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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 Waldens Creek (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 Waldens Creek. 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 Waldens Creek ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Waldens Creek: Waldens Crk. (or less commonly used: Waldens Ck. or Waldens Cr.)
  • While the name of this community is Waldens Creek, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Waldens Creek may originally have been Walden's Creek.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Waldens Creek might be written as Walden Creek.

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.

Waldens Creek is located in Sevier 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 Sevier County: Haywood (NC), Swain (NC), Blount, Cocke, Jefferson & Knox.

Below are the counties that are near Waldens Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Waldens Creek:

  • Sevier County     (The home county of Waldens Creek)
  • Blount County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waldens Creek, with the one closest to Waldens Creek listed first.
    • Townsend
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cowan Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Cowan Springs is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Springs
      • Estimated population in 2014: 9,010 people
    • Miller Cove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Miller Cove is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cove
      • Estimated population in 2014: 267 people
    • Walland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Red Bank
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Red Bank is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
    • Rocky Branch
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Rocky Branch is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
      • Estimated population in 2014: 5,427 people
    • Wildwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Seaton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Eagleton Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Eagleton Village is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton Village
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 5,052 people
    • Rockford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Rockford is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
    • Chelsey Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Chelsey Village is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsey Village
    • Rockgardens
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Rockgardens is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgardens
      • Estimated population in 2014: 861 people
  • Cocke County
  • Grainger County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waldens Creek, with the one closest to Waldens Creek listed first.
    • Blaine
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Dyers Ferry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
    • Lea Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Maples ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Maples is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples
    • Oakland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Oakland is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
      • Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
    • Massengill Mill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Massengill Mill is located in Grainger County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massengill Mill
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,600 people
  • Hamblen County
    • Collons Ferry
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Collons Ferry is located in Hamblen County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collons Ferry
      • Estimated population in 2014: 986 people
  • Jefferson County
  • Knox County
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waldens Creek, with the one closest to Waldens Creek listed first.
    • Ipe ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Ipe is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
    • Halfway Town ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waldens Creek, with the one closest to Waldens Creek listed first.
    • Plainview
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Luttrell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Graham County (NC)
  • Haywood County (NC)
  • Jackson County (NC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waldens Creek, with the one closest to Waldens Creek listed first.
    • Paint Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Paint Town is located in Jackson County (NC)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Town
    • Whittier
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Swain County (NC)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Waldens Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Waldens Creek.

Cemeteries Near Waldens Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Waldens Creek.

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 Waldens Creek - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Waldens Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Waldens Creek, with the one closest to Waldens Creek listed first.

  • Waldens Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Laurel Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Cove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Hatcher Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Crowson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Valley View Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Smoky Mountains Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Shiloh Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Chinquapin Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mattox Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (774 more) ...
    • Hurst Chapel Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pigeon Forge Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Mt. Zion Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Waldens Creek had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Waldens Creek, with the one closest to Waldens Creek listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Waldens Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Waldens Creek.

Newspapers Published in Waldens Creek ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Waldens Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Waldens Creek, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Waldens Creek.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Waldens Creek:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 Waldens Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Waldens Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.