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 Riverside (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 Riverside. 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 and doctors 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.
Riverside is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County : Cherokee (NC) , Graham (NC) , Blount , Loudon , McMinn & Polk .
Below are the counties that are near Riverside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Riverside:
Monroe County (The home county of Riverside)
The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
Toqua ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Toqua was located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua Acorn (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Acorn is also located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Ballplay (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Ballplay is also located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay Tuskeegee ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Tuskeegee was located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee Estimated population in 2014: 2,663 people
Vonore (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Belltown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Belltown is also located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown Madisonville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Halfway Town ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Halfway Town was located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town Ipe ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Ipe was located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe Jacktown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Jacktown is also located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
Tellico Plains (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Sweetwater (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Jalapa (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Jalapa is also located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa Anderson County
Oak Ridge (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Blount County
The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
Brick Mill (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Brick Mill is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill Chilhowee (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Chilhowee is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Cloyd Creek was located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek McMullens (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
McMullens is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullens Estimated population in 2014: 13,620 people
Kiser (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Kiser is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser Binfield (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Binfield is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binfield Happy Valley (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Happy Valley is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley Big Springs (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Big Springs is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs Big Springs has also been known as:
Cliff Walnut Hill Estates (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Walnut Hill Estates is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Estates Population from the 2010 Census: 2,394 people
Friendsville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Sixmile (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Sixmile is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Fairway Estates (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Fairway Estates is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Estates Estimated population in 2014: 8,224 people
Chelsey Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Chelsey Village is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsey Village Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
Boyd (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Boyd is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Virtue (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Virtue is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virtue Estimated population in 2014: 131 people
Belle Aire (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Belle Aire is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Aire Estimated population in 2014: 512 people
Concord (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Concord is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Farragut (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Ebenezer (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Ebenezer is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Kingston Woods (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Kingston Woods is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Woods Estimated population in 2014: 2,790 people
Aldenwood Park (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
Topside (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Topside is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside Estimated population in 2014: 346 people
Middlebrook Acres (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Middlebrook Acres is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook Acres Estimated population in 2014: 593 people
Arrowhead (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Arrowhead is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Loudon County
The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
Trigonia (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Trigonia is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia Morganton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Morganton is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton Alleghany ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Alleghany was located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany Estimated population in 2014: 630 people
Greenback (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Jena (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Jena is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
Centersville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Centersville is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville Philadelphia (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Loudon City Park (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park Loudon (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Luttrell (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Lenoir City (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Sharp Estates (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Sharp Estates is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Estates Estimated population in 2014: 919 people
Eaton Crossroads (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads McMinn County
The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
Nonaburg (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Nonaburg is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg Bell Spring (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Bell Spring is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring Manila (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Manila is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila Mecca (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
Mecca is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca Englewood (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Niota (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Prigmore (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Prigmore is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore Grady (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Grady is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady Etowah (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Athens (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Goodsprings (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Goodsprings is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings Claxton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Claxton is located in McMinn County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton Riceville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Meigs County
The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
Surprise (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Surprise is located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
Sewee (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Sewee is located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee Cute ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Cute was located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute Akeman Crossroad (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad Polk County
The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
Servilla (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Servilla is located in Polk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla Delano (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Rymers ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Rymers was located in Polk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers Chestuee (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Chestuee is located in Polk County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestuee Roane County
The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
Cave Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Cave Creek is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek Morrisgap ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Morrisgap was located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap Bradbury (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Bradbury is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury Iron Divide ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Iron Divide was located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
Selkirk ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Selkirk was located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk Bear ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Bear was located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Wheat ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Wheat was located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Kingston (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Laddie Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Laddie Village is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village Kries (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Kries is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kries Midtown Heights (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Midtown Heights is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
Cherokee County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
Unaka (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Unaka is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka Hiwassee Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Hiwassee Village is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee Village Ogreeta (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta Pleasant Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Boiling Springs (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Boiling Springs is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs Liberty (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Liberty is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Vests (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Vests is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests Grape Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek Coalville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Coalville is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville Marble (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Postell (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Postell is located in Cherokee County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postell Graham County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
Fontana Dam (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Fontana Dam is located in Graham County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana Dam Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
Fontana Dam has also been known as:
Fontana Village Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fontana Dam <1>
Yellow Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Yellow Creek is located in Graham County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek Lake Santeetlah (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Lake Santeetlah is located in Graham County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Santeetlah Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
Lake Santeetlah has also been known as:
Santeetla Santeetlah Santultah Thunderbird Mountain Thunderbird Robbinsville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Cheoah (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Cheoah is located in Graham County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheoah
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Riverside, see our County-by-County Page for Riverside .
Cemeteries Near Riverside ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riverside.
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 Riverside - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riverside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
Click Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Mullins Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Martin Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Lindsey Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Hawkins Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Hardin Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Tellico Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Giles Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
White Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
McGhee Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Vonore Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Vonore Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Continue List (601 more) ...
Little Toqua Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Howard Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
McGhee Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Riverside in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riverside.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
Hopewell Springs (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Hopewell Springs is also located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Springs Acorn (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Acorn is also located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Tevis (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Tevis is also located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tevis Ballplay (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Ballplay is also located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay Kincaid (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Kincaid is also located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid Belltown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
Belltown is also located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown Mountainville ‑ Historic(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Mountainville was located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainville Trigonia (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Trigonia is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia McGhee (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
McGhee is also located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGhee Sink ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
Sink was located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sink Brakebill ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Brakebill was located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brakebill Citico ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Citico was located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citico Continue List (14 more) ...
Hiwassee College (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Hiwassee College is also located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee College Madisonville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Morganton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Morganton is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riverside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riverside .
Newspapers Published in Riverside ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riverside.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riverside, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Riverside.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Riverside:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Monroe County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Anderson County Blount County Knox County Loudon County McMinn County Meigs County Polk County Roane County Cherokee County Graham County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Riverside. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Monroe County: https://monroetn.gov/
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. 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 . 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 Riverside, 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- Riverside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.