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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 Paulette (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 Paulette. 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 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.

Paulette is located in Union 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 Union County: Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger & Knox.

Below are the counties that are near Paulette. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Paulette:

  • Union County     (The home county of Paulette)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paulette, with the one closest to Paulette listed first.
    • Warwicktown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Warwicktown is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwicktown
      • Estimated population in 2014: 658 people
    • Gabe ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Gabe is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabe
    • Plainview
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Maynardville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Loyston ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Luttrell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Lost Creek ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Lost Creek is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
    • Loo ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Loo is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo
    • Rhodelia ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Rhodelia is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia
    • Long Hollow ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Phebe ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Phebe is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phebe
    • Braden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Anderson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paulette, with the one closest to Paulette listed first.
    • Andersonville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Panther ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Panther is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
    • Norris
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Bethel
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Bethel is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
      • Estimated population in 2014: 719 people
    • Clinton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Rocky Top
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Peak
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Fraterville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Fraterville is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraterville
      • Estimated population in 2014: 70,612 people
    • Claxton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
      • Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
    • Leinarts
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Fairview ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Fairview is located in Anderson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
  • Blount County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paulette, with the one closest to Paulette listed first.
    • Rockford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Rockford is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
    • Alcoa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Alcoa is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,382 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alcoa <1>
    • Wildwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Eagleton Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Eagleton Village is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton Village
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 5,052 people
    • Louisville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Rockgardens
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Rockgardens is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgardens
      • Estimated population in 2014: 861 people
    • Cowan Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Cowan Springs is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Springs
      • Estimated population in 2014: 9,010 people
    • Maryville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Campbell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paulette, with the one closest to Paulette listed first.
    • Forkvale ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Forkvale is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkvale
    • Girlton ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Girlton is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girlton
    • Hatmaker ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Hatmaker is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker
    • Boy ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Boy is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy
    • Demory
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Crest
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Crest is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,388 people
    • Flat Hollow
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Victory
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Stockville ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Stockville is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockville
    • Fincastle
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Fincastle is located in Campbell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,618 people
    • LaFollette
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jacksboro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Claiborne County
  • Grainger County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paulette, with the one closest to Paulette listed first.
    • Blaine
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Lea Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Maples ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Maples is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
    • Joppa
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Washburn
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lulaville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Lulaville is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
    • Massengill Mill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Massengill Mill is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massengill Mill
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,600 people
    • Dyers Ferry
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
    • Rutledge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Oakland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Oakland is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
      • Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
    • Wa-Ni Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Wa-Ni Village is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wa-Ni Village
    • Bowen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Hamblen County
    • Collons Ferry
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Collons Ferry is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collons Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2014: 986 people
  • Jefferson County
  • Knox County
  • Loudon County
    • Vancouver ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Vancouver is located in Loudon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver
  • Morgan County
  • Roane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paulette, with the one closest to Paulette listed first.
    • Ethel ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Ethel is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,049 people
    • Kelley Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Kelley Town is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley Town
    • Bear ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bear is located in Roane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear
  • Scott County
  • Sevier County
  • Bell County (KY)
  • Whitley County (KY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Paulette, with the one closest to Paulette listed first.
    • Lot
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Fairview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Paulette, see our County-by-County Page for Paulette.

Cemeteries Near Paulette ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paulette.

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 Paulette - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Paulette covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Paulette, with the one closest to Paulette listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Paulette had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Paulette, with the one closest to Paulette listed first.

  • Gabe ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Gabe is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabe
  • Bayless ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Bayless is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayless
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,396 people
  • Jobe ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jobe is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobe
  • Graveston
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Graveston is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graveston
  • Preston ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Preston is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
  • Mynatt
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Mynatt is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mynatt
  • Twinville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Twinville is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twinville
  • Corryton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sill ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Sill is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sill
  • Maynardville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Duke ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Duke is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
  • Maloneyville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • House Mountain ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • House Mountain is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House Mountain
    • Rule ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Rule is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rule
    • Pedigo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Pedigo is located in Knox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedigo

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Paulette. See our List of 1890's Communities around Paulette.

Newspapers Published in Paulette ...

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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paulette.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Paulette, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Paulette.

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 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 Paulette:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Paulette) 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 Paulette, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.