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 Washington College (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 Washington College. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Washington College is located in Washington 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 Washington County : Carter , Greene , Hawkins , Sullivan & Unicoi .
Below are the counties that are near Washington College. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Washington College:
Washington County (The home county of Washington College)
The following are listed by their distance from Washington College, with the one closest to Washington College listed first.
Telford (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Conklin (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Conklin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Limestone (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Mill Brook (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Mill Brook is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook Oakland (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Oakland is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Nolichucky ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Nolichucky is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolichucky Population from the 2010 Census: 5,861 people
Kansas City (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Kansas City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas City Bowmantown (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Bowmantown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
Leesburg (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Leesburg is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg Big Sandy (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Big Sandy is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Sandy Estimated population in 2014: 542 people
Jonesborough (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Ducktown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Ducktown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducktown Estimated population in 2014: 457 people
Green Hill (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Green Hill is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Carter County
The following are listed by their distance from Washington College, with the one closest to Washington College listed first.
Pine Crest (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Pine Crest is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest Central (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Central is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Woodby Hill (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Woodby Hill is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodby Hill Estimated population in 2014: 2,730 people
Watauga (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Watauga is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watauga Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
Gap Run (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Gap Run is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gap Run Tolley Town (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Tolley Town is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolley Town Biltmore (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Biltmore is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Elizabethton (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Hampton (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Siam (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Siam is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam Hunter (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Hunter is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Burbank (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Burbank is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank Heaton Creek (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Heaton Creek is located in Carter County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton Creek Cocke County
Wolf Creek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Wolf Creek is located in Cocke County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek Greene County
The following are listed by their distance from Washington College, with the one closest to Washington College listed first.
Centersville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Centersville is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville Horse Creek (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Horse Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
Rheatown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Rheatown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown Milburnton (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Milburnton is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburnton Afton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
Henshaw ‑ Historic(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
Henshaw is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henshaw Estimated population in 2014: 470 people
Fairview (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Fairview is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Pleasant View (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Pleasant View is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Estimated population in 2014: 4,251 people
Tusculum (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
Tusculum is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum Population from the 2020 Census: 2,669 people
Jearoldstown (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Jearoldstown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jearoldstown Water Fork Mill (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
Water Fork Mill is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Fork Mill Estimated population in 2014: 445 people
Bolton Estates (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Bolton Estates is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Estates Estimated population in 2014: 5,152 people
Forest Hills (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
Forest Hills is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills Estimated population in 2014: 5,027 people
Hawkins County
The following are listed by their distance from Washington College, with the one closest to Washington College listed first.
Chimneytop ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Chimneytop is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimneytop Blossom (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Blossom is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom Kepler (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Kepler is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kepler Church Hill (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Green Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Green Village is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Village Rotherwood (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Rotherwood is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotherwood Solitude ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Solitude is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude Block City (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Block City is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Block City Mount Carmel (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Greenland (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Greenland is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland New Canton (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
New Canton is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton Strahl (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Strahl is located in Hawkins County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strahl Surgoinsville (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Sullivan County
The following are listed by their distance from Washington College, with the one closest to Washington College listed first.
Blair Gap (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Blair Gap is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Gap Estimated population in 2014: 1,870 people
Fordtown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Fordtown is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtown Kendrick Creek ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Kendrick Creek is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick Creek Colonial Heights (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Wahoo ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Wahoo is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo Colby ‑ Historic(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Colby is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby Beechwood Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Beechwood Village is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood Village Piney Flats (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Borden Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Borden Village is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Village Thom ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Thom is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thom Kingsport (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Childress (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Childress is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress Cherokee Village (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Cherokee Village is located in Sullivan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Village Unicoi County
The following are listed by their distance from Washington College, with the one closest to Washington College listed first.
Bumpus Cove (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Bumpus Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpus Cove Estimated population in 2014: 729 people
Indian Creek ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Indian Creek is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Ernestville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Ernestville is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernestville Estimated population in 2014: 1,311 people
Banner Hill (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Banner Hill is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner Hill Population from the 2010 Census: 1,497 people
Erwin (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
Clear Branch (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Clear Branch is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch Former name for Clear Branch:
Kittyton Loganton ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Loganton is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loganton Unicoi (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Flag Pond (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Flag Pond is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flag Pond Whispering Pines (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Whispering Pines is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines Limestone Cove (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Limestone Cove is located in Unicoi County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone Cove Buncombe County (NC)
Democrat (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Democrat is located in Buncombe County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Democrat Madison County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Washington College, with the one closest to Washington College listed first.
Allegheny (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Allegheny is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny Cutshalltown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Cutshalltown is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshalltown White Rock (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
White Rock is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock Allenstand (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Allenstand is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenstand Chapel Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Chapel Hill is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill Foster Creek (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Foster Creek is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Creek Bethel (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Bethel is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Hurricane (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Hurricane is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Stackhouse (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Stackhouse is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stackhouse Hot Springs (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Mars Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Petersburg (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Petersburg is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Walnut (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Walnut is located in Madison County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Mitchell County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Washington College, with the one closest to Washington College listed first.
Bailey (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Bailey is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Richlands (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Richlands is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richlands Huntdale (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Huntdale is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntdale Relief (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Relief is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief Tipton Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Tipton Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Hill Buladean (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Buladean is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buladean Herrell ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Herrell is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrell Red Hill (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Red Hill is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Little Rock Creek ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Little Rock Creek is located in Mitchell County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock Creek Bakersville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Yancey County (NC)
The following are listed by their distance from Washington College, with the one closest to Washington College listed first.
Sioux (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Sioux is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sioux Ramseytown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Ramseytown is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramseytown Higgins (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Higgins is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins Day Book (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Day Book is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Book Green Mountain (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Burnsville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Concord (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Concord is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Double Island (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Double Island is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Island Low Gap (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Low Gap is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Gap Micaville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Pensacola (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Pensacola is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola Murchison (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Murchison is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murchison Newdale (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Newdale is located in Yancey County (NC) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Washington College, see our County-by-County Page for Washington College .
Cemeteries Near Washington College ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Washington College.
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 Washington College - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Washington College covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Washington College, with the one closest to Washington College listed first.
Salem Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Salem Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> Jonesborough . Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #18124 <3>
McAllister Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Green Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Broyles Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Washington College Station Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Pleasant Grove Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Sevier Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Earnests Chapel Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Stout Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Greenway Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Waddell Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Gann Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (1131 more) ...
New Salem Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Morning Star Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Humphreys Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Washington College had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Washington College, with the one closest to Washington College listed first.
Broylesville (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Broylesville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broylesville Conklin (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Conklin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin Matuta ‑ Historic(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Matuta is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matuta Telford (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Brownsboro ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Brownsboro is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro Clarkson ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Clarkson is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson Limestone (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Mayday (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Mayday is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayday Mill Brook (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Mill Brook is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Brook Bowmantown (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Bowmantown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmantown Population from the 2010 Census: 302 people
Leesburg (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Leesburg is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg Horse Creek (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
Horse Creek is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Creek Estimated population in 2014: 284 people
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Embreeville (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Embreeville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embreeville Rheatown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
Rheatown is located in Greene County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheatown Jonesborough (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Washington College. See our List of 1890's Communities around Washington College .
Newspapers Published in Washington College ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Washington College.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Washington College, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Washington College.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Washington College:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Washington County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Carter County Cocke County Greene County Hawkins County Sullivan County Unicoi County Buncombe County Madison County Mitchell County Yancey County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Washington College. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Washington College) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . 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 Washington College, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.