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 Poplar Grove (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 Poplar Grove. 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 Poplar Grove ...
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 Poplar Grove: Poplar Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Poplar Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Poplar Grove.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Poplar Grove 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 Poplar Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Poplar Grove:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Poplar Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Grove, with the one closest to Poplar Grove listed first.
- Colonial Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fordtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Beechwood Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village
- Borden Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Borden Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village
- Kingsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Blair Gap
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Blair Gap is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Gap
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,870 people
- Cherokee Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Horace ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Wahoo ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wahoo is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Beartown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Beartown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Morrison City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Morrison City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison City
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Grove, with the one closest to Poplar Grove listed first.
- Watauga
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Watauga is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Pine Crest
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Crest is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Central
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Central is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Biltmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Biltmore is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore
- Elizabethton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hunter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hunter is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Gap Run
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gap Run is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
- Siam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Siam is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Hampton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodby Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodby Hill is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodby Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,730 people
- Tolley Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tolley Town is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolley Town
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Grove, with the one closest to Poplar Grove listed first.
- Jearoldstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Milburnton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Milburnton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton
- Centersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Centersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Baileyton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rheatown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rheatown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown
- Fairview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Afton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Ottway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Horse Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Horse Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
- Bolton Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bolton Estates is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
- Tusculum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tusculum is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,669 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Grove, with the one closest to Poplar Grove listed first.
- Willis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Willis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Kyles Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hawkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Grove, with the one closest to Poplar Grove listed first.
- Rotherwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood
- Solitude ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Solitude is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Block City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Block City is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
- Green Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Village is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Mount Carmel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenvale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Greenvale is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
- Church Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Frisco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Frisco is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Waycross
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Waycross is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waycross
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,091 people
- Blossom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Chimneytop ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop
- New Canton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Unicoi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Grove, with the one closest to Poplar Grove listed first.
- Bumpus Cove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
- Unicoi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Pines
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Banner Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
- Erwin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Creek ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Limestone Cove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove
- Ernestville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ernestville is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernestville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,311 people
- Clear Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clear Branch is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch
- Former name for Clear Branch:
- Kittyton
- Loganton ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Loganton is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton
- Flag Pond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Poplar Grove, with the one closest to Poplar Grove listed first.
- Fall Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Wheelocktown ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wheelocktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelocktown
- Gray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spurgeon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spurgeon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,957 people
- Locust Mount
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Locust Mount is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Ducktown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ducktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 457 people
- Big Sandy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Big Sandy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy
- Estimated population in 2014: 542 people
- Bowmantown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bowmantown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
- Flourville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flourville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville
- Leesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Leesburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Mitchell County (NC)
- Richlands
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Richlands is located in Mitchell County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Poplar Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Poplar Grove.
Cemeteries Near Poplar Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Poplar Grove.
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 Poplar Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Poplar Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Poplar Grove, with the one closest to Poplar Grove listed first.
- Baxter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wells Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McClellan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hargis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sunrise Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Slaughter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Easley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Duncan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lone Star Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Peoples Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Steadman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (877 more) ...
- Simmons Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hilton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Double Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
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 Poplar Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Poplar Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Poplar Grove, with the one closest to Poplar Grove listed first.
- Cloverbottom ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cloverbottom is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverbottom
- Slaughter ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Slaughter is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter
- Butterfly ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Butterfly is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly
- Fall Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Meadowbrook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Harbour
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harbour is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour
- Harmony
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Fordtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Lovelace
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lovelace is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
- Hemlock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hemlock is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Eden Ridge ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eden Ridge is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Ridge
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Kingsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rotherwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood
- Horace ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Poplar Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Poplar Grove.
Newspapers Published in Poplar Grove ...
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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Poplar Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Poplar Grove, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Poplar Grove.
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 websites either 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 Poplar Grove:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Greene County
- Hancock County
- Hawkins County
- Unicoi County
- Washington County
- Mitchell 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 Poplar Grove, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Poplar Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |