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 Reliance (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 Reliance. 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 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.
Reliance is located in Claiborne 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 Claiborne County: Bell (KY), Whitley (KY), Campbell, Grainger, Hancock, Union & Lee (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Reliance. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Reliance:
- Claiborne County (The home county of Reliance)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reliance, with the one closest to Reliance listed first.
- Pruden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pruden is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden
- Cumberland Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Minton Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Minton Mill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minton Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 527 people
- Hamlin Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hamlin Town is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin Town
- Harrogate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Speedwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Clairfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clairfield is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairfield
- Shawanee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Shawanee is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee
- Goin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goin is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goin
- Big Barren
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Big Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Barren
- Head of Barren
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren
- New Tazewell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reliance, with the one closest to Reliance listed first.
- Andersonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Andersonville is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 472 people
- Norris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reliance, with the one closest to Reliance listed first.
- White Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Flat Hollow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Hollow is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Hollow
- Morley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Morley is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Stockville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stockville is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockville
- Habersham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Habersham is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habersham
- Victory
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Victory is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Fincastle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fincastle is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,618 people
- Jellico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Girlton ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Girlton is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girlton
- Boy ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boy is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy
- Forkvale ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forkvale is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkvale
- Demory
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Demory is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Demory
- Grainger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reliance, with the one closest to Reliance listed first.
- Washburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Washburn is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn
- Joppa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Joppa is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Lulaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lulaville is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Rutledge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thorn Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Bowen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bowen is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Lea Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lea Springs is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lea Springs
- Maples ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Maples is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
- Massengill Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Massengill Mill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massengill Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,600 people
- Blaine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Beans
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Beans is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reliance, with the one closest to Reliance listed first.
- Alanthus Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Alanthus Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,498 people
- Xenophon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Xenophon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reliance, with the one closest to Reliance listed first.
- Bayless ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bayless is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayless
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,396 people
- Corryton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Zacharytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Zacharytown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zacharytown
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Reliance, with the one closest to Reliance listed first.
- Braden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Braden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden
- Estimated population in 2014: 277 people
- Phebe ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Phebe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phebe
- Long Hollow ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Long Hollow is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow
- Rhodelia ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rhodelia is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia
- Loo ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Loo is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo
- Lost Creek ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lost Creek is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Haynes ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Haynes is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Loyston ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Loyston is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyston
- Maynardville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Warwicktown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Warwicktown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwicktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 658 people
- Luttrell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Luttrell is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
- Gabe ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gabe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabe
- Bell County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reliance, with the one closest to Reliance listed first.
- Yellow Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Yellow Creek is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Premier
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Premier is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Premier
- Edgewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewood is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Stony Fork Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stony Fork Junction is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Fork Junction
- Capito
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Capito is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capito
- Fonde
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fonde is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonde
- Middlesboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pruden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pruden is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden
- Frakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Frakes is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frakes
- Pearl
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Ingram
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ingram is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Wasioto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wasioto is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasioto
- Harlan County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reliance, with the one closest to Reliance listed first.
- Pathfork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pathfork is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pathfork
- Coldiron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tacky Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tacky Town is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacky Town
- Twila
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Twila is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twila
- South Wallins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Wallins is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallins
- Wallins Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek
- Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
- Mary Alice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mary Alice is located in Harlan County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Alice
- Knox County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reliance, with the one closest to Reliance listed first.
- Wheeler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wheeler is located in Knox County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Warren
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Warren is located in Knox County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Trosper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Trosper is located in Knox County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trosper
- Bryants Store
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bryants Store is located in Knox County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants Store
- Flat Lick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Flat Lick is located in Knox County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Lick
- Artemus
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Artemus is located in Knox County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus
- Barbourville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bimble
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dewitt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Dewitt is located in Knox County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt
- Heidrick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Heidrick is located in Knox County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidrick
- Walker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Walker is located in Knox County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Cannon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cannon is located in Knox County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Whitley County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Reliance, with the one closest to Reliance listed first.
- Siler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Siler is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siler
- Nevisdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nevisdale is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevisdale
- Packard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Packard is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Packard
- Lot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lot is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lot
- Fairview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Louden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Louden is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- Verne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Verne is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Red Ash
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Red Ash is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Ash
- Saxton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Saxton is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Pleasant View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Emlyn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Emlyn is located in Whitley County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn
- Williamsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Reliance, see our County-by-County Page for Reliance.
Cemeteries Near Reliance ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Reliance.
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 Reliance - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Reliance covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Reliance, with the one closest to Reliance listed first.
- Hatfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alexander Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Watson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rodgers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Thomas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hensley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yoakum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McNew Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Welch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bruce Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Treece Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Branscombe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (961 more) ...
- Carr Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Moyers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Moyers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Reliance in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Reliance.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Reliance, with the one closest to Reliance listed first.
- Middlesboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant
- Arthur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Arthur is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Cumberland Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Clairfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clairfield is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairfield
- Speedwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harrogate
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ingram
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ingram is located in Bell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Goin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goin is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goin
- Minkton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Minkton is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minkton
- Duo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Duo is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duo
- Phebe ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Phebe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phebe
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- New Prospect ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Prospect is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Prospect
- Bacchus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bacchus is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacchus
- Big Barren
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Big Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Barren
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Reliance. See our List of 1890's Communities around Reliance.
Newspapers Published in Reliance ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Reliance.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Reliance, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Reliance.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Reliance:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Claiborne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Campbell County
- Grainger County
- Hancock County
- Knox County
- Union County
- Bell County
- Harlan County
- Knox County
- Whitley 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Reliance, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Reliance) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |