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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Pleasant Hill. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Pleasant Hill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pleasant Hill, please Contact Us.
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 Pleasant Hill (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 Pleasant Hill. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Pleasant Hill is historic, it would have been located within present day Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Knox & Sevier.
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Hill:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Pleasant Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Dandridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Flat Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Piedmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Piedmont is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
- Cook Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
- Dumplin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dumplin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin
- Baneberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alena ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alena is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena
- Rocky Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
- Edna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Edna is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Jefferson City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- New Market
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rock Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Town
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Cowan Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cowan Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,010 people
- Rocky Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Branch is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,427 people
- Townsend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Walland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Miller Cove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Cove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 267 people
- Red Bank
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Seaton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seaton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Eagleton Village
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rockford is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Claiborne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Evans Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Evans Ferry is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ferry
- Population from the 2010 Census: 293 people
- Raven Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
- Cocke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Bailey Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bailey Town is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town
- Estimated population in 2014: 428 people
- Clevenger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Clevenger is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
- Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
- Carson Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Carson Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Springs
- Wilsonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wilsonville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Birdsville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Birdsville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
- Jaybird
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jaybird is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,299 people
- Newport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Edwina
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Edwina is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Jimtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jimtown is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Bybee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cosby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wilton Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wilton Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Springs
- Grainger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Dyers Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
- Oakland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
- Wa-Ni Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wa-Ni Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wa-Ni Village
- Massengill Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Massengill Mill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massengill Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,600 people
- Blaine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lea Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lea Springs is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lea Springs
- Maples ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maples is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Joppa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Joppa is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Rutledge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lulaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lulaville is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Bowen
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bowen is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Marshalls Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Beulah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beulah is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Warrensburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Warrensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg
- Sirenburg ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sirenburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirenburg
- Bright Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bright Hope is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Hope
- Little Chucky ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Little Chucky is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chucky
- Midway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Marvin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marvin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Mosheim
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hamblen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Collons Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Collons Ferry is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collons Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 986 people
- Monte Vista Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Casablanca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Casablanca is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
- East Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Village is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Silver City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Bright ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bright is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
- Whitesburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hawkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Mooresburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bulls Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bridge Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Red Bridge Ferry is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bridge Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,135 people
- Mooresburg Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mooresburg Springs is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg Springs
- Population from the 2010 Census: 941 people
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Peters Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Peters Mill is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Mill
- Thorn Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Thorn Grove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Grove
- Lyonton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lyonton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonton
- Kimberlin Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Highpoint ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Highpoint is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint
- Mascot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mascot is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,411 people
- Riverdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Riverdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Wooddale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wooddale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooddale
- Skaggston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Skaggston is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggston
- Mayo ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mayo is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,366 people
- McMillan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- McMillan is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillan
- Moshina Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Moshina Heights is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moshina Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,335 people
- Sevier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Millican Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millican Grove is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millican Grove
- Harrisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
- East Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Fork is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Catlettsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg
- Henry Crossroads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Henry Crossroads is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Crossroads
- Sevierville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Kodak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pigeon Forge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boyds Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Boyds Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Creek
- Pittman Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pittman Center is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
- Oak City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oak City is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Luttrell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Luttrell is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
- Plainview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,184 people
- Maynardville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Paulette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paulette is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
- Haywood County (NC)
- Mount Sterling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Hill.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Hill.
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 Pleasant Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Halbert Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Aileys Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Parrotts Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sims Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sims Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hills Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Swann Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Finchum Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Eden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Derrick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (850 more) ...
- Harris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Old Dandridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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.
While we didn't find Pleasant Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Sandy Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Fox ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fox is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Shady Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shady Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Allensville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Allensville is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Dandridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chestnut Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Oak Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Harrisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
- Flat Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Piedmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Piedmont is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
- East Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Fork is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Dumplin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dumplin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Catlettsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg
- Carson Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Carson Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Springs
- Alena ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alena is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Hill.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Hill ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Hill, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Pleasant Hill:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Claiborne County
- Cocke County
- Grainger County
- Greene County
- Hamblen County
- Hawkins County
- Knox County
- Sevier County
- Union County
- Haywood County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Pleasant Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |