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 Dogwood (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 Dogwood. 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 northwest 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 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.
Dogwood is located in Mississippi 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 Mississippi County: Alexander (IL), Ballard (KY), Carlisle (KY), Fulton (KY), Hickman (KY), New Madrid & Scott.
Below are the counties that are near Dogwood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dogwood:
- Mississippi County (The home county of Dogwood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Bertrand
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- East Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Whiting
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Anniston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Anniston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Charleston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Pinhook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pinhook is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Estimated population in 2012: 30 people
- Thirtyfour Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Thirtyfour Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtyfour Corner
- Wilson City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Wolf Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island
- Greenfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Wyatt
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wyatt is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Cape Girardeau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Randles
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Delta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <1>
- Green Cox
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Matthews
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Sikeston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- La Forge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- Kewanee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kewanee is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanee
- Morehouse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Canalou
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Canalou is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canalou
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- New Madrid
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lilbourn
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- North Lilbourn
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- North Lilbourn is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lilbourn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Howardville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Catron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Catron is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Marston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Miner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Miner is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 939 people
- Diehlstadt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Blodgett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Crowder
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crowder is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Haywood City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haywood City is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Morley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Vanduser
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vanduser is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Benton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lambert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- Oran
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Commerce
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Hamburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Caney Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Baker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Baker is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3 people
- Grayridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- Circle City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Circle City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
- LaValle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- LaValle is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaValle
- Penermon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Penermon is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penermon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Guam ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Essex
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Essex is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- Bell City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Painton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Bloomfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tillman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Dexter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bernie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Cairo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,989 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <1>
- Miller City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cairo Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Future City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Future City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Cache
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Olive Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hodges Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Unity
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Thebes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Thebes is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thebes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Diswood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Diswood is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diswood
- Tamms
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tamms is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamms
- Population from the 2020 Census: 449 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tamms <1>
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Mound City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mounds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Villa Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Pulaski
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ballard County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Wickliffe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barlow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Blandville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Carlisle County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Arlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Bardwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Milburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Fulton County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Hickman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cayce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Hickman County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Columbus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Spring Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Clinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moscow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Lake County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- New Markham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Markham is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Markham
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,354 people
- Proctor City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- Tiptonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Obion County (TN)
- Woodland Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Mills is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dogwood, see our County-by-County Page for Dogwood.
Cemeteries Near Dogwood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dogwood.
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 Dogwood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dogwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- Dogwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Armour Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park Cemetery
- The Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Prairie Cemetery
- Woodsman of the World Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #951221 <2>
- Bloomfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Matthews Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (263 more) ...
- Garden of Memories
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Noxall Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Dogwood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dogwood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dogwood, with the one closest to Dogwood listed first.
- East Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Whiting
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Bertrand
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Ogden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Charleston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Sikeston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Diehlstadt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Samos
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Samos is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samos
- La Forge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- Henson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Henson is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henson
- Little River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Little River is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Morehouse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ristine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ristine is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ristine
- Blodgett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Wolf Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dogwood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dogwood.
Newspapers Published in Dogwood ...
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 87 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dogwood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dogwood, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dogwood.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Dogwood:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Mississippi County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cape Girardeau County
- New Madrid County
- Scott County
- Stoddard County
- Alexander County
- Pulaski County
- Ballard County
- Carlisle County
- Fulton County
- Hickman County
- Lake 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> | 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 Dogwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dogwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |