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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 Robinson Ferry (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 Robinson Ferry. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Robinson Ferry is located in Cocke 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 Cocke County : Haywood (NC) , Madison (NC) , Greene , Hamblen , Jefferson & Sevier .
Below are the counties that are near Robinson Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Robinson Ferry:
Cocke County (The home county of Robinson Ferry)
The following are listed by their distance from Robinson Ferry, with the one closest to Robinson Ferry listed first.
Bybee (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Clevenger (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Clevenger is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
Wilsonville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Wilsonville is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville Bailey Town (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Bailey Town is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Town Estimated population in 2014: 428 people
Jaybird (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Jaybird is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird Estimated population in 2014: 3,299 people
Newport (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Jimtown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Jimtown is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown Carson Springs (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Carson Springs is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Springs Parrottsville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Bridgeport (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Bridgeport is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Edwina (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Edwina is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina West Myers (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
West Myers is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
Claiborne County
The following are listed by their distance from Robinson Ferry, with the one closest to Robinson Ferry listed first.
Evans Ferry (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Evans Ferry is located in Claiborne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Ferry Population from the 2010 Census: 293 people
Caney Valley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley Raven Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill Lone Mountain (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Lone Mountain is located in Claiborne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain Springdale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Springdale is located in Claiborne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Grainger County
The following are listed by their distance from Robinson Ferry, with the one closest to Robinson Ferry listed first.
Oakland (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Oakland is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
Wa-Ni Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Wa-Ni Village is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wa-Ni Village Marshalls Ferry (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry Dyers Ferry (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
Wyatt Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village Bean Station (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Beans (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Beans is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
Bowen (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Bowen is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen Massengill Mill (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Massengill Mill is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massengill Mill Estimated population in 2014: 1,600 people
Rutledge (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Lulaville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Lulaville is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville Thorn Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Robinson Ferry, with the one closest to Robinson Ferry listed first.
Beulah (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Beulah is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Warrensburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Warrensburg is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg Little Chucky ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Little Chucky is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chucky Bright Hope (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Bright Hope is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Hope Sirenburg ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Sirenburg is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirenburg Midway (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Marvin (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Marvin is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin Mosheim (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Cedar Creek (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Cedar Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek Albany (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Albany is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany Romeo (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Romeo is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo Greeneville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Hamblen County
The following are listed by their distance from Robinson Ferry, with the one closest to Robinson Ferry listed first.
Monte Vista Estates (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
East Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
East Village is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village Silver City (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Silver City is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City Casablanca (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
Casablanca is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
Bright ‑ Historic(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Bright is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
Collons Ferry (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Collons Ferry is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collons Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 986 people
Whitesburg (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Hancock County
The following are listed by their distance from Robinson Ferry, with the one closest to Robinson Ferry listed first.
Yount Town (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Yount Town is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town Duck Creek (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Duck Creek is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek Trent Valley (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Trent Valley is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trent Valley Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
Xenophon (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Xenophon is located in Hancock County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon Hawkins County
The following are listed by their distance from Robinson Ferry, with the one closest to Robinson Ferry listed first.
Bulls Gap (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Mooresburg (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Red Bridge Ferry (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Red Bridge Ferry is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bridge Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 1,135 people
Galbraith Springs (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Galbraith Springs is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith Springs Mooresburg Springs (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Mooresburg Springs is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg Springs Population from the 2010 Census: 941 people
Persia (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Persia is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia Strahl (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Strahl is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl Rogersville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Amis (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Amis is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis Kepler (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Kepler is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler Jefferson County
The following are listed by their distance from Robinson Ferry, with the one closest to Robinson Ferry listed first.
Leadvale (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Leadvale is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadvale White Pine (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Baneberry (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Edna (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Edna is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Talbott (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
Dandridge (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Rock Town (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Rock Town is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Town Flat Gap (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap Jefferson City (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Alena ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Alena is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena Piedmont (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Piedmont is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont New Market (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Knox County
The following are listed by their distance from Robinson Ferry, with the one closest to Robinson Ferry listed first.
Lyonton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Lyonton is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonton Thorn Grove (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Thorn Grove is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Grove Peters Mill (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Peters Mill is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Mill Zacharytown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Zacharytown is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zacharytown Mascot (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Mascot is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot Population from the 2010 Census: 2,411 people
Highpoint ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Highpoint is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint Skaggston (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Skaggston is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggston Wooddale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Wooddale is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooddale Corryton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Kimberlin Heights (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Riverdale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Riverdale is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Mayo ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Mayo is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Estimated population in 2014: 2,366 people
Sevier County
The following are listed by their distance from Robinson Ferry, with the one closest to Robinson Ferry listed first.
East Fork (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
East Fork is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork Millican Grove (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Millican Grove is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millican Grove Harrisburg (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Harrisburg is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
Henry Crossroads (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Henry Crossroads is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Crossroads Catlettsburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg Sevierville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Kodak (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Pittman Center (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Pittman Center is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittman Center Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
Middle Creek (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Middle Creek is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Creek Boyds Creek (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Boyds Creek is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Creek Pigeon Forge (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Oak City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Oak City is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Robinson Ferry, with the one closest to Robinson Ferry listed first.
Luttrell (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Luttrell is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
Haynes ‑ Historic(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Haynes is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Haywood County (NC)
Mount Sterling (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling Madison County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Robinson Ferry, with the one closest to Robinson Ferry listed first.
Hot Springs (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Bluff (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Bluff is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Lynch ‑ Historic(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Lynch is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Allenstand (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand Spring Creek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Spring Creek is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Hurricane (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Hurricane is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Stackhouse (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Stackhouse is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Robinson Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Robinson Ferry .
Cemeteries Near Robinson Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Robinson Ferry.
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 Robinson Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Robinson Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Robinson Ferry, with the one closest to Robinson Ferry listed first.
Rogers Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Colman Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Calfee Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Harle Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Eckel Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Graham Chapel Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Thomas Jarnagin Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Solomon Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Westminister Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Old Daughty Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Pine Chapel Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Taylor Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Continue List (892 more) ...
Slate Creek Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Talley Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Inman Bend Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman Bend Cemetery The Inman Bend Cemetery has also been known as:
Inman Cemetery
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 Robinson Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Robinson Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Robinson Ferry, with the one closest to Robinson Ferry listed first.
Leadvale (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Leadvale is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadvale Rankin (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Rankin is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin White Pine (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Bybee (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Witt (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Witt is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt Oak Grove (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Oak Grove is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Beulah (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Beulah is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Edna (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Edna is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Newport (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Oldtown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
Oldtown is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldtown Springvale (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Springvale is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale Morristown (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Continue List (13 more) ...
Warrensburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Warrensburg is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg Alpha (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Alpha is located in Hamblen County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha Dandridge (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Robinson Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Robinson Ferry .
Newspapers Published in Robinson Ferry ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Robinson Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Robinson Ferry, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Robinson Ferry.
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 helpful 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 Robinson Ferry:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Cocke County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Claiborne County Grainger County Greene County Hamblen County Hancock County Hawkins County Jefferson County Knox County Sevier County Union County Haywood County Madison County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Robinson Ferry. 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 Robinson Ferry, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Robinson Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.