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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 Sharp Place (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 Sharp Place. 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 Sharp Place ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Sharp Place: Sharp Pl. (or less commonly used: Sharp Plc.)
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Sharp Place is located in Fentress 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 Fentress County: Cumberland, Morgan, Overton, Pickett, Putnam & Scott.
Below are the counties that are near Sharp Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sharp Place:
- Fentress County (The home county of Sharp Place)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharp Place, with the one closest to Sharp Place listed first.
- Gernt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gernt is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
- Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pall Mall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Allardt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Armathwaite
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Cumberland Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
- Little Crab
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Little Crab is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crab
- Cooper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cooper is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
- Grimsley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wilder
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilder is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Clarkrange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell County
- Stanfill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Stanfill is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfill
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharp Place, with the one closest to Sharp Place listed first.
- Brewstertown ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brewstertown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewstertown
- Burrville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Glades
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Glades is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glades
- Sunbright
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Lodge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Deer Lodge is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lodge
- Mill Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Lavender
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lavender is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Bucklick
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bucklick is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklick
- Annadel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Annadel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadel
- Lancing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mahan Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mahan Village is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Village
- Wartburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Overton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharp Place, with the one closest to Sharp Place listed first.
- Poteet ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Poteet is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poteet
- Oak Dale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oak Dale is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Dale
- Estimated population in 2014: 222 people
- Taylors Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Taylors Crossroads is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylors Crossroads
- Free Communion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Free Communion is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Communion
- Qualls ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Qualls is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qualls
- Hanging Limb
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hanging Limb is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanging Limb
- Garretts Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Garretts Mill is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Mill
- Oakley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oakley is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Livingston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bushing ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bushing is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushing
- Lovejoy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lovejoy is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovejoy
- Obey City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Obey City is located in Overton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obey City
- Pickett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharp Place, with the one closest to Sharp Place listed first.
- Cedar Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Pickett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Chanute
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chanute is located in Pickett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanute
- Static
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Static is located in Pickett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Static
- Byrdstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharp Place, with the one closest to Sharp Place listed first.
- Foster Crossroads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Foster Crossroads is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Crossroads
- Verdun
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Verdun is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdun
- West Robbins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Robbins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Robbins
- Helenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Oneida
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Oneida is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneida
- Oneida
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Elgin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elgin is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 282 people
- Glenmary
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmary is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmary
- New River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New River is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New River
- Robbins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huntsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Winfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hughett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hughett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughett
- Clinton County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharp Place, with the one closest to Sharp Place listed first.
- Static
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Static is located in Clinton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Static
- Savage
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Savage is located in Clinton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Alpha
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alpha is located in Clinton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Albany
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Crossroads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Crossroads is located in Clinton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Crossroads
- Cumberland City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland City is located in Clinton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland City
- Ida
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ida is located in Clinton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
- McCreary County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharp Place, with the one closest to Sharp Place listed first.
- Smith Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Strunk
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Strunk is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strunk
- Pine Knot
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Revelo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Revelo is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revelo
- Stearns
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Whitley City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marshes Siding
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marshes Siding is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshes Siding
- Wiborg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wiborg is located in McCreary County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiborg
- Russell County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharp Place, with the one closest to Sharp Place listed first.
- Lula ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lula is located in Russell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Stokes ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Stokes is located in Russell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Long Bottom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Long Bottom is located in Russell County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bottom
- Wayne County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sharp Place, with the one closest to Sharp Place listed first.
- Mount Pisgah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Parmleysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Slickford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Slickford is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickford
- Shearer Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shearer Valley is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shearer Valley
- Sumpter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Monticello
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Murl
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Murl is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murl
- Ritner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Parnell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Parnell is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Rankin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rankin is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Mill Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mill Springs is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sharp Place, see our County-by-County Page for Sharp Place.
Cemeteries Near Sharp Place ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sharp Place.
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 Sharp Place - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sharp Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sharp Place, with the one closest to Sharp Place listed first.
- Sharp Place Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Crockett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Copley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Royalston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Christian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Katie Blevins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blevins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sharp - Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Potter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Potter Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the east of Jamestown.
- The Potter Cemetery has also been known as:
- Julian Potter Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #17366 <3>
- Terry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- M F Etoa Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (756 more) ...
- Blevins - Dobbs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wolf River Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jamestown City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Sharp Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sharp Place.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sharp Place, with the one closest to Sharp Place listed first.
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pall Mall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Allardt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Armathwaite
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
- Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
- Mount Pisgah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Travisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Travisville is located in Pickett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travisville
- Rugby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parmleysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Little Crab
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Little Crab is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Crab
- Boatland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Boatland is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boatland
- Sunnybrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnybrook is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybrook
- Chanute
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chanute is located in Pickett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanute
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Boiling ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Boiling is located in Fentress County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling
- Burrville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Burrville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrville
- Powersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Powersburg is located in Wayne County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powersburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sharp Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sharp Place.
Newspapers Published in Sharp Place ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sharp Place.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sharp Place, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sharp Place.
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 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 Sharp Place:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Fentress County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Campbell County
- Morgan County
- Overton County
- Pickett County
- Scott County
- Clinton County
- McCreary County
- Russell County
- Wayne 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> | 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- Sharp Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Sharp Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |