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 Paulding (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 Paulding. 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 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 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.
Paulding 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 Paulding. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Paulding:
- Dunklin County (The home county of Paulding)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Arkmo
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Rington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Arbyrd
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Cardwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cockrum
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Hornersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Red Onion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Red Onion is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Cotton Plant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Senath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Caruth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Rives
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Kennett
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pemiscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Gobler
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Holland
(20 miles [32.2 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cooter
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Deering
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Mid City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Bragg City
(25 miles [40.2 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Pascola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Peach Orchard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Hayti Heights
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Rector
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bell City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bell City is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Nimmons
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pollard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Knobel
(29 miles [46.7 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
- McDougal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- McDougal is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDougal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Saint Francis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Peach Orchard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Red Onion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Monette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak
(14 miles [22.5 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake View is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Lake City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Caraway
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Brookland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bay is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <1>
- Philadelphia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Philadelphia is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Jonesboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Bard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bard is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Marmaduke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Paragould
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lafe is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Pine Knot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Knot is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Knot
- Crowley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Crowley is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Finch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Finch is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finch
- Stonewall
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stonewall is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Beech Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Grove is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Walcott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Walcott is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Light
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Light is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Arkmo
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Rington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Leachville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Manila
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Stark City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Gosnell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Dell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Blytheville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Carroll's Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Carroll's Corner is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll's Corner
- Carroll's Corner has also been known as:
- Little River
- Etowah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Etowah is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Victoria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Athelstan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Poinsett County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Rivervale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Lepanto
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Trumann
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchie Coon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Lauderdale County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Daniels Point Landing
(29 miles [46.7 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 Paulding, see our County-by-County Page for Paulding.
Cemeteries Near Paulding ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paulding.
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 Paulding - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Paulding covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Silverdale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Horners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leachville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Box Elder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lulu Perpetual Care Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- 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]<3> 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 <2>
- Parsell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bone Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hornersville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Old Coldwater Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Coldwater Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cochran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Horner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (223 more) ...
- Cude Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkinson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- McGrew Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Paulding in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Paulding.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Paulding, with the one closest to Paulding listed first.
- Cockrum
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cockrum is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Hornersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Nesbit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nesbit is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbit
- Bard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bard is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Macey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Macey is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macey
- Cotton Plant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Senath
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Caruth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Halliday
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Halliday is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halliday
- Vincit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vincit is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincit
- Marmaduke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Paragould
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bethel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Rector
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lake City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Paulding. See our List of 1890's Communities around Paulding.
Newspapers Published in Paulding ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paulding.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Paulding, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Paulding.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Paulding:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Dunklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Pemiscot County
- Clay County
- Craighead County
- Greene County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Paulding) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Paulding, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |