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 Linda (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 Linda. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Linda is located in New Madrid 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 New Madrid County: Fulton (KY), Dunklin, Mississippi, Pemiscot, Scott, Stoddard & Lake (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Linda. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Linda:
- New Madrid County (The home county of Linda)
- The following are listed by their distance from Linda, with the one closest to Linda listed first.
- Point Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Conran
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- Marston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Portageville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Howardville
(11 miles [17.7 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
- New Madrid
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lilbourn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- North Lilbourn
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Catron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Catron is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Tallapoosa
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Kewanee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kewanee is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanee
- Risco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dunklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linda, with the one closest to Linda listed first.
- Clarkton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Clarkton is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
- Malden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sumach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- Wrightsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wrightsville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Gibson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gibson is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Holcomb
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pine City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pine City is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Tinkerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- White Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Campbell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kennett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linda, with the one closest to Linda listed first.
- East Prairie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Whiting
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Pinhook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pinhook is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Estimated population in 2012: 30 people
- Wolf Island
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island
- Pemiscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linda, with the one closest to Linda listed first.
- Stewart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Hayward
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Netherlands
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- North Wardell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- North Wardell is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wardell
- Wardell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wardell is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Caruthersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hayti
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Homestown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Hayti Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Pascola
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Peach Orchard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Bragg City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Linda, with the one closest to Linda listed first.
- LaValle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- LaValle is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaValle
- Baker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Baker is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3 people
- Bernie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Penermon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Penermon is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penermon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Fulton County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Linda, with the one closest to Linda listed first.
- Hickman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cayce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Jordan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Jordan is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Dyer County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Linda, with the one closest to Linda listed first.
- Bogota
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Boothspoint
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Meacham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Ayers
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Trimble
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Mengelwood
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Newbern
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Finley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Finley is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Middle City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Dyersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Richwoods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Churchton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Churchton is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchton
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,752 people
- Lake County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Linda, with the one closest to Linda listed first.
- Tiptonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Proctor City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- Sunkist Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
- Estimated population in 2014: 547 people
- New Markham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Markham is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Markham
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,354 people
- Owl City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Owl City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Ridgely
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Powells Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Obion County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Linda, with the one closest to Linda listed first.
- Samburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hornbeak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Englewood
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Troy
(22 miles [35.4 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>
- Obion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Obion is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Woodland Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Woodland Mills is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Rives
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Union City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Linda, see our County-by-County Page for Linda.
Cemeteries Near Linda ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Linda.
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 Linda - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Linda covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Linda, with the one closest to Linda listed first.
- Girvin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Riddles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Le Sieur Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Le Sieur Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barnes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yount Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Braswell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stewart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Citizen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Free Will Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cronanville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (256 more) ...
- Martin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Griffith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Baker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Linda in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Linda.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Linda, with the one closest to Linda listed first.
- Point Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Stewart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Tiptonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bessie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bessie is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessie
- Hayward
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Portageville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kennedy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kennedy is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Ridgely
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Samburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Madrid
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gayoso
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gayoso is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayoso
- Hathaway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hathaway is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hathaway
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hornbeak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ristine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ristine is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ristine
- Caruthersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Linda. See our List of 1890's Communities around Linda.
Newspapers Published in Linda ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Linda.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Linda, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Linda.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Linda:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to New Madrid County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dunklin County
- Mississippi County
- Pemiscot County
- Stoddard County
- Fulton County
- Dyer County
- Lake 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Linda, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Linda) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |