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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 Joiner (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 Joiner. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Joiner is located in Mississippi County.

To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mississippi County: Craighead, Crittenden, Poinsett, Dunklin (MO), Pemiscot (MO), Dyer (TN), Lauderdale (TN) & Tipton (TN).

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

  • Mississippi County     (The home county of Joiner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Joiner, with the one closest to Joiner listed first.
    • Bardstown
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Bassett
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Frenchmans Bayou
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dyess
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dyess is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyess
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyess <1>
    • Denwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Whitton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Marie
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Marie is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
    • Wilson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Wilson is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
    • Birdsong
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Driver
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Driver is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
    • Keiser
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Keiser is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
    • Athelstan
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • West Ridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • West Ridge is located in Mississippi County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ridge
  • Craighead County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Joiner, with the one closest to Joiner listed first.
    • Caraway
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Black Oak
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Oak is located in Craighead County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
    • Lake City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bay
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Monette
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Crittenden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Joiner, with the one closest to Joiner listed first.
    • Gilmore
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
    • Turrell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarkedale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Heafer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jericho
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • James Mill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Poindexter
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunset
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Sunset is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
    • Marion
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Mound City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Mound City is located in Crittenden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
    • Crawfordsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • West Memphis
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Earle
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Cross County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Joiner, with the one closest to Joiner listed first.
    • Twist
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Twist is located in Cross County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
    • Parkin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bay Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Bay Village is located in Cross County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
  • Poinsett County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Joiner, with the one closest to Joiner listed first.
    • Alto
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Tyronza
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Lepanto
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rivervale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Rivervale is located in Poinsett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
    • Black Oak
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Black Oak is located in Poinsett County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
    • Marked Tree
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Hatchie Coon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Trumann
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Lauderdale County (TN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Joiner, with the one closest to Joiner listed first.
    • Fulton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort Pillow
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Ashport
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Daniels Point Landing
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
      • Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
    • Luckett
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Shelby County (TN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Joiner, with the one closest to Joiner listed first.
    • Cuba
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Giles Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Giles Town is located in Shelby County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
    • Ramsey
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Millington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodstock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Lucy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosemark
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Spring Lake is located in Shelby County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
      • Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
    • Hunt Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Hunt Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
      • Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
    • Memphis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Bartlett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bartlett is located in Shelby County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,327 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bartlett <1>
    • Binghampton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lakeland is located in Shelby County (TN)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,657 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakeland <1>
  • Tipton County (TN)

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

Cemeteries Near Joiner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Joiner.

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 Joiner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Joiner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Joiner.

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

  • Bardstown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Shawnee
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Shawnee is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
  • Saint Thomas ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Saint Thomas is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
  • Corona
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pecan Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Pecan Point is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Point
  • Golden Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Golden Lake is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Lake
  • Gilmore
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
  • Lambethville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Lambethville is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambethville
  • Carson Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Carson Lake is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Lake
  • Nodena
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Nodena is located in Mississippi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodena
  • Tyronza
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Quito
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Quito is located in Tipton County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quito
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Joiner ...

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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Joiner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Joiner, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Joiner.

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 helpful 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 Joiner:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<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 Joiner, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Joiner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.