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 West Millers Cove (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 West Millers Cove. 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 West Millers Cove ...
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 West Millers Cove: W. Millers Cv.
- While the name of this community is West Millers Cove, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So West Millers Cove may originally have been West Miller's Cove.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case West Millers Cove might be written as West Miller Cove.
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 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.
West Millers Cove is located in Blount 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 Blount County: Graham (NC), Swain (NC), Knox, Loudon, Monroe & Sevier.
Below are the counties that are near West Millers Cove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Millers Cove:
- Blount County (The home county of West Millers Cove)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Millers Cove, with the one closest to West Millers Cove listed first.
- Miller Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Miller Cove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cove
- Estimated population in 2014: 267 people
- Walland
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cowan Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cowan Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,010 people
- Rocky Branch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rocky Branch is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Branch
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,427 people
- Seaton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seaton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Townsend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bank
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bank is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Wildwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wildwood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Chelsey Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Chelsey Village is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsey Village
- Eagleton Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eagleton Village is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleton Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,052 people
- Rockgardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rockgardens is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockgardens
- Estimated population in 2014: 861 people
- Maryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Anderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Millers Cove, with the one closest to West Millers Cove listed first.
- Spring Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
- Claxton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Claxton is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Scarboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scarboro is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarboro
- Peak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peak is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peak
- Panther ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Panther is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Millers Cove, with the one closest to West Millers Cove listed first.
- Cook Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
- Strawberry Plains
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dumplin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dumplin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumplin
- Piedmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Piedmont is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
- Rocky Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,771 people
- New Market
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Millers Cove, with the one closest to West Millers Cove listed first.
- Bonny Kate
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bonny Kate is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Kate
- Arrowhead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Arrowhead is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead
- Topside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Topside is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topside
- Estimated population in 2014: 346 people
- Colonial Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Colonial Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Shooks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Shooks is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks
- Kimberlin Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Whites Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Whites Village is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village
- Aldenwood Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
- Humes Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Humes Ferry is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humes Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,348 people
- Ramsey Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ramsey Ferry is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 320 people
- Riverdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Riverdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Ebenezer
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ebenezer is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Millers Cove, with the one closest to West Millers Cove listed first.
- Jena
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jena is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,279 people
- Greenback
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Alleghany ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Alleghany is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany
- Estimated population in 2014: 630 people
- Centersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Centersville is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centersville
- Trigonia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Trigonia is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigonia
- Morganton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Morganton is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
- Lenoir City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sharp Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sharp Estates is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 919 people
- Vancouver ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vancouver is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancouver
- Eaton Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Eaton Crossroads is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Crossroads
- Loudon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Loudon City Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Loudon City Park is located in Loudon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon City Park
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Millers Cove, with the one closest to West Millers Cove listed first.
- Ipe ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ipe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ipe
- Halfway Town ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Halfway Town is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway Town
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Tuskeegee ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tuskeegee is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskeegee
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,663 people
- Vonore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Acorn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Ballplay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Belltown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Sevier County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Millers Cove, with the one closest to West Millers Cove listed first.
- Wear Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wear Valley is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wear Valley
- Dupont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dupont is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dupont
- Seymour Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Seymour Heights is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour Heights
- Population from the 2010 Census: 10,919 people
- Waldens Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Waldens Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldens Creek
- Seymour
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elkmont ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Elkmont is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkmont
- Starkeytown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Starkeytown is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkeytown
- Estimated population in 2014: 431 people
- Oak City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oak City is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak City
- Chalet Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chalet Village is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalet Village
- Pigeon Forge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gatlinburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Boyds Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boyds Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyds Creek
- Graham County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Millers Cove, with the one closest to West Millers Cove listed first.
- Fontana Dam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fontana Dam is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana Dam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Fontana Dam has also been known as:
- Fontana Village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fontana Dam <2>
- Yellow Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek
- Lake Santeetlah
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- 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
- Stecoah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stecoah is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stecoah
- Cheoah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cheoah is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheoah
- Robbinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek is located in Graham County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Swain County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Millers Cove, with the one closest to West Millers Cove listed first.
- Bushnell ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bushnell is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell
- Forney ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Forney is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
- Judson ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Judson is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Almond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bryson City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wesser
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wesser is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesser
- Nantahala
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Nantahala is located in Swain County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantahala
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Millers Cove, see our County-by-County Page for West Millers Cove.
Cemeteries Near West Millers Cove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Millers Cove.
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 West Millers Cove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Millers Cove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Millers Cove, with the one closest to West Millers Cove listed first.
- Millers Cove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rocky Branch Holiness Church of God Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Amerine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Branch MB Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Walker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Laws Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tuckaleechee Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Keebles Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Piney Level Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Headrick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tuckaleechee Campground Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Caylors Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (718 more) ...
- Cold Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- McGinley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find West Millers Cove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Millers Cove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Millers Cove, with the one closest to West Millers Cove listed first.
- Seaton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Seaton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Notime ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Notime is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notime
- Hornet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hornet is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornet
- Blockhouse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blockhouse is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockhouse
- Bank ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bank is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bank
- Montvale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Montvale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montvale
- Ellejoy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ellejoy is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellejoy
- Maryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Line Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Line Spring is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Line Spring
- Wear Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wear Valley is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wear Valley
- Rockford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockford is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Mint
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mint is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mint
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Waldens Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Waldens Creek is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldens Creek
- Chandler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chandler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler
- Mentor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mentor is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentor
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Millers Cove. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Millers Cove.
Newspapers Published in West Millers Cove ...
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 West Millers Cove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Millers Cove, 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 West Millers Cove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 West Millers Cove:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Blount County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anderson County
- Jefferson County
- Knox County
- Loudon County
- Monroe County
- Sevier County
- Graham County
- Swain County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
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 West Millers Cove, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Millers Cove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |