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 Blazer (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 Blazer. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Blazer is located in Pemiscot County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pemiscot County: Mississippi (AR), Dunklin, New Madrid, Dyer (TN) & Lake (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Blazer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blazer:
- Pemiscot County (The home county of Blazer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blazer, with the one closest to Blazer listed first.
- Hayti Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Hayti
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Braggadocio
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Caruthersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pascola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Deering
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Steele
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Netherlands
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Mid City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Cooter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bragg City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Holland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Gobler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Dunklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blazer, with the one closest to Blazer listed first.
- Tinkerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Sumach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- Rives
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Kennett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- White Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Caruth
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Pine City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pine City is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Cotton Plant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Holcomb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clarkton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clarkton is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
- Hornersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Senath
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Gibson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blazer, with the one closest to Blazer listed first.
- Portageville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gideon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Conran
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- Point Pleasant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Tallapoosa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tallapoosa is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Marston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Risco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Howardville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Catron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Catron is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Lilbourn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- North Lilbourn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- North Lilbourn is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lilbourn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Parma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Parma is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- New Madrid
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blazer, with the one closest to Blazer listed first.
- Nimmons
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nimmons is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Bell City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bell City is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Greenway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenway is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Piggott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Francis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rector
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blazer, with the one closest to Blazer listed first.
- Armorel
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Barfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Blytheville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gosnell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Stark City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Rington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Burdette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Burdette is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Dell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Arkmo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Luxora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Luxora is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
- Manila
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Manila is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,339 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manila <1>
- Dyer County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blazer, with the one closest to Blazer listed first.
- Ayers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Boothspoint
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Mengelwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Bogota
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Finley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Finley is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Richwoods
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Middle City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Meacham
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Dyersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Fowlkes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Bishop
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Newbern
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lake County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blazer, with the one closest to Blazer listed first.
- Powells Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Powells Ferry is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,319 people
- Ridgely
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sunkist Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
- Estimated population in 2014: 547 people
- Tiptonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Owl City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Owl City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Proctor City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- New Markham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Markham is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Markham
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,354 people
- Lauderdale County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blazer, with the one closest to Blazer listed first.
- Edith
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Daniels Point Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- 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
- Arp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Ashport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Halls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Halls is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halls <1>
- Obion County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blazer, with the one closest to Blazer listed first.
- Samburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hornbeak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blazer, see our County-by-County Page for Blazer.
Cemeteries Near Blazer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blazer.
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 Blazer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blazer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blazer, with the one closest to Blazer listed first.
- Pemiscot Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Darnell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Patterson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cupp Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- White Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hatley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pullam Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Long Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cagle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huffman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Speers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (265 more) ...
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Morgan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Morgan Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Hayti.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30270 <2>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
While we didn't find Blazer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blazer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blazer, with the one closest to Blazer listed first.
- Braggadocio
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Caruthersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hathaway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hathaway is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hathaway
- Gayoso
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gayoso is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayoso
- Covington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Covington is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Cooter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood Point is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Point
- Ayers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Tyler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Tyler is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Boothspoint
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Tennemo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tennemo is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennemo
- Kennedy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kennedy is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Stewart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Hayward
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Sumach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blazer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blazer.
Newspapers Published in Blazer ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blazer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blazer, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blazer.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Blazer:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Pemiscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dunklin County
- New Madrid County
- Clay County
- Mississippi County
- Dyer County
- Lake County
- Lauderdale County
- Obion County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blazer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Blazer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |