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 Octa (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 Octa. 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 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.
Octa 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 Octa. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Octa:
- Dunklin County (The home county of Octa)
- The following are listed by their distance from Octa, with the one closest to Octa listed first.
- Caruth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Senath
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Kennett
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Plant
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Rives
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Tinkerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Hornersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Arbyrd
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Sumach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- White Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Rington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Cardwell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Octa, with the one closest to Octa listed first.
- Fagus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fagus is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagus
- Oglesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Oglesville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesville
- Qulin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Qulin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Octa, with the one closest to Octa listed first.
- Gideon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tallapoosa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tallapoosa is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Portageville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pemiscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Octa, with the one closest to Octa listed first.
- Gobler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Deering
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Mid City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Bragg City
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Steele
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Braggadocio
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Holland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Pascola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Peach Orchard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Cooter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hayti Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Homestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Octa, with the one closest to Octa listed first.
- Bell City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bell City is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Nimmons
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Rector
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenway is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Piggott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Saint Francis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pollard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- McDougal
(23 miles [37 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Knobel is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Corning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Orchard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- 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 Octa, with the one closest to Octa listed first.
- Red Onion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Monette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Caraway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Octa, with the one closest to Octa listed first.
- Marmaduke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bard is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Lafe
(21 miles [33.8 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
- 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
- Paragould
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stonewall
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- 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
- Crowley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Crowley is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Pine Knot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Finch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Finch is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Octa, with the one closest to Octa listed first.
- Rington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Arkmo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Stark City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Gosnell
(16 miles [25.7 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Manila
(20 miles [32.2 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>
- Blytheville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dell
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Armorel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Barfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Burdette
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Victoria
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Dyer County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Octa, with the one closest to Octa 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
(25 miles [40.2 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Octa, see our County-by-County Page for Octa.
Cemeteries Near Octa ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Octa.
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 Octa - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Octa covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Octa, with the one closest to Octa listed first.
- Senath Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rogers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lanier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Liberty Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the east of Senath.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #29820 <3>
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marsh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Marsh Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Kennett.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30001 <3>
- Dunklin Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cude Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harkeys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Langdon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Finley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- McGrew Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hutchens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Octa in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Octa.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Octa, with the one closest to Octa listed first.
- Senath
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Caruth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Vincit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Vincit is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincit
- Nesbit
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Nesbit is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbit
- Cotton Plant
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Kennett
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hornersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Rector
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenway is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Sumach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- White Oak
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Covington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Covington is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Marmaduke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bard is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Piggott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Octa. See our List of 1890's Communities around Octa.
Newspapers Published in Octa ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Octa.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Octa, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Octa.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Octa:
- 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
- Dyer County
- Lake 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Octa) 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 Octa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |