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 Tevis (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 Tevis. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Tevis 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 Tevis. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tevis:
- Monroe County (The home county of Tevis)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tevis, with the one closest to Tevis listed first.
- Madisonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Acorn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Belltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Ballplay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Tuskeegee ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tuskeegee is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,663 people
- Vonore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jacktown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jacktown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
- Tellico Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jalapa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jalapa is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Sweetwater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Halfway Town ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Rural Vale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rural Vale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Vale
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tevis, with the one closest to Tevis listed first.
- Brick Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brick Mill is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick Mill
- Cloyd Creek ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cloyd Creek is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Creek
- Chilhowee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Chilhowee is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee
- McMullens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- McMullens is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullens
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,620 people
- Kiser
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kiser is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser
- Big Springs
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Binfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Binfield is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binfield
- Friendsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Happy Valley is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Walnut Hill Estates
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Fairway Estates
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Sixmile
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sixmile is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile
- Chelsey Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chelsey Village is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsey Village
- Bradley County
- Charleston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tevis, with the one closest to Tevis listed first.
- Boyd
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Boyd is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Virtue
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Virtue is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virtue
- Estimated population in 2014: 131 people
- Farragut
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Belle Aire
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Concord is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Ebenezer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tevis, with the one closest to Tevis listed first.
- Trigonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- Morganton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Alleghany ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alleghany is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany
- Estimated population in 2014: 630 people
- Greenback
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Philadelphia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jena
(14 miles [22.5 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Centersville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Loudon City Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- 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 north)
- Luttrell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lenoir City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sharp Estates
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 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 Tevis, with the one closest to Tevis listed first.
- Manila
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Manila is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Nonaburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
- Bell Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bell Spring is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Spring
- Englewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mecca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Niota
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Grady
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grady is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Prigmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prigmore is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prigmore
- Etowah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Athens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Goodsprings
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Goodsprings is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Riceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Claxton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Claxton is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tevis, with the one closest to Tevis listed first.
- Surprise
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Sewee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Cute ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Akeman Crossroad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Decatur
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Goodfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Goodfield is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfield
- Calico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Calico is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Estimated population in 2014: 495 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tevis, with the one closest to Tevis listed first.
- Servilla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Servilla is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla
- Delano
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rymers ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rymers is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
- Chestuee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestuee is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestuee
- Archville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Archville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archville
- Benton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chanceytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Chanceytown is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanceytown
- Rhea County
- Lakewood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Roane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tevis, with the one closest to Tevis listed first.
- Morrisgap ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisgap is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisgap
- Cave Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cave Creek is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
- Iron Divide ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Iron Divide is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Divide
- Population from the 2010 Census: 328 people
- Bradbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bradbury is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury
- Selkirk ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Selkirk is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Kingston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Laddie Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Laddie Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village
- Midtown Heights
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Midtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Midtown is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midtown
- Pioneer Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Kries
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kries is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kries
- Wheat ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Wheat is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat
- Cherokee County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tevis, with the one closest to Tevis listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Unaka
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Liberty
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Ogreeta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Vests
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Vests is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests
- Boiling Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boiling Springs is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Postell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Postell is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postell
- Grape Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Burger Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Burger Town is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burger Town
- Graham County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tevis, with the one closest to Tevis listed first.
- Lake Santeetlah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- 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
- Fontana Dam
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Yellow Creek is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Robbinsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tevis, see our County-by-County Page for Tevis.
Cemeteries Near Tevis ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tevis.
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 Tevis - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tevis covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tevis, with the one closest to Tevis listed first.
- Old Prospect Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Webb Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Henderson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kimbrough Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Big Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rocky Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Madisonville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Notchey Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mahan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tellico Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Martin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (627 more) ...
- Click Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beulah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hiwassee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Tevis had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tevis, with the one closest to Tevis listed first.
- Hopewell Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell Springs is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Springs
- Madisonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ho ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ho is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ho
- Sink ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sink is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sink
- Belltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Acorn
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Hiwassee College
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hiwassee College is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee College
- Kincaid
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kincaid is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Gudger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gudger is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gudger
- Mount Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Vernon is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Ballplay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Brakebill ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brakebill is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brakebill
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Tellico Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- McGhee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- McGhee is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGhee
- Nonaburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tevis. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tevis.
Newspapers Published in Tevis ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tevis.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tevis, 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 Tevis.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Tevis:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Bradley County
- Knox County
- Loudon County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Polk County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Cherokee County
- Graham 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 Tevis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Tevis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |