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 Phillips (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 Phillips. 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.
Phillips is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County : Cherokee (NC) , Graham (NC) , Blount , Loudon , McMinn & Polk .
Below are the counties that are near Phillips. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Phillips:
Monroe County (The home county of Phillips)
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Vonore (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Madisonville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Toqua ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Toqua is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua Tuskeegee ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Tuskeegee is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee Estimated population in 2014: 2,663 people
Acorn (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Acorn is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Ballplay (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Ballplay is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay Belltown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Belltown is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown Sweetwater (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Halfway Town ‑ Historic(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Halfway Town is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town Jacktown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Jacktown is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
Tellico Plains (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Ipe ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Ipe is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe Anderson County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Oak Ridge (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Scarboro (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Scarboro is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro Blount County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Brick Mill (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Brick Mill is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek McMullens (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
McMullens is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullens Estimated population in 2014: 13,620 people
Kiser (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Kiser is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser Big Springs (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Big Springs is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs Big Springs has also been known as:
Cliff Binfield (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Binfield is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binfield Chilhowee (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Chilhowee is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee Friendsville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Walnut Hill Estates (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Walnut Hill Estates is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Estates Population from the 2010 Census: 2,394 people
Happy Valley (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Happy Valley is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley Fairway Estates (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Fairway Estates is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Estates Estimated population in 2014: 8,224 people
Sixmile (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Sixmile is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Boyd (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Boyd is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Virtue (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Virtue is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virtue Estimated population in 2014: 131 people
Belle Aire (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Belle Aire is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Aire Estimated population in 2014: 512 people
Concord (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Concord is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Farragut (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Ebenezer (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Ebenezer is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Aldenwood Park (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
Kingston Woods (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Kingston Woods is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Woods Estimated population in 2014: 2,790 people
Topside (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Topside is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside Estimated population in 2014: 346 people
Oak Grove Heights (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Oak Grove Heights is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights Population from the 2010 Census: 4,425 people
Middlebrook Acres (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Middlebrook Acres is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook Acres Estimated population in 2014: 593 people
Arrowhead (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Arrowhead is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Loudon County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Morganton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Morganton is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton Trigonia (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Trigonia is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia Alleghany ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Alleghany is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany Estimated population in 2014: 630 people
Greenback (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Jena (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Jena is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
Philadelphia (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Centersville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Centersville is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville Loudon City Park (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park Loudon (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Luttrell (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Lenoir City (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Sharp Estates (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Sharp Estates is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Estates Estimated population in 2014: 919 people
McMinn County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Bell Spring (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Bell Spring is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring Manila (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Manila is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila Nonaburg (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
Nonaburg is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg Englewood (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Niota (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Mecca (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Mecca is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca Prigmore (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Prigmore is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore Athens (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Grady (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Grady is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady Etowah (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Goodsprings (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Goodsprings is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings Riceville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Meigs County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Surprise (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Surprise is located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
Sewee (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Sewee is located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee Cute ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Cute is located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute Akeman Crossroad (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad Decatur (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Calico (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Calico is located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico Estimated population in 2014: 495 people
Goodfield (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Goodfield is located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfield Morgan County
Harriman (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Polk County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Servilla (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Servilla is located in Polk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla Delano (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Chestuee (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Chestuee is located in Polk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestuee Rymers ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Rymers is located in Polk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers Rhea County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Lakewood Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
Roddy (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Roddy is located in Rhea County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy Roane County
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Cave Creek (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Cave Creek is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek Morrisgap ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Morrisgap is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap Bradbury (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Bradbury is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury Iron Divide ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Iron Divide is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
Selkirk ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Selkirk is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk Laddie Village (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Laddie Village is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village Kingston (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Bear ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Bear is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Kries (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Kries is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kries Wheat ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Wheat is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Midtown Heights (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Midtown Heights is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
Midtown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Midtown is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Cherokee County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Unaka (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Unaka is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka Pleasant Hill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Hiwassee Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Hiwassee Village is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee Village Ogreeta (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta Boiling Springs (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Boiling Springs is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs Liberty (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Liberty is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Vests (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Vests is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests Graham County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Fontana Dam (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
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>
Lake Santeetlah (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Yellow Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Yellow Creek is located in Graham County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Phillips, see our County-by-County Page for Phillips .
Cemeteries Near Phillips ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Phillips.
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 Phillips - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Phillips covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Stephens Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
White Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Old Lutheran Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Hiwassee Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Kimbrough Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Henderson Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Vonore Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Vonore Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
St. Paul Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Madisonville Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Old Prospect Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Webb Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Continue List (725 more) ...
Click Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Mullins Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Wear Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Phillips in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Phillips.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Phillips, with the one closest to Phillips listed first.
Kincaid (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Kincaid is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid Hopewell Springs (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Hopewell Springs is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Springs Brakebill ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Brakebill is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brakebill Hiwassee College (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Hiwassee College is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee College Madisonville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Tevis (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Tevis is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tevis McGhee (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
McGhee is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGhee Acorn (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Acorn is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Trigonia (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Trigonia is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia Morganton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Morganton is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton Ho ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Ho is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ho Ballplay (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Ballplay is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay Continue List (16 more) ...
Mountainville ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Mountainville is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainville Gudger (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
Gudger is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gudger Sink ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
Sink is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sink
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Phillips. See our List of 1890's Communities around Phillips .
Newspapers Published in Phillips ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Phillips.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Phillips, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Phillips.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Phillips:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Monroe County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Anderson County Blount County Knox County Loudon County McMinn County Meigs County Morgan County Polk County Rhea County Roane County Cherokee County Graham County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Phillips. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Monroe County: https://monroetn.gov/
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. 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 Phillips, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Phillips) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.