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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Yancey. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Yancey to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Yancey, 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 Yancey (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 Yancey. 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 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Yancey is historic, it would have been located within present day McMinn 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 McMinn County: Bradley, Loudon, Meigs, Monroe, Polk & Roane.
Below are the counties that are near Yancey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yancey:
- McMinn County (The home county of Yancey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Goodsprings
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Goodsprings is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodsprings
- Claxton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Claxton is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Etowah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Luskville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Luskville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luskville
- Grady
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grady is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Riceville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Englewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mecca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Athens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Nonaburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
- Manila
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Manila is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Lamontville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lamontville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamontville
- Bradley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Charleston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bellefounte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bellefounte is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefounte
- East Cleveland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Cleveland is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cleveland
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,608 people
- Countryside Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Countryside Village is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside Village
- Etola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Etola is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etola
- Hopewell Estates
(17 miles [27.4 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Cleveland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- South Cleveland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Cleveland is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cleveland
- Population from the 2010 Census: 6,912 people
- Wildwood Lake
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Bent Tree Acres
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bent Tree Acres is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Tree Acres
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,309 people
- Earnest ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Earnest is located in Bradley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earnest
- McDonald
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Birchwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lakewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lakewood is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
- Estimated population in 2011: 2,336 people
- Apison
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Apison is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apison
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,469 people
- Collegedale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Howardville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Howardville is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Sale Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Soddy Lake Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Soddy Lake Heights is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soddy Lake Heights
- Estimated population in 2014: 13,190 people
- Loudon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Luttrell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Philadelphia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Meigs County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Beta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Beta is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
- Goodfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Goodfield is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodfield
- Decatur
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- East View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- East View is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East View
- Estimated population in 2014: 705 people
- Sewee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sewee is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewee
- Calico
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Calico is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calico
- Estimated population in 2014: 495 people
- Cute ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cute is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cute
- Cayuga Town ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cayuga Town is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Town
- Surprise
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Surprise is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
- Akeman Crossroad
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Akeman Crossroad is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akeman Crossroad
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Rural Vale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rural Vale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Vale
- Jalapa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jalapa is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jalapa
- Epperson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Epperson is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epperson
- Coker Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Coker Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Creek
- Tellico Plains
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jacktown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jacktown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 67,319 people
- Madisonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Belltown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Belltown is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
- Sweetwater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Acorn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Acorn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn
- Ballplay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ballplay is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballplay
- Toqua ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Toqua is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toqua
- Vonore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Delano
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chestuee
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chestuee is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestuee
- Servilla
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Servilla is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla
- Benton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Archville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Archville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archville
- Parksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Parksville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksville
- Ocoee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rymers ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rymers is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rymers
- Chable ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Chable is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chable
- Oldfort
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oldfort is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfort
- Ball Play
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ball Play is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Play
- Chanceytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chanceytown is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanceytown
- Ducktown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rhea County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Bryan Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bryan Hill is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan Hill
- Dayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
- Graysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Graysville is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
- Cumberland Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland Spring is located in Rhea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Spring
- Fannin County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Fry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fry is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- McCaysville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pantertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pantertown is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantertown
- Population from the 2010 Census: 9,749 people
- Pierceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pierceville is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Epworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Gap is located in Fannin County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Gap
- Murray County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Tennga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cisco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gregory
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Temple Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Temple Grove is located in Murray County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,795 people
- Crandall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sumac
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sumac is located in Murray County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumac
- Whitfield County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Red Clay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Red Clay is located in Whitfield County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Clay
- Cohutta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Parrett Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Parrett Crossing is located in Whitfield County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrett Crossing
- Estimated population in 2019: 136 people
- Cherokee County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Liberty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Pleasant Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Burger Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Burger Town is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burger Town
- Postell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Postell is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postell
- Vests
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Vests is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vests
- Hiwassee Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hiwassee Village is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiwassee Village
- Ogreeta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ogreeta is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogreeta
- Unaka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Unaka is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unaka
- Hothouse
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hothouse is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hothouse
- Grape Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Grape Creek is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yancey, see our County-by-County Page for Yancey.
Cemeteries Near Yancey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yancey.
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 Yancey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yancey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Love Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Trew Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Coghill Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Carlock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Crabtree Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Simpson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Delano Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Nicholson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cambria Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (660 more) ...
- Paul Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kirksey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.
While we didn't find Yancey in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yancey.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Yancey, with the one closest to Yancey listed first.
- Carlock
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Carlock is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlock
- Luskville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Luskville is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luskville
- Patty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Patty is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patty
- Grady
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grady is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Williamsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Servilla
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Servilla is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilla
- Benton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Reliance
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Riceville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sanford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sanford is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Calhoun
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Charleston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mecca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mecca is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Nonaburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nonaburg is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonaburg
- Athens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yancey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yancey.
Newspapers Published in Yancey ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yancey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yancey, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yancey.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Yancey:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to McMinn County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bradley County
- Hamilton County
- Loudon County
- Meigs County
- Monroe County
- Polk County
- Rhea County
- Fannin County
- Murray County
- Whitfield County
- Cherokee 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 Yancey, 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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- Yancey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |