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 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 Washington 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 Washington 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Washington Heights: Washington Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Washington Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Washington 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 southwest 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 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.
Washington Heights is located in Knox 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 Knox County : Anderson , Blount , Grainger , Jefferson , Loudon , Roane , Sevier & Union .
Below are the counties that are near Washington Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Washington Heights:
Knox County (The home county of Washington Heights)
The following are listed by their distance from Washington Heights, with the one closest to Washington Heights listed first.
Powell (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Hunting Hills West (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Hunting Hills West is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills West Estimated population in 2014: 3,970 people
Cumberland Estates (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Cumberland Estates is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Estates Estimated population in 2014: 304 people
Karns (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Oak Grove Heights (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Oak Grove Heights is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights Population from the 2010 Census: 4,425 people
Dante (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Dante is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dante Heiskell (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Middlebrook Acres (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Middlebrook Acres is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebrook Acres Estimated population in 2014: 593 people
Volunteer Village (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Volunteer Village is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volunteer Village Fountain City (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Fountain City is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City Kingston Woods (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Kingston Woods is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston Woods Estimated population in 2014: 2,790 people
Marble City (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Marble City is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City Aldenwood Park (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
Anderson County
The following are listed by their distance from Washington Heights, with the one closest to Washington Heights listed first.
Claxton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Claxton is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton Spring Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Spring Hill is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
Peak (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Peak is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak Clinton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Panther ‑ Historic(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Panther is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Scarboro (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Scarboro is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro Leinarts (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Leinarts is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leinarts Bethel (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Bethel is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Estimated population in 2014: 719 people
Fairview ‑ Historic(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Fairview is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Robertsville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
Robertsville is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsville Andersonville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Andersonville is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andersonville Population from the 2010 Census: 472 people
Oak Ridge (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Fraterville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Fraterville is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraterville Estimated population in 2014: 70,612 people
Blount County
The following are listed by their distance from Washington Heights, with the one closest to Washington Heights listed first.
Louisville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Rockford (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Rockford is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
Alcoa (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
Rockgardens (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
Rockgardens is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgardens Estimated population in 2014: 861 people
Eagleton Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Eagleton Village is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton Village Population from the 2010 Census: 5,052 people
Friendsville (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Maryville (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Wildwood (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Wildwood is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Big Springs (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Big Springs is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs Big Springs has also been known as:
Cliff Kiser (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Kiser is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser Fairway Estates (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Fairway Estates is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Estates Estimated population in 2014: 8,224 people
Binfield (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Binfield is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binfield Chelsey Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Chelsey Village is located in Blount County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsey Village Campbell County
The following are listed by their distance from Washington Heights, with the one closest to Washington Heights listed first.
Hatmaker ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Hatmaker is located in Campbell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatmaker Pine Crest (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Pine Crest is located in Campbell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest Population from the 2010 Census: 2,388 people
Forkvale ‑ Historic(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Forkvale is located in Campbell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkvale Shea (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Shea is located in Campbell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shea Caryville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Demory (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Demory is located in Campbell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Demory Boy ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Boy is located in Campbell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy Girlton ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Girlton is located in Campbell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girlton Jacksboro (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Silica (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
Silica is located in Campbell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silica Estimated population in 2014: 105 people
LaFollette (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
LaFollette is located in Campbell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFollette Population from the 2020 Census: 6,585 people
LaFollette has also been known as:
Big Creek Gap Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFollette <1>
Victory (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Victory is located in Campbell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Fincastle (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Fincastle is located in Campbell County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fincastle Population from the 2010 Census: 1,618 people
Grainger County
The following are listed by their distance from Washington Heights, with the one closest to Washington Heights listed first.
Blaine (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Lea Springs (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Lea Springs is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lea Springs Maples ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Maples is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples Joppa (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Joppa is located in Grainger County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa Jefferson County
The following are listed by their distance from Washington Heights, with the one closest to Washington Heights listed first.
Strawberry Plains (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Cook Mill (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
Dumplin (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Dumplin is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin New Market (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Rocky Valley (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
Piedmont (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Piedmont is located in Jefferson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont Loudon County
The following are listed by their distance from Washington Heights, with the one closest to Washington Heights listed first.
Vancouver ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
Vancouver is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver White Wing Ferry (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
White Wing Ferry is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Wing Ferry Estimated population in 2014: 4,550 people
Eaton Crossroads (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads Lenoir City (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Sharp Estates (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Sharp Estates is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Estates Estimated population in 2014: 919 people
Centersville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Centersville is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville Greenback (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Loudon (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Alleghany ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Alleghany is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany Estimated population in 2014: 630 people
Jena (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
Jena is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
Morganton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Morganton is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton Loudon City Park (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park Trigonia (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
Trigonia is located in Loudon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia Monroe County
The following are listed by their distance from Washington Heights, with the one closest to Washington Heights listed first.
Tuskeegee ‑ Historic(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Tuskeegee is located in Monroe County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee Estimated population in 2014: 2,663 people
Vonore (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Morgan County
The following are listed by their distance from Washington Heights, with the one closest to Washington Heights listed first.
Tupper Town (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Tupper Town is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupper Town Coalfield (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Coalfield is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalfield Population from the 2010 Census: 2,463 people
Blue Gem ‑ Historic(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Blue Gem is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Gem Coal Hill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Coal Hill is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill Petros (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Petros is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petros Population from the 2010 Census: 583 people
Mahan Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Mahan Village is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahan Village Harriman (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Oakdale (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Oakdale is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
Deermont (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Deermont is located in Morgan County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deermont Wartburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Roane County
The following are listed by their distance from Washington Heights, with the one closest to Washington Heights listed first.
Bear ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Bear is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Ethel ‑ Historic(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Ethel is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel Estimated population in 2014: 2,049 people
Kelley Town (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Kelley Town is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley Town Selkirk ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Selkirk is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk Wheat ‑ Historic(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Wheat is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Dyllis (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Dyllis is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyllis Bradbury (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Bradbury is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradbury Kries (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Kries is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kries Cave Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Cave Creek is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek Bazel Town (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Bazel Town is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bazel Town Kingston (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Laddie Village (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Laddie Village is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddie Village Emory Gap (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Emory Gap is located in Roane County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Gap Scott County
The following are listed by their distance from Washington Heights, with the one closest to Washington Heights listed first.
Hembree (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Hembree is located in Scott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hembree Smoky Junction (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
Smoky Junction is located in Scott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoky Junction Montgomery (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Montgomery is located in Scott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Norma (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Norma is located in Scott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma Estimated population in 2014: 147 people
Straight Fork (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Straight Fork is located in Scott County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Fork Sevier County
The following are listed by their distance from Washington Heights, with the one closest to Washington Heights listed first.
Seymour Heights (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Seymour Heights is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour Heights Population from the 2010 Census: 10,919 people
Seymour (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Oak City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Oak City is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City Boyds Creek (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Boyds Creek is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Creek Dupont (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Dupont is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont Kodak (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Henry Crossroads (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Henry Crossroads is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Crossroads Catlettsburg (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Catlettsburg is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlettsburg Waldens Creek (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Waldens Creek is located in Sevier County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldens Creek Sevierville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Union County
The following are listed by their distance from Washington Heights, with the one closest to Washington Heights listed first.
Gabe ‑ Historic(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Gabe is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabe Paulette (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Paulette is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette Loyston ‑ Historic(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Loyston is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyston Warwicktown (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Warwicktown is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwicktown Estimated population in 2014: 658 people
Plainview (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Plainview is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview Population from the 2020 Census: 2,184 people
Maynardville (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Luttrell (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Luttrell is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell Population from the 2020 Census: 1,088 people
Lost Creek ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Lost Creek is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek Loo ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Loo is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loo Rhodelia ‑ Historic(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Rhodelia is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodelia Long Hollow ‑ Historic(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Long Hollow is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hollow Phebe ‑ Historic(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Phebe is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phebe Braden (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Braden is located in Union County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden Estimated population in 2014: 277 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Washington Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Washington Heights .
Cemeteries Near Washington Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Washington 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 Washington Heights - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Washington Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Washington Heights, with the one closest to Washington Heights listed first.
Parker Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Collier Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Fox Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Norman Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Cox View Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Childs Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Bird Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Norman Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
King Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Grubbs Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Beaver Ridge Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Phibbs Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Continue List (1208 more) ...
Beeler Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Aulton Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jennings Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Washington Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Washington Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Washington Heights, with the one closest to Washington Heights listed first.
Treeville (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Treeville is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treeville Bud ‑ Historic(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Bud is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud Ball Camp (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Ball Camp is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Camp Dante (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Dante is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dante Heiskell (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Peak (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Peak is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak Clinch River ‑ Historic(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Clinch River is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinch River Bearden (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Bearden is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearden Clinton (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Fountain City (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Fountain City is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain City Pedigo (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Pedigo is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedigo Laurel (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Laurel is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Continue List (17 more) ...
Scarboro (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Scarboro is located in Anderson County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro Ebenezer (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Ebenezer is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Smithwood (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Smithwood is located in Knox County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithwood Estimated population in 2014: 4,661 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Washington Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Washington Heights .
Newspapers Published in Washington 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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Washington Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Washington Heights, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Washington Heights.
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 websites either 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 Heights:
Websites specific to Tennessee Pages specific to Knox County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Anderson County Blount County Campbell County Grainger County Jefferson County Loudon County Monroe County Morgan County Roane County Scott County Sevier County Union County Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Washington Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Knox County: https://knoxcounty.org/
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. 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 Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.