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 Kennedy (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 Kennedy. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Kennedy 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 Kennedy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kennedy:
- Pemiscot County (The home county of Kennedy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy, with the one closest to Kennedy listed first.
- Caruthersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stewart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Hayti
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Netherlands
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Hayward
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Hayti Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Homestown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Pascola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- North Wardell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Wardell is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wardell
- Wardell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wardell is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Braggadocio
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Bragg City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Dunklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy, with the one closest to Kennedy listed first.
- Tinkerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Sumach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- Clarkton
(24 miles [38.6 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
- White Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Holcomb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kennett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pine City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pine City is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Wrightsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wrightsville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Rives
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Gibson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Malden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Caruth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy, with the one closest to Kennedy listed first.
- Portageville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Point Pleasant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Conran
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- Marston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Howardville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Tallapoosa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tallapoosa is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Lilbourn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Madrid
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gideon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Lilbourn
(23 miles [37 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
- Risco
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Catron
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Stoddard County
- LaValle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- LaValle is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaValle
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy, with the one closest to Kennedy listed first.
- Nimmons
(28 miles [45.1 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Bell City is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy, with the one closest to Kennedy listed first.
- Barfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Armorel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Blytheville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gosnell
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Fulton County (KY)
- Hickman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crockett County (TN)
- Elizabeth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabeth is located in Crockett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
- Dyer County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy, with the one closest to Kennedy listed first.
- Boothspoint
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Bogota
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Ayers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Mengelwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Finley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Finley is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Meacham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Middle City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Richwoods
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Dyersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Newbern
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Trimble is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Bishop
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Gibson County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy, with the one closest to Kennedy listed first.
- Yorkville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yorkville is located in Gibson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Tilghman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tilghman is located in Gibson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Lake County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy, with the one closest to Kennedy listed first.
- Powells Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Powells Ferry is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,319 people
- Ridgely
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sunkist Beach
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Owl City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Owl City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Tiptonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Proctor City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- New Markham
(16 miles [25.7 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 Kennedy, with the one closest to Kennedy listed first.
- Edith
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Halls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Halls is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halls <1>
- Obion County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kennedy, with the one closest to Kennedy listed first.
- Samburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hornbeak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Obion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Obion is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Troy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Englewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Englewood is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,532 people
- Rives
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rives is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Woodland Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Kennedy, see our County-by-County Page for Kennedy.
Cemeteries Near Kennedy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kennedy.
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 Kennedy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kennedy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kennedy, with the one closest to Kennedy listed first.
- Wagner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Organ Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hornridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hornridge Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southwest of Ridgely (TN).
- The Hornridge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Horn Ridge Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #13626 <3>
- Mooring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgely Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Haven Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stancil Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Bayou Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Averill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Speers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stewart Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Little Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (290 more) ...
- Maple Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Caruthersville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #29983 <3>
- Morgan Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Kennedy had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kennedy, with the one closest to Kennedy listed first.
- Hathaway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hathaway is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hathaway
- Caruthersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgely
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Gayoso
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gayoso is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayoso
- Stewart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Tennemo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tennemo is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennemo
- Boothspoint
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Hayward
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Tiptonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Portageville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ayers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Lane
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lane is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Point Pleasant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Braggadocio
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Elbridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Elbridge is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kennedy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kennedy.
Newspapers Published in Kennedy ...
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 Kennedy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kennedy, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kennedy.
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 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 Kennedy:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Pemiscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dunklin County
- New Madrid County
- Stoddard County
- Clay County
- Mississippi County
- Fulton County
- Crockett County
- Dyer County
- Gibson 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kennedy) 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 Kennedy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |