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 Hollywood (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 Hollywood. 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 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.
Hollywood 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 Hollywood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hollywood:
- Dunklin County (The home county of Hollywood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Arbyrd
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Rington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Hornersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Senath
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Cotton Plant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Arkmo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Cardwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Caruth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Cockrum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Red Onion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Rives
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Kennett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pemiscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Gobler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Holland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Steele
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Deering
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Mid City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Cooter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bragg City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Braggadocio
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Pascola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Peach Orchard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Hayti Heights
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Rector
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bell City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bell City is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Nimmons
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- 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 north)
- Greenway is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Piggott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pollard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Francis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- McDougal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- McDougal is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDougal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Knobel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Knobel is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Peach Orchard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Orchard is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Craighead County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Red Onion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Monette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak
(18 miles [29 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
- Lake View
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Caraway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brookland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bay is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <1>
- Greene County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Bard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bard is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Marmaduke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Paragould
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Heights
(18 miles [29 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
- Lafe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lafe is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Pine Knot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Stonewall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Crowley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Crowley is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Finch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Finch is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Beech Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Walcott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Walcott is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Rington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Arkmo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Leachville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stark City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Manila
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Gosnell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Dell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Blytheville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Burdette
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Burdette is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Carroll's Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Carroll's Corner is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll's Corner
- Carroll's Corner has also been known as:
- Little River
- Armorel
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Poinsett County (AR)
- Rivervale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Dyer County (TN)
- Ayers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Lauderdale County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Daniels Point Landing
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 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 Hollywood, see our County-by-County Page for Hollywood.
Cemeteries Near Hollywood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hollywood.
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 Hollywood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hollywood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Horners Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the south of Senath.
- The Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lulu Baptist Church Cemetery
- Lulu Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #243731 <3>
- Silverdale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Coldwater Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old Coldwater Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hornersville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wilkinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Box Elder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Horner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brannon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cude Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (221 more) ...
- McGrew Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hutchens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Langdon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Hollywood in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hollywood.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Nesbit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nesbit is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbit
- Hornersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Cotton Plant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Senath
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Caruth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Cockrum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Vincit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vincit is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincit
- Bard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bard is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Macey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Macey is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
- Kennett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marmaduke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Halliday
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Halliday is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halliday
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rector
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Covington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Covington is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Paragould
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hollywood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hollywood.
Newspapers Published in Hollywood ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hollywood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hollywood, 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 Hollywood.
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 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 Hollywood:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Dunklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Pemiscot County
- Clay County
- Craighead County
- Greene County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Dyer 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hollywood) 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 Hollywood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |