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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Tanbark. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Tanbark to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Tanbark, please Contact Us.
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 Tanbark (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 Tanbark. 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 and doctors 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Tanbark is historic, it would have been located within present day Bledsoe 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 Bledsoe County: Cumberland, Hamilton, Rhea, Sequatchie & Van Buren.
Below are the counties that are near Tanbark. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tanbark:
- Bledsoe County (The home county of Tanbark)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanbark, with the one closest to Tanbark listed first.
- Ninemile
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Summer City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Pikeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Winesap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winesap is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Brayton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brayton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brayton
- Brockdell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brockdell is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockdell
- Pailo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pailo is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pailo
- Bradley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanbark, with the one closest to Tanbark listed first.
- Etola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Etola is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etola
- Charleston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Countryside Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Countryside Village is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside Village
- Hopewell Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hopewell Estates is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,874 people
- Hopewell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanbark, with the one closest to Tanbark listed first.
- Burke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Jewett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- Lake Tansi Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
- Newton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
- Newton has also been known as:
- Peay
- Lantana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lantana is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lantana
- Mount Gilead ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Gilead is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
- Crab Orchard
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Erasmus
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Erasmus is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erasmus
- Crossville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Greenbriar Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Greenbriar Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,103 people
- Todd Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Todd Town is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd Town
- Howard Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Howard Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Springs
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanbark, with the one closest to Tanbark listed first.
- Lakewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Lakewood is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Estimated population in 2011: 2,336 people
- Birchwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sale Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Flat Top
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Top is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Top
- Population from the 2010 Census: 422 people
- Soddy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Soddy is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soddy
- Soddy Lake Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Soddy Lake Heights is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soddy Lake Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,190 people
- Soddy - Daisy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mowbray
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mowbray is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowbray
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,615 people
- Daisy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Daisy is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Loudon County
- Luttrell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McMinn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanbark, with the one closest to Tanbark listed first.
- Lamontville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lamontville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamontville
- Prigmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Prigmore is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore
- Riceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Niota
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Athens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Calhoun
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bell Spring is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanbark, with the one closest to Tanbark listed first.
- Calico
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Calico is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Estimated population in 2014: 495 people
- Akeman Crossroad
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Cute ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Decatur
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Town ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cayuga Town is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Town
- Goodfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Goodfield is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfield
- Beta
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Beta is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
- Sewee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Surprise
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- East View
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- East View is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East View
- Estimated population in 2014: 705 people
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanbark, with the one closest to Tanbark listed first.
- Spring City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cumberland Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Spring is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Spring
- Bryan Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bryan Hill is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Hill
- Dayton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ogden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Lakewood Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Roddy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roddy is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddy
- Graysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Graysville is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanbark, with the one closest to Tanbark listed first.
- Glen Alice
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Alice is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alice
- Pioneer Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Lakemont Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
- Rockwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Morrisgap ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Morrisgap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap
- Postoak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Postoak is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postoak
- Postoak has also been known as:
- Post Oak Springs
- Cardiff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- College Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- College Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
- Iron Divide ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Iron Divide is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
- Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
- Midtown Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Midtown Heights is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,360 people
- Midtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Emory Gap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Emory Gap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap
- Sequatchie County
- Dunlap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanbark, with the one closest to Tanbark listed first.
- Sweetgum
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sweetgum is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetgum
- Spencer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cummingsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cummingsville is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummingsville
- Meade ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Meade is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meade
- Chalybeate
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chalybeate is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate
- Sopha ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sopha is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopha
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,104 people
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanbark, with the one closest to Tanbark listed first.
- Clarktown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
- Ravenscroft
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ravenscroft is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenscroft
- Doyle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Doyle is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tanbark, see our County-by-County Page for Tanbark.
Cemeteries Near Tanbark ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tanbark.
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 Tanbark - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tanbark covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tanbark, with the one closest to Tanbark listed first.
- Burden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Thurman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Thurman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Winnie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dunn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lester Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gentry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Henderson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Swafford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (755 more) ...
- Hughes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Swafford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Newby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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.
Tanbark itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tanbark, with the one closest to Tanbark listed first.
- Litton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Litton is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litton
- Ninemile
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ninemile is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile
- Burke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Burke is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Evensville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Evensville is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evensville
- Summer City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Summer City is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Morgan Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan Springs is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Springs
- Music ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Music is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Music
- Spring City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jewett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jewett is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett
- Grapevine ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grapevine is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapevine
- Pikeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rhea Springs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rhea Springs is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhea Springs
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Big Lick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Big Lick is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lick
- Balta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Balta is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balta
- Seals ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Seals is located in Bledsoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seals
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tanbark. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tanbark.
Newspapers Published in Tanbark ...
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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tanbark.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tanbark, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tanbark.
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 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 Tanbark:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Bledsoe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradley County
- Cumberland County
- Hamilton County
- Loudon County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Sequatchie County
- Van Buren County
- White County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Tanbark, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tanbark) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |