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 Dorena (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 Dorena. 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 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.
Dorena 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 Dorena. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dorena:
- Mississippi County (The home county of Dorena)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorena, with the one closest to Dorena listed first.
- Pinhook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pinhook is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Estimated population in 2012: 30 people
- Wolf Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island
- Thirtyfour Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Thirtyfour Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtyfour Corner
- East Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whiting
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Anniston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Anniston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Charleston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Wilson City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wilson City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Bertrand
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Greenfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Greenfield is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Wyatt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wyatt is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorena, with the one closest to Dorena listed first.
- La Forge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- New Madrid
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kewanee
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kewanee is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanee
- Ogden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Matthews
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Howardville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Lilbourn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Point Pleasant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Marston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Lilbourn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Lilbourn is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lilbourn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Conran
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- Canalou
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Pemiscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorena, with the one closest to Dorena listed first.
- Stewart
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Hayward
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorena, with the one closest to Dorena listed first.
- Miner
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorena, with the one closest to Dorena listed first.
- Baker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Baker is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3 people
- LaValle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- LaValle is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaValle
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorena, with the one closest to Dorena listed first.
- Cairo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Future City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Future City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Cairo Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Ballard County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorena, with the one closest to Dorena listed first.
- Wickliffe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Blandville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Dorena, with the one closest to Dorena listed first.
- Arlington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Bardwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Milburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Kirbyton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Cunningham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorena, with the one closest to Dorena listed first.
- Hickman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cayce
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Jordan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Fulton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Graves County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorena, with the one closest to Dorena listed first.
- Water Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wingo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fancy Farm
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Pryorsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pryorsburg is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryorsburg
- Hickman County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorena, with the one closest to Dorena listed first.
- Moscow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Columbus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Clinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Fulgham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fulgham is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulgham
- Dyer County (TN)
- Trimble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Trimble is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Lake County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorena, with the one closest to Dorena listed first.
- New Markham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- Sunkist Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
- Estimated population in 2014: 547 people
- Tiptonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Owl City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Owl City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Ridgely
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Obion County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorena, with the one closest to Dorena listed first.
- Woodland Mills
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Union City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Englewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Englewood is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,532 people
- Samburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hornbeak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Troy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Troy is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,328 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Pierce Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pierce Station is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Station
- Rives
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rives is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- South Fulton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Obion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Obion is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- McConnell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- McConnell is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnell
- Weakley County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dorena, with the one closest to Dorena listed first.
- Terrell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Terrell is located in Weakley County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell
- Martin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dorena, see our County-by-County Page for Dorena.
Cemeteries Near Dorena ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dorena.
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 Dorena - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dorena covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dorena, with the one closest to Dorena listed first.
- Boston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Barnett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hubbard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Barker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cooley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sugar Tree Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Walker Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bacon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Roper Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ivie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (318 more) ...
- Wolf Island Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Davis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Barnes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Dorena in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dorena.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dorena, with the one closest to Dorena listed first.
- Hickman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island
- Oakton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oakton is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Clayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Clayton is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Crystal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Crystal is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Woodland Mills
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Cayce
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Moscow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- South Columbus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Columbus is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Columbus
- Fremont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fremont is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Columbus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Belmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Crosno
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Crosno is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosno
- Jordan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Clinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dorena. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dorena.
Newspapers Published in Dorena ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dorena.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dorena, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dorena.
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 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 Dorena:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Mississippi County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- New Madrid County
- Pemiscot County
- Scott County
- Stoddard County
- Alexander County
- Ballard County
- Carlisle County
- Fulton County
- Graves County
- Hickman County
- Dyer County
- Lake County
- Obion County
- Weakley 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> | 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 Dorena, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dorena) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |