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 Park Settlement (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 Park Settlement. 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 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.
Park Settlement is located in Sevier 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 Sevier County: Haywood (NC), Swain (NC), Blount, Cocke, Jefferson & Knox.
Below are the counties that are near Park Settlement. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Park Settlement:
- Sevier County (The home county of Park Settlement)
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Settlement, with the one closest to Park Settlement listed first.
- Wear Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wear Valley is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wear Valley
- Waldens Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Waldens Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldens Creek
- Starkeytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Starkeytown is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkeytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 431 people
- Dupont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dupont is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Elkmont ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elkmont is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont
- Chalet Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chalet Village is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalet Village
- Pigeon Forge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gatlinburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Seymour Heights
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Seymour
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Middle Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Oak City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oak City is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Settlement, with the one closest to Park Settlement listed first.
- Townsend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Cowan Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cowan Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,010 people
- Miller Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Miller Cove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 267 people
- Walland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rocky Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rocky Branch is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,427 people
- Seaton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Seaton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Wildwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Chelsey Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chelsey Village is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsey Village
- Eagleton Village
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Rockford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockford is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Maryville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cocke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Settlement, with the one closest to Park Settlement listed first.
- Cosby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Birdsville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Birdsville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
- Carson Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carson Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Springs
- Bailey Town
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clevenger is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
- Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
- Wilton Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wilton Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Springs
- Wilsonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Grainger County
- Blaine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Settlement, with the one closest to Park Settlement listed first.
- Cook Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
- Dumplin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dumplin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin
- Piedmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Piedmont is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
- Strawberry Plains
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rocky Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
- Dandridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alena ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Alena is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena
- New Market
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Flat Gap
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Jefferson City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Settlement, with the one closest to Park Settlement listed first.
- Kimberlin Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shooks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shooks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks
- Bonny Kate
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bonny Kate is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Kate
- Peters Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Peters Mill is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Mill
- Riverdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Riverdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Arrowhead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Arrowhead is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Colonial Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Whites Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whites Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village
- Ramsey Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ramsey Ferry is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 320 people
- Topside
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Topside is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
- Estimated population in 2014: 346 people
- Moshina Heights
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Thorn Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Thorn Grove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Grove
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Settlement, with the one closest to Park Settlement listed first.
- Jena
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Alleghany ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Alleghany is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany
- Estimated population in 2014: 630 people
- Centersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Centersville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Trigonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- Morganton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Settlement, with the one closest to Park Settlement 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Tuskeegee ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tuskeegee is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,663 people
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Graham County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Settlement, with the one closest to Park Settlement listed first.
- Fontana Dam
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Stecoah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stecoah is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stecoah
- Cheoah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cheoah is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheoah
- Lake Santeetlah
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Robbinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jackson County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Settlement, with the one closest to Park Settlement listed first.
- Whittier
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Paint Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Paint Town is located in Jackson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Town
- Wilmot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot is located in Jackson County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Macon County (NC)
- Fairview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Macon County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Swain County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Park Settlement, with the one closest to Park Settlement listed first.
- Bushnell ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bushnell is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Forney ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Forney is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
- Judson ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Judson is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Bryson City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Almond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cherokee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oconaluftee Indian Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wesser
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wesser is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesser
- Nantahala
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nantahala is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantahala
- Unahala
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Unahala is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unahala
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Park Settlement, see our County-by-County Page for Park Settlement.
Cemeteries Near Park Settlement ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Park Settlement.
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 Park Settlement - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Park Settlement covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Park Settlement, with the one closest to Park Settlement listed first.
- White Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Headrick Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Chinquapin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brickey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tuckaleechee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Greenbrier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mattox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hatcher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Laurel Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Caylors Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (739 more) ...
- Myers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Valley View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crowson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Park Settlement in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Park Settlement.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Park Settlement, with the one closest to Park Settlement listed first.
- Line Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Line Spring is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Line Spring
- Wear Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wear Valley is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wear Valley
- Hornet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hornet is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornet
- Waldens Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Waldens Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldens Creek
- Ellejoy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ellejoy is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellejoy
- Henderson Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson Springs is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Springs
- Pigeon Forge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Seaton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Seaton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Gatlinburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Notime ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Notime is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notime
- Trundle Crossroad
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Trundle Crossroad is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trundle Crossroad
- Middle Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Middle Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Bank ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bank is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank
- Sevierville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blockhouse
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Blockhouse is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockhouse
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Park Settlement. See our List of 1890's Communities around Park Settlement.
Newspapers Published in Park Settlement ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Park Settlement.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Park Settlement, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Park Settlement.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Park Settlement:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Sevier County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Cocke County
- Grainger County
- Jefferson County
- Knox County
- Loudon County
- Monroe County
- Graham County
- Jackson County
- Macon 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 Park Settlement, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Park Settlement) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |