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 Rocky Point (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 Rocky Point. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Rocky Point ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Rockypoint.
- A typical abbreviation for Rocky Point: Rocky Pt.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Rocky Point. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Rocky Point.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the 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.
Rocky Point is located in Hamblen 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 Hamblen County: Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hawkins & Jefferson.
Below are the counties that are near Rocky Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rocky Point:
- Hamblen County (The home county of Rocky Point)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
- Silver City
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Silver City is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- East Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Village is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Whitesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bright ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bright is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
- Monte Vista Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Casablanca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Casablanca is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casablanca
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,223 people
- Collons Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Collons Ferry is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collons Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 986 people
- Claiborne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
- Caney Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Caney Valley is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Valley
- Evans Ferry
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Raven Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Raven Hill is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Hill
- Springdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Springdale is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Lone Mountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Mountain is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Mountain
- Tazewell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Tazewell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Head of Barren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Head of Barren is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Barren
- Sandlick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sandlick is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlick
- Cocke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
- Bybee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Parrottsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jimtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jimtown is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Wilsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wilsonville is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Clevenger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Clevenger is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
- Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
- Jaybird
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bailey Town
(18 miles [29 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
- Bridgeport
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- West Myers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Myers is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
- Carson Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Carson Springs is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Springs
- Edwina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Edwina is located in Cocke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwina
- Grainger County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
- Marshalls Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marshalls Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls Ferry
- Wyatt Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wyatt Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Village
- Bean Station
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beans
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Beans is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
- Bowen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bowen is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowen
- Wa-Ni Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wa-Ni Village is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wa-Ni Village
- Thorn Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Thorn Hill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Oakland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Oakland is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
- Dyers Ferry
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
- Rutledge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Massengill Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Massengill Mill is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massengill Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,600 people
- Lulaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lulaville is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulaville
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
- Beulah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Warrensburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Warrensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg
- Marvin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Marvin is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Midway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mosheim
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Little Chucky ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Chucky is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Chucky
- Romeo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Romeo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
- Bright Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bright Hope is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Hope
- Albany
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Albany is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Ottway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Sirenburg ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sirenburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sirenburg
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
- Yount Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Yount Town is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Town
- Duck Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Duck Creek is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek
- Trent Valley
(19 miles [30.6 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Xenophon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenophon
- Sneedville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kyles Ford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Willis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Willis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Alanthus Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alanthus Hill is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,498 people
- Hawkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
- Bulls Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mooresburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Red Bridge Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Galbraith Springs is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galbraith Springs
- Mooresburg Springs
(11 miles [17.7 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Persia is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Strahl
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Strahl is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl
- Rogersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Amis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Amis is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amis
- Kepler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kepler is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler
- Eidson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Eidson is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eidson
- Surgoinsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
- Leadvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leadvale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadvale
- White Pine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baneberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Edna is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Talbott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Rock Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rock Town is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Town
- Dandridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Flat Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Gap is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Gap
- Alena ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alena is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alena
- Rocky Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
- New Market
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Knox County
- Zacharytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Zacharytown is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zacharytown
- Sevier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
- Millican Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Millican Grove is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millican Grove
- East Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Fork is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
- Henry Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Henry Crossroads is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Crossroads
- Harrisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 people
- Kodak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Catlettsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg
- Union County
- Haynes ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Haynes is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Washington County
- Limestone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Madison County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
- Allenstand
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand
- Hot Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rocky Point, see our County-by-County Page for Rocky Point.
Cemeteries Near Rocky Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rocky Point.
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 Rocky Point - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rocky Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
- Thomason Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Heath Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lyle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Courtney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McKenney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old St. Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Haun Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hamblen Memory Gardens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Inman Bend Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman Bend Cemetery
- The Inman Bend Cemetery has also been known as:
- Inman Cemetery
- Continue List (894 more) ...
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McCorkel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Neilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Rocky Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rocky Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rocky Point, with the one closest to Rocky Point listed first.
- Springvale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Springvale is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
- Russellville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Beulah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Whitesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bright ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bright is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,942 people
- Thula
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thula is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thula
- Bulls Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morristown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Witt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Witt is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witt
- Warrensburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Warrensburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrensburg
- Mohawk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mohawk is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
- White Horn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- White Horn is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horn
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- White Pine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leadvale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leadvale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadvale
- Mooresburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rocky Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rocky Point.
Newspapers Published in Rocky Point ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rocky Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rocky Point, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rocky Point.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Rocky Point:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hamblen County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Claiborne County
- Cocke County
- Grainger County
- Greene County
- Hancock County
- Hawkins County
- Jefferson County
- Knox County
- Sevier County
- Union County
- Washington County
- Madison 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> | 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 Rocky Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Rocky Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |