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 Gill (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 Gill. 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 and doctors 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.
Gill 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 Gill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gill:
- Pemiscot County (The home county of Gill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gill, with the one closest to Gill listed first.
- Hayti Heights
(Less than 2 miles 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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pascola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Braggadocio
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Netherlands
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Deering
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Mid City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Caruthersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bragg City
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Homestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- North Wardell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- North Wardell is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wardell
- Wardell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wardell is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Steele
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dunklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gill, with the one closest to Gill listed first.
- Tinkerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Sumach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- Kennett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- White Oak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- 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
- Pine City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine City is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Caruth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Clarkton
(18 miles [29 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
- Holcomb
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Plant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Gibson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Wrightsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wrightsville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- 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
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gill, with the one closest to Gill listed first.
- Portageville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gideon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tallapoosa
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- Point Pleasant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Marston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Risco
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Howardville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Catron
(27 miles [43.5 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Parma
(27 miles [43.5 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
- North Lilbourn
(28 miles [45.1 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
- New Madrid
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gill, with the one closest to Gill listed first.
- Nimmons
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Nimmons is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Bell City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bell City is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Piggott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Francis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greenway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Greenway is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Rector
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pollard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gill, with the one closest to Gill listed first.
- Armorel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Gosnell
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Barfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Blytheville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Stark City
(23 miles [37 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
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Dyer County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gill, with the one closest to Gill listed first.
- Ayers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Boothspoint
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Mengelwood
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Finley
(21 miles [33.8 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Middle City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Meacham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Dyersburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Fowlkes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Bishop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Newbern
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lake County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gill, with the one closest to Gill listed first.
- Powells Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 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
(17 miles [27.4 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 east)
- Owl City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Proctor City
(23 miles [37 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 Gill, with the one closest to Gill listed first.
- Edith
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Daniels Point Landing
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Obion County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gill, with the one closest to Gill 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 Gill, see our County-by-County Page for Gill.
Cemeteries Near Gill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gill.
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 Gill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gill, with the one closest to Gill listed first.
- White Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- 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<2> to the northwest of Hayti.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30270 <3>
- Long Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cupp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Darnell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pemiscot Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hatley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pullam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (253 more) ...
- Speers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rising Star Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ingram Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Gill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gill, with the one closest to Gill listed first.
- Braggadocio
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Gayoso
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gayoso is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayoso
- Caruthersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hathaway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hathaway is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hathaway
- Covington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Covington is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Cooter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood Point is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Point
- Kennedy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kennedy is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Ayers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Boothspoint
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Tennemo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tennemo is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennemo
- Tyler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tyler is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sumach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- Stewart
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Hayward
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gill.
Newspapers Published in Gill ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gill, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gill.
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 helpful 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 Gill:
- 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Gill) 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 Gill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |