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 Nesbit (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 Nesbit. 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 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 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.
Nesbit 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 Nesbit. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nesbit:
- Dunklin County (The home county of Nesbit)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nesbit, with the one closest to Nesbit listed first.
- Cotton Plant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Senath
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Hornersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Caruth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Rives
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Arbyrd
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Rington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Arkmo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Cardwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kennett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tinkerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Cockrum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Butler County
- Fagus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fagus is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagus
- New Madrid County
- Gideon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pemiscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nesbit, with the one closest to Nesbit listed first.
- Gobler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Holland
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Deering
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Mid City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Bragg City
(17 miles [27.4 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Cooter
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pascola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Hayti Heights
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Peach Orchard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Hayti
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nesbit, with the one closest to Nesbit listed first.
- Bell City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bell City is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Rector
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nimmons
(15 miles [24.1 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
(17 miles [27.4 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pollard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Saint Francis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- McDougal
(27 miles [43.5 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
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Craighead County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nesbit, with the one closest to Nesbit listed first.
- Red Onion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Monette
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Caraway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brookland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nesbit, with the one closest to Nesbit listed first.
- Bard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bard is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Marmaduke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Paragould
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Heights
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lafe is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Stonewall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Crowley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Crowley is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Pine Knot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Beech Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Finch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Finch is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Walcott
(30 miles [48.3 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 Nesbit, with the one closest to Nesbit listed first.
- Rington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Arkmo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- 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
- Gosnell
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Leachville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Manila
(14 miles [22.5 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>
- Dell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- 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)
- 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
- Armorel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Victoria
(23 miles [37 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
- Barfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Poinsett County (AR)
- Rivervale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Dyer County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nesbit, with the one closest to Nesbit listed first.
- Ayers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Boothspoint
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Lake County (TN)
- Powells Ferry
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Lauderdale County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nesbit, with the one closest to Nesbit listed first.
- Daniels Point Landing
(28 miles [45.1 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 Nesbit, see our County-by-County Page for Nesbit.
Cemeteries Near Nesbit ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nesbit.
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 Nesbit - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nesbit covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nesbit, with the one closest to Nesbit listed first.
- Cude Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wilkinson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Coldwater Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old Coldwater Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Harkeys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Horner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brannon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hutchens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Langdon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Senath Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Finley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (205 more) ...
- Lanier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Horners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hornersville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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, Nesbit had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nesbit, with the one closest to Nesbit listed first.
- Cotton Plant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Hornersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Senath
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Caruth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Vincit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vincit is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincit
- Kennett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cockrum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Bard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bard is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Covington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Covington is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Rector
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marmaduke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Macey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Macey is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Halliday
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Halliday is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halliday
- Greenway
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Sumach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nesbit. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nesbit.
Newspapers Published in Nesbit ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nesbit.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nesbit, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nesbit.
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 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 Nesbit:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Dunklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- New Madrid County
- Pemiscot County
- Clay County
- Craighead County
- Greene County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Dyer County
- Lake 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' (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- Nesbit) 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 Nesbit, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |