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 Princeton (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 Princeton. 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 doctors and 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.
Princeton is located in Washington 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 Washington County : Carter , Greene , Hawkins , Sullivan & Unicoi .
Below are the counties that are near Princeton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Princeton:
Washington County (The home county of Princeton)
The following are listed by their distance from Princeton, with the one closest to Princeton listed first.
Austin Village (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Austin Village is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village Oakland Village (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Oakland Village is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Village Johnson City (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Johnson City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,142 people
Former names for Johnson City:
Blue Plum Station Haynesville Johnsons Depot Johnsons Tank Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <1>
North Johnson City (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
North Johnson City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Johnson City Flourville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Flourville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville Carnegie (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Carnegie is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie Camelot Two (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Camelot Two is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Two Estimated population in 2014: 3,582 people
East Ridge (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
East Ridge is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ridge Estimated population in 2014: 21,317 people
Oak Grove (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Oak Grove is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove South Gate Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
South Gate Village is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gate Village Midway (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Midway is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Onks (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Onks is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onks Estimated population in 2014: 3,715 people
Carter County
The following are listed by their distance from Princeton, with the one closest to Princeton listed first.
Watauga (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Watauga is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Central (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Central is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Pine Crest (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Pine Crest is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest Biltmore (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Biltmore is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Elizabethton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Gap Run (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Gap Run is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run Hunter (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Hunter is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Siam (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Siam is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam Hampton (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Woodby Hill (12 miles [19.3 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 (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Tolley Town is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolley Town Fish Springs (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Fish Springs is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Princeton, with the one closest to Princeton listed first.
Milburnton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Milburnton is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton Centersville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Centersville is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville Jearoldstown (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Jearoldstown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown Rheatown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Rheatown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown Horse Creek (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Horse Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
Afton (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Fairview (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Fairview is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Henshaw ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Henshaw is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw Estimated population in 2014: 470 people
Pleasant View (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Pleasant View is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Estimated population in 2014: 4,251 people
Tusculum (24 miles [38.6 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
Bolton Estates (26 miles [41.8 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
Baileyton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Hawkins County
The following are listed by their distance from Princeton, with the one closest to Princeton listed first.
Rotherwood (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood Mount Carmel (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Solitude ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Solitude is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude Block City (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Block City is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City Frisco (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Frisco is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco Green Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Green Village is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village Greenvale (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Greenvale is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale Church Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Waycross (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Waycross is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waycross Estimated population in 2014: 4,091 people
Blossom (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Blossom is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom Chimneytop ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop New Canton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
New Canton is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton Johnson County
The following are listed by their distance from Princeton, with the one closest to Princeton listed first.
Butler (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
High Health ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
High Health is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health Norris (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Norris is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norris Estimated population in 2014: 1,652 people
Winchester (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Winchester is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester Estimated population in 2014: 8,547 people
Vaughtsville ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Vaughtsville is located in Johnson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughtsville Sullivan County
The following are listed by their distance from Princeton, with the one closest to Princeton listed first.
Piney Flats (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Childress (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Childress is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress Colby ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Colby is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby Thom ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Thom is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom Lella ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Lella is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lella Bluff City (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Bluff City is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City Population from the 2020 Census: 1,672 people
Former name for Bluff City:
Zollicoffer Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluff City <1>
Wahoo ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Wahoo is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Galloway Mill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Galloway Mill is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway Mill Estimated population in 2014: 665 people
Sac ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Sac is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac Fordtown (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Fordtown is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown Colonial Heights (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek Unicoi County
The following are listed by their distance from Princeton, with the one closest to Princeton listed first.
Whispering Pines (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines Unicoi (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Limestone Cove (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove Erwin (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Bumpus Cove (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
Banner Hill (16 miles [25.7 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
Indian Creek ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Ernestville (21 miles [33.8 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 (22 miles [35.4 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(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Loganton is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton Flag Pond (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond Avery County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Princeton, with the one closest to Princeton listed first.
Whaley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Whaley is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley Elk Park (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Mount Gilead (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Mount Gilead is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead Minneapolis (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Minneapolis is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneapolis Beech Mountain (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Chestnut Dale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Chestnut Dale is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Dale Vale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Vale is located in Avery County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale Banner Elk (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Newland (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Plumtree (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Madison County (NC)
Allegheny (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Allegheny is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny Mitchell County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Princeton, with the one closest to Princeton listed first.
Richlands (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Richlands is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands Buladean (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Buladean is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladean Bailey (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Bailey is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Relief (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Relief is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief Tipton Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Tipton Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Hill Herrell ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Herrell is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrell Huntdale (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Huntdale is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntdale Little Rock Creek ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Little Rock Creek is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Creek Red Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Red Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Bakersville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Watauga County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Princeton, with the one closest to Princeton listed first.
Watauga Falls ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Watauga Falls is located in Watauga County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Falls Rominger (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Rominger is located in Watauga County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rominger Yancey County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Princeton, with the one closest to Princeton listed first.
Sioux (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Sioux is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Ramseytown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Ramseytown is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseytown Green Mountain (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Day Book (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Day Book is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Book Higgins (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Higgins is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins Double Island (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Double Island is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Island Burnsville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Princeton, see our County-by-County Page for Princeton .
Cemeteries Near Princeton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Princeton.
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 Princeton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Princeton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Princeton, with the one closest to Princeton listed first.
Crumley Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Longmire Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
White Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Monte Vista Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Barne Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Kinnick Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Patton Chapel Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Range Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Peoples Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Harrison Chapel Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Snow Chapel Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Phillips Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Continue List (973 more) ...
West Lawn Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Austin Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Bowman - Epperson Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
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 Princeton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Princeton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Princeton, with the one closest to Princeton listed first.
Johnson City (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Johnson City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City Population from the 2020 Census: 67,142 people
Former names for Johnson City:
Blue Plum Station Haynesville Johnsons Depot Johnsons Tank Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <1>
Carnegie (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Carnegie is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie Austin Springs (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Austin Springs is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Springs Flourville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Flourville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville Watauga (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Watauga is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Milligan (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Milligan is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milligan Piney Flats (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Okolona (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Okolona is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okolona Keebler Crossroads (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Keebler Crossroads is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keebler Crossroads February (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
February is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for February Hilton ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Hilton is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Jonesborough (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (18 more) ...
Boring (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Boring is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boring Childress (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Childress is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress Thom ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Thom is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Princeton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Princeton .
Newspapers Published in Princeton ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Princeton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Princeton, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Princeton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Princeton:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Washington County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Carter County Greene County Hawkins County Johnson County Sullivan County Unicoi County Avery County Madison County Mitchell County Watauga County Yancey County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Princeton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
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 Princeton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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- Princeton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.