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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Powder Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Powder Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Powder Springs, 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 Powder Springs (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 Powder Springs. 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 Powder Springs ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Powder Springs: Powder Spgs. (or less commonly used: Powder Spngs. or Powder Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Powder Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Powder Springs.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Powder Springs is historic, it would have been located within present day Sevier 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 Sevier County: Haywood (NC), Swain (NC), Blount, Cocke, Jefferson & Knox.
Below are the counties that are near Powder Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Powder Springs:
- Sevier County (The home county of Powder Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Powder Springs, with the one closest to Powder Springs listed first.
- Millican Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Millican Grove is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millican Grove
- Catlettsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg
- Henry Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Henry Crossroads is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Crossroads
- Sevierville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kodak
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Harrisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
- Middle Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Middle Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Boyds Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boyds Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Creek
- Pigeon Forge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Fork is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Oak City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oak City is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City
- Seymour
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Anderson County
- Panther ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Panther is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powder Springs, with the one closest to Powder Springs listed first.
- Cowan Springs
(19 miles [30.6 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
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Walland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Miller Cove
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Seaton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Seaton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Rockford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rockford is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Red Bank
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bank is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Eagleton Village
(23 miles [37 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
- Rockgardens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rockgardens is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgardens
- Estimated population in 2014: 861 people
- Alcoa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cocke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powder Springs, with the one closest to Powder Springs listed first.
- Bailey Town
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Birdsville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Birdsville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsville
- Carson Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Carson Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Springs
- Clevenger
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clevenger is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
- Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
- Wilsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wilsonville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Cosby
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jaybird
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Edwina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Edwina is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Wilton Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wilton Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton Springs
- Jimtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jimtown is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Bybee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grainger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powder Springs, with the one closest to Powder Springs listed first.
- Dyers Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Oakland is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
- Blaine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Maples ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Maples is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Massengill Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Massengill Mill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massengill Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,600 people
- Lea Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lea Springs is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lea Springs
- Wa-Ni Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wa-Ni Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wa-Ni Village
- Joppa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Joppa is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Lulaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Lulaville is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Rutledge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Washburn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Washburn is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Bowen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bowen is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powder Springs, with the one closest to Powder Springs listed first.
- Beulah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beulah is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Warrensburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Warrensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg
- Hamblen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powder Springs, with the one closest to Powder Springs listed first.
- Collons Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 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
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Casablanca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Casablanca is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
- East Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Village is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Bright ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bright is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
- Silver City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powder Springs, with the one closest to Powder Springs listed first.
- Cook Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
- Dumplin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dumplin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin
- Piedmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Piedmont is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
- Rocky Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
- Dandridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alena ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Alena is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena
- Flat Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- New Market
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Strawberry Plains
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Rock Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Rock Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Town
- Edna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Edna is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powder Springs, with the one closest to Powder Springs listed first.
- Peters Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Peters Mill is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Mill
- Thorn Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Thorn Grove is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Grove
- Kimberlin Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lyonton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lyonton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonton
- Riverdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Riverdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Wooddale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wooddale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooddale
- Highpoint ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Highpoint is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint
- Mascot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mascot is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,411 people
- Mayo ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mayo is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,366 people
- Moshina Heights
(15 miles [24.1 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
- McMillan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- McMillan is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillan
- Shooks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Shooks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powder Springs, with the one closest to Powder Springs listed first.
- Luttrell
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Paulette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Paulette is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
- Warwicktown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Warwicktown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwicktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 658 people
- Gabe ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gabe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabe
- Haynes ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Haynes is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Haywood County (NC)
- Mount Sterling
(26 miles [41.8 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 Powder Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Powder Springs.
Cemeteries Near Powder Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Powder Springs.
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 Powder Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Powder Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Powder Springs, with the one closest to Powder Springs listed first.
- Alder Branch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Providence Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Alder Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Union Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Saffell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Atchley Isaac Graveyard
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Millican Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old McMahan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cate Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ellis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Esslinger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (879 more) ...
- Underwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Eden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Finchum Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
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 Powder Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Powder Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Powder Springs, with the one closest to Powder Springs listed first.
- Catlettsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg
- Sevierville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Allensville ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Allensville is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Henry Crossroads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Henry Crossroads is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Crossroads
- Shady Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Dumplin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dumplin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin
- Harrisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
- Middle Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Middle Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek
- Boyds Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boyds Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Creek
- Piedmont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Piedmont is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
- Henderson Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Henderson Springs is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Springs
- Pigeon Forge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- East Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Fork is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Fox ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fox is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Lucilla ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lucilla is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucilla
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Powder Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Powder Springs.
Newspapers Published in Powder Springs ...
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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Powder Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Powder Springs, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Powder Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Powder Springs:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Sevier County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Blount County
- Cocke County
- Grainger County
- Greene County
- Hamblen County
- Jefferson County
- Knox 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 Powder Springs, 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> | 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> | 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- Powder Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |