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 Gibbons (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 Gibbons. 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 and 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.
Gibbons is located in Dunklin 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 Dunklin County: Clay (AR), Craighead (AR), Greene (AR), Mississippi (AR), Butler, New Madrid, Pemiscot & Stoddard.
Below are the counties that are near Gibbons. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gibbons:
- Dunklin County (The home county of Gibbons)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibbons, with the one closest to Gibbons listed first.
- Rives
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Tinkerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Cotton Plant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Caruth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Kennett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hornersville
(9 miles [14.5 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
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Sumach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- White Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Rington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Arbyrd
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Pine City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pine City is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Arkmo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Butler County
- Fagus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fagus is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagus
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibbons, with the one closest to Gibbons listed first.
- Gideon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Portageville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tallapoosa
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Risco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Conran
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- Pemiscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibbons, with the one closest to Gibbons listed first.
- Gobler
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Deering
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Steele
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Holland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Braggadocio
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Mid City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Bragg City
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Cooter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pascola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Hayti Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Hayti
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peach Orchard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Homestown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibbons, with the one closest to Gibbons 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
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Rector
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Piggott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Francis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pollard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Craighead County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibbons, with the one closest to Gibbons listed first.
- Red Onion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Monette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Greene County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibbons, with the one closest to Gibbons listed first.
- Bard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bard is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Marmaduke
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lafe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lafe is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Oak Grove Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Heights is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,095 people
- Paragould
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibbons, with the one closest to Gibbons listed first.
- Gosnell
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Stark City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Blytheville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Armorel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Arkmo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Dell
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Barfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Leachville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Manila
(20 miles [32.2 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>
- Burdette
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Luxora
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Victoria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Victoria is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Dyer County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibbons, with the one closest to Gibbons listed first.
- Ayers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Boothspoint
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Mengelwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Richwoods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Finley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Finley is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Bogota
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Lake County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibbons, with the one closest to Gibbons listed first.
- Powells Ferry
(18 miles [29 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lauderdale County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gibbons, with the one closest to Gibbons listed first.
- Daniels Point Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Gibbons, see our County-by-County Page for Gibbons.
Cemeteries Near Gibbons ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gibbons.
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 Gibbons - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gibbons covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gibbons, with the one closest to Gibbons listed first.
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coleman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Samford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Liberty Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the east of Senath.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #29820 <3>
- Finley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lester Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barnard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harkeys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (207 more) ...
- Langdon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hutchens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Gibbons in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gibbons.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gibbons, with the one closest to Gibbons listed first.
- Covington
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Covington is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Vincit
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Vincit is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincit
- Cotton Plant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Caruth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Braggadocio
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Kennett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nesbit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nesbit is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbit
- Hornersville
(9 miles [14.5 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
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Cooter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- White Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Sumach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Tyler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tyler is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Cottonwood Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cottonwood Point is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Point
- Gayoso
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gayoso is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayoso
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gibbons. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gibbons.
Newspapers Published in Gibbons ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gibbons.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gibbons, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gibbons.
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 Gibbons:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Dunklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- New Madrid County
- Pemiscot 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Gibbons) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Gibbons, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |