childress is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Painter Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Painter Spring.
Newspapers Published in Painter Spring ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Painter Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Painter Spring, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Painter Spring.
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 Painter Spring:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Johnson County
- Unicoi County
- Washington County
- Ashe County
- Avery County
- Watauga 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 Painter Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Painter Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |