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 Deering Junction (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 Deering Junction. 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 Deering Junction ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Deering Junction: Deering Jct. (or less commonly used: Deering Jctn.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Deering Junction. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Deering Junction.
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.
Deering Junction 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 Deering Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Deering Junction:
- Pemiscot County (The home county of Deering Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deering Junction, with the one closest to Deering Junction listed first.
- Deering
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Mid City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Gobler
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Braggadocio
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Bragg City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Pascola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Steele
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hayti Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Hayti
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Holland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Homestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Cooter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Butler County
- Fagus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fagus is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagus
- Dunklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deering Junction, with the one closest to Deering Junction listed first.
- Tinkerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Rives
(8 miles [12.9 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sumach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- Caruth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- White Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Cotton Plant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Pine City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pine City is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Senath
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Hornersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Holcomb
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clarkton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Clarkton is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deering Junction, with the one closest to Deering Junction listed first.
- Gideon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Portageville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Conran
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- Risco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Point Pleasant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Marston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deering Junction, with the one closest to Deering Junction listed first.
- Bell City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bell City is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Nimmons
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Greenway
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Francis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rector
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pollard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Craighead County (AR)
- Red Onion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Greene County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deering Junction, with the one closest to Deering Junction listed first.
- Marmaduke
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bard is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deering Junction, with the one closest to Deering Junction listed first.
- Gosnell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Blytheville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Stark City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Armorel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Barfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Rington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Arkmo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Dell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Burdette
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Manila
(25 miles [40.2 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>
- Leachville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Luxora
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Dyer County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deering Junction, with the one closest to Deering Junction listed first.
- Ayers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Boothspoint
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Mengelwood
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Finley
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Bogota
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Middle City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Dyersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Unionville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Lake County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deering Junction, with the one closest to Deering Junction listed first.
- Powells Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sunkist Beach
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Owl City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Owl City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Proctor City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- Lauderdale County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deering Junction, with the one closest to Deering Junction listed first.
- Daniels Point Landing
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Ashport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Deering Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Deering Junction.
Cemeteries Near Deering Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Deering Junction.
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 Deering Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Deering Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Deering Junction, with the one closest to Deering Junction listed first.
- Rising Star Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hatley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Long Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cagle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pullam Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Darnell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cupp Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coleman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Frakes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (219 more) ...
- Hopkins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lester Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Deering Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Deering Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Deering Junction, with the one closest to Deering Junction listed first.
- Braggadocio
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Covington
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Covington is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Kennett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Vincit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Vincit is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincit
- Caruth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Sumach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- Cooter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Cotton Plant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Gayoso
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gayoso is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayoso
- Caruthersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hathaway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hathaway is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hathaway
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Senath
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Nesbit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nesbit is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbit
- Tyler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tyler is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Deering Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Deering Junction.
Newspapers Published in Deering Junction ...
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 Deering Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Deering Junction, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Deering Junction.
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 Deering Junction:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Pemiscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Dunklin County
- New Madrid County
- Clay County
- Craighead County
- Greene County
- Mississippi County
- Dyer County
- Lake County
- Lauderdale 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> | 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 Deering Junction, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Deering Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |