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 Potter Ford (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 Potter Ford. 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.
Potter Ford is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Bledsoe, Fentress, Morgan, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Van Buren & White.
Below are the counties that are near Potter Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Potter Ford:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Potter Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Potter Ford, with the one closest to Potter Ford listed first.
- Woodlands
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Woodlands is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlands
- Estimated population in 2014: 369 people
- Fairfield Glade
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lake Pomeroy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Pomeroy is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pomeroy
- Hebbertsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Center Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
- Woody
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Rogers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
- Creston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Greenbriar Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Crab Orchard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Crossville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dykes Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
- Howard Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Bledsoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Potter Ford, with the one closest to Potter Ford listed first.
- Winesap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Ninemile
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Fentress County
- The following are listed by their distance from Potter Ford, with the one closest to Potter Ford listed first.
- Clarkrange
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grimsley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wilder
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilder is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Allardt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Armathwaite
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Cumberland Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Jamestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cooper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cooper is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
- Gernt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Little Crab
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Little Crab is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crab
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Potter Ford, with the one closest to Potter Ford listed first.
- Bucklick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Lavender
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Deer Lodge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Catoosa ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Catoosa is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catoosa
- Glades
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Lancing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Nemo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Nemo is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nemo
- Annadel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Deermont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Deermont is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont
- Wartburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Burrville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Sunbright
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Oakdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Overton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Potter Ford, with the one closest to Potter Ford listed first.
- Lovejoy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lovejoy is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Obey City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Obey City is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obey City
- Hanging Limb
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hanging Limb is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Limb
- Bushing ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bushing is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushing
- Qualls ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Qualls is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualls
- Beaver Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Hill
- Poteet ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Poteet is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poteet
- Oak Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Oak Dale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Dale is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Dale
- Estimated population in 2014: 222 people
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Potter Ford, with the one closest to Potter Ford listed first.
- Monterey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Burnett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Burnett is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
- Estimated population in 2014: 418 people
- Jeremiah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jeremiah is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremiah
- Shennon Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Shennon Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shennon Village
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Potter Ford, with the one closest to Potter Ford listed first.
- Roddy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Spring City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Potter Ford, with the one closest to Potter Ford listed first.
- Rockwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Lakemont Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- College Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Glen Alice
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Postoak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Bazel Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bazel Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town
- Emory Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Pioneer Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Midtown Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Midtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Kingston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Laddie Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Laddie Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Potter Ford, with the one closest to Potter Ford listed first.
- Glenmary
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- Elgin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
- West Robbins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Robbins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Robbins
- Robbins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hughett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hughett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughett
- Hembree
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hembree is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hembree
- New River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Potter Ford, with the one closest to Potter Ford listed first.
- Ravenscroft
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ravenscroft is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenscroft
- Clarktown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
- Cherry Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cherry Creek is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Potter Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Potter Ford.
Cemeteries Near Potter Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Potter Ford.
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 Potter Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Potter Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Potter Ford, with the one closest to Potter Ford listed first.
- Elmore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sims Cemetery #2
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Peavine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Turner Cemetery #3
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Turner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brookhart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gulden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sims Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Slate Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Springs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Slate Springs Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the northeast of Crossville.
- The Slate Springs Cemetery has also been known as:
- Slate Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18589 <3>
- Goss Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (755 more) ...
- Frankfort Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Howard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [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.<4>
While we didn't find Potter Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Potter Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Potter Ford, with the one closest to Potter Ford listed first.
- Genesis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Genesis is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesis
- Halfway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Frankfort
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Frankfort is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Hebbertsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hebbertsburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebbertsburg
- Woody
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Woody is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
- Creston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Creston is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Islandford ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Islandford is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islandford
- Lavender
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Clarkrange
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roslin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Roslin is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslin
- Crossville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crab Orchard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Deer Lodge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Stowers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stowers is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stowers
- Howard Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Potter Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Potter Ford.
Newspapers Published in Potter Ford ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Potter Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Potter Ford, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Potter Ford.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Potter Ford:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bledsoe County
- Fentress County
- Morgan County
- Overton County
- Putnam County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Scott County
- White 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> | 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- Potter Ford) 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 Potter Ford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |