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 Thomas Heights (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 Thomas Heights. 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 Thomas Heights ...
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 Thomas Heights: Thomas Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Thomas Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Thomas Heights.
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 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.
Thomas Heights is located in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County: Carter, Hawkins, Johnson, Washington, Bristol City (VA), Scott (VA) & Washington (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Thomas Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Thomas Heights:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Thomas Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas Heights, with the one closest to Thomas Heights listed first.
- Orebank
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Orebank is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orebank
- Rock City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rock City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Bloomingdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bloomingdale is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,888 people
- Beechwood Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village
- Borden Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Borden Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village
- Horace ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Kingsport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Colonial Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cherokee Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village
- Harrtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harrtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrtown
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,365 people
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Colby ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Colby is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Carter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas Heights, with the one closest to Thomas Heights listed first.
- Watauga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Watauga is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Biltmore
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Biltmore is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore
- Central
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Central is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Pine Crest
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Crest is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
- Elizabethton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Siam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Siam is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
- Gap Run
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gap Run is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run
- Hampton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Buladeen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Buladeen is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladeen
- Former names for Buladeen:
- Colesville
- Magnetic
- Woodby Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodby Hill is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodby Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,730 people
- Fish Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fish Springs is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Springs
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas Heights, with the one closest to Thomas Heights listed first.
- Jearoldstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jearoldstown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown
- Milburnton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Milburnton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton
- Centersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Centersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Baileyton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rheatown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rheatown is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown
- Fairview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Horse Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Horse Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek
- Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
- Afton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morelock ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morelock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morelock
- Ottway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ottway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottway
- Bolton Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bolton Estates is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
- Pleasant View
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,251 people
- Hancock County
- Willis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Willis is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
- Hawkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas Heights, with the one closest to Thomas Heights listed first.
- Rotherwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood
- Greenvale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Greenvale is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
- Frisco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Frisco is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
- Solitude ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Solitude is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Mount Carmel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Waycross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Waycross is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waycross
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,091 people
- Block City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Block City is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City
- Green Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Green Village is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village
- Church Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- New Canton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New Canton is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Blossom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Blossom is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Greenland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Greenland is located in Hawkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas Heights, with the one closest to Thomas Heights listed first.
- Butler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- High Health ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- High Health is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Health
- Winchester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Winchester is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,547 people
- Unicoi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas Heights, with the one closest to Thomas Heights listed first.
- Whispering Pines
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Unicoi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bumpus Cove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
- Erwin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Limestone Cove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove
- Banner Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
- Indian Creek ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Thomas Heights, with the one closest to Thomas Heights listed first.
- Spurgeon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spurgeon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurgeon
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,957 people
- Gray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Wheelocktown ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wheelocktown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelocktown
- Flourville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flourville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flourville
- Fall Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harmony is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Austin Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Austin Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Village
- Locust Mount
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Locust Mount is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
- North Johnson City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Johnson City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Johnson City
- Oakland Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Village is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Village
- Camelot Two
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Camelot Two is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Two
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,582 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Thomas Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Thomas Heights.
Cemeteries Near Thomas Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thomas Heights.
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 Thomas Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Thomas Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Thomas Heights, with the one closest to Thomas Heights listed first.
- Pyles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Thomas Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Horn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Roller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- East Lawn Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gaines Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Chase Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shipley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hunt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gardner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fleenor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (802 more) ...
- Hooven Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roust Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Childress Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
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 Thomas Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Thomas Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Thomas Heights, with the one closest to Thomas Heights listed first.
- Orebank
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Orebank is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orebank
- Eden Ridge ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Eden Ridge is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Ridge
- Hemlock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hemlock is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Bloomingdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bloomingdale is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,888 people
- Samuel ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Samuel is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuel
- Arcadia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Arcadia is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Horace ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Horace is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
- Kingsport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Edgeworth ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Edgeworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
- Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek
- Wahoo ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wahoo is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Colby ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Colby is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lawson ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lawson is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
- Fordtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fordtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown
- Boring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boring is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boring
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Thomas Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Thomas Heights.
Newspapers Published in Thomas Heights ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thomas Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thomas Heights, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thomas Heights.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Thomas Heights:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carter County
- Greene County
- Hancock County
- Hawkins County
- Johnson County
- Unicoi County
- Washington 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 Thomas Heights, 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- Thomas Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |