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 Kinfolks Ridge (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 Kinfolks Ridge. 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.
Name Variations for Kinfolks Ridge ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Kinfolks Ridge: Kinfolks Rdg. (or less commonly used: Kinfolks Rdge. or Kinfolks Ridg.)
- While the name of this community is Kinfolks Ridge, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Kinfolks Ridge may originally have been Kinfolk's Ridge.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Kinfolks Ridge might be written as Kinfolk Ridge.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Kinfolks Ridge 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 Kinfolks Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kinfolks Ridge:
- Pemiscot County (The home county of Kinfolks Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kinfolks Ridge, with the one closest to Kinfolks Ridge listed first.
- Caruthersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hayti
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hayti Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Cooter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Braggadocio
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Steele
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Netherlands
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Holland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Pascola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Deering
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Mid City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Bragg City
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Gobler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Dunklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kinfolks Ridge, with the one closest to Kinfolks Ridge listed first.
- Tinkerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Rives
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Sumach
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- Kennett
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Caruth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- White Oak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Cotton Plant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Hornersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Pine City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pine City is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Clarkton
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Senath
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Gibson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kinfolks Ridge, with the one closest to Kinfolks Ridge listed first.
- Portageville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Point Pleasant
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Conran
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- Gideon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tallapoosa
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Howardville
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kinfolks Ridge, with the one closest to Kinfolks Ridge listed first.
- Bell City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bell City is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Nimmons
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kinfolks Ridge, with the one closest to Kinfolks Ridge listed first.
- Armorel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Barfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Blytheville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gosnell
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Stark City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Burdette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Luxora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Luxora is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
- Crockett County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kinfolks Ridge, with the one closest to Kinfolks Ridge listed first.
- Chestnut Bluff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Friendship
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Crockett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Elizabeth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth is located in Crockett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
- Maury Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maury Junction is located in Crockett County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
- Dyer County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kinfolks Ridge, with the one closest to Kinfolks Ridge listed first.
- Boothspoint
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Ayers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Mengelwood
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Finley
(10 miles [16.1 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Bogota
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Middle City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Dyersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Meacham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Unionville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Fowlkes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Bishop
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Bruceville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bruceville is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
- Gibson County (TN)
- Yorkville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Yorkville is located in Gibson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Haywood County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kinfolks Ridge, with the one closest to Kinfolks Ridge listed first.
- Woodville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Toulon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Lake County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kinfolks Ridge, with the one closest to Kinfolks Ridge listed first.
- Powells Ferry
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Powells Ferry is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,319 people
- Ridgely
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Owl City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Owl City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Sunkist Beach
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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
(26 miles [41.8 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 Kinfolks Ridge, with the one closest to Kinfolks Ridge listed first.
- Edith
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Halls
(22 miles [35.4 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 <2>
- Gates
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Arp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Flippin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Daniels Point Landing
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Ashport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Ripley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ripley is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,624 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripley <2>
- Luckett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Glimp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Obion County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kinfolks Ridge, with the one closest to Kinfolks Ridge listed first.
- Hornbeak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Samburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Obion
(26 miles [41.8 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kinfolks Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for Kinfolks Ridge.
Cemeteries Near Kinfolks Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kinfolks Ridge.
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 Kinfolks Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kinfolks Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kinfolks Ridge, with the one closest to Kinfolks Ridge listed first.
- Taylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Little Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Morgan Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Huffman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rice Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hickman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pemiscot Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Speers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cooter Cemetery
- Upper Cooter Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30386 <3>
- Continue List (289 more) ...
- Peel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- White Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Kinfolks Ridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kinfolks Ridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kinfolks Ridge, with the one closest to Kinfolks Ridge listed first.
- Boothspoint
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Ayers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Tennemo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tennemo is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennemo
- Caruthersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood Point is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Point
- Hathaway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hathaway is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hathaway
- Tyler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tyler is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Gayoso
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gayoso is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayoso
- Cooter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Finley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Finley is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Kennedy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kennedy is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Braggadocio
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ridgely
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Covington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Covington is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Hales Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hales Point is located in Lauderdale County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Point
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kinfolks Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kinfolks Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Kinfolks Ridge ...
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 Kinfolks Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kinfolks Ridge, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kinfolks Ridge.
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 Kinfolks Ridge:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Pemiscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dunklin County
- New Madrid County
- Clay County
- Mississippi County
- Crockett County
- Dyer County
- Gibson County
- Haywood County
- Lake County
- Lauderdale County
- Obion County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Kinfolks Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kinfolks Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |