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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Towee Falls. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Towee Falls to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Towee Falls, 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 Towee Falls (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 Towee Falls. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Towee Falls is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Towee Falls. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Towee Falls:
- Monroe County (The home county of Towee Falls)
- The following are listed by their distance from Towee Falls, with the one closest to Towee Falls listed first.
- Epperson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Epperson is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Coker Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Coker Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
- Rural Vale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rural Vale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Vale
- Jalapa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jalapa is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Tellico Plains
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jacktown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jacktown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
- Belltown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Acorn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Ballplay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Madisonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Sweetwater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Blount County
- Chilhowee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chilhowee is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilhowee
- Bradley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towee Falls, with the one closest to Towee Falls listed first.
- Charleston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bellefounte
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bellefounte is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefounte
- Countryside Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Countryside Village is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside Village
- East Cleveland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- East Cleveland is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cleveland
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,608 people
- Wildwood Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood Lake is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,124 people
- Cleveland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Etola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Etola is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etola
- Hopewell Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hopewell Estates is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,874 people
- Hopewell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- South Cleveland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- South Cleveland is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cleveland
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,912 people
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towee Falls, with the one closest to Towee Falls listed first.
- Trigonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- Luttrell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Morganton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Philadelphia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Alleghany ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Alleghany is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany
- Estimated population in 2014: 630 people
- Greenback
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jena is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- McMinn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towee Falls, with the one closest to Towee Falls listed first.
- Mecca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Etowah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grady
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grady is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Goodsprings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goodsprings is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Nonaburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
- Englewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Manila
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Manila is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Claxton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Claxton is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Luskville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Luskville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luskville
- Athens
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Niota
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towee Falls, with the one closest to Towee Falls listed first.
- Decatur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goodfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goodfield is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfield
- Sewee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Beta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Beta is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
- Cute ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Surprise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Towee Falls, with the one closest to Towee Falls listed first.
- Servilla
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Servilla is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla
- Rymers ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rymers is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
- Delano
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Archville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Archville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archville
- Chanceytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chanceytown is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanceytown
- Belltown Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Belltown Hill is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,457 people
- Ducktown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Benton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Chestuee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Chestuee is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestuee
- Copperhill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Parksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Parksville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Chable ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chable is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chable
- Fannin County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Towee Falls, with the one closest to Towee Falls listed first.
- Fry
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fry is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- McCaysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pantertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pantertown is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantertown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,749 people
- Epworth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pierceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pierceville is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Cutcane
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cutcane is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,417 people
- Mineral Bluff
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Gap is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Gap
- Blue Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Morganton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hemp
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hemp is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,647 people
- Greens Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Greens Mill is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
- Murray County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Towee Falls, with the one closest to Towee Falls listed first.
- Tennga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cisco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gregory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gregory is located in Murray County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Population from the 2010 Census: 7,432 people
- Union County (GA)
- Bethlehem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Union County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Cherokee County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Towee Falls, with the one closest to Towee Falls listed first.
- Pleasant Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Vests
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vests is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests
- Unaka
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Hiwassee Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hiwassee Village is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee Village
- Postell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Postell is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postell
- Burger Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Burger Town is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burger Town
- Ogreeta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Hothouse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hothouse is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Grape Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
- Boiling Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Boiling Springs is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boiling Springs
- Culberson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Culberson is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culberson
- Clay County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Towee Falls, with the one closest to Towee Falls listed first.
- Brasstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Log Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Log Village is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log Village
- Graham County (NC)
- Lake Santeetlah
(29 miles [46.7 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Towee Falls, see our County-by-County Page for Towee Falls.
Cemeteries Near Towee Falls ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Towee Falls.
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 Towee Falls - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Towee Falls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Towee Falls, with the one closest to Towee Falls listed first.
- Holly Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Masingale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Witt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cain Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bullet Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hamby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Coker Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Coker Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rural Vale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Campground Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Morgan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (497 more) ...
- Burchfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lindner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.
While we didn't find Towee Falls in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Towee Falls.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Towee Falls, with the one closest to Towee Falls listed first.
- Epperson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Epperson is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Coker Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Coker Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
- Rural Vale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rural Vale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Vale
- Servilla
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Servilla is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla
- Jalapa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jalapa is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Mecca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Reliance
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rymers ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rymers is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
- Turtletown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tellico Plains
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hiwassee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hiwassee is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee
- Grady
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grady is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Carlock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Carlock is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlock
- Wehutty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wehutty is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehutty
- Nonaburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Towee Falls. See our List of 1890's Communities around Towee Falls.
Newspapers Published in Towee Falls ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Towee Falls.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Towee Falls, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Towee Falls.
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 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 Towee Falls:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Bradley County
- Loudon County
- McMinn County
- Meigs County
- Polk County
- Fannin County
- Murray County
- Union County
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Graham 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 Towee Falls, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Towee Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |