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 Selkirk (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 Selkirk. 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.
Selkirk 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 Selkirk. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Selkirk:
- New Madrid County (The home county of Selkirk)
- The following are listed by their distance from Selkirk, with the one closest to Selkirk listed first.
- La Forge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- Ogden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Matthews
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kewanee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kewanee is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanee
- New Madrid
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lilbourn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Lilbourn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Lilbourn is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lilbourn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Sikeston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Howardville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Canalou
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Canalou is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canalou
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Morehouse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Catron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Catron is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Dunklin County
- Malden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Selkirk, with the one closest to Selkirk listed first.
- East Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Whiting
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Anniston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Anniston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Pinhook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pinhook is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Estimated population in 2012: 30 people
- Bertrand
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Thirtyfour Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Thirtyfour Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtyfour Corner
- Wolf Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island
- Charleston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Wilson City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Greenfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Wyatt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wyatt is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Pemiscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Selkirk, with the one closest to Selkirk listed first.
- Stewart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Hayward
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Selkirk, with the one closest to Selkirk listed first.
- Miner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Miner is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 939 people
- Diehlstadt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Blodgett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Crowder
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crowder is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Haywood City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Haywood City is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Vanduser
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vanduser is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Morley
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Benton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lambert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- Oran
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Hamburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Commerce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Selkirk, with the one closest to Selkirk listed first.
- Baker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Baker is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3 people
- LaValle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- LaValle is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaValle
- Grayridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- Circle City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Circle City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
- Penermon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Penermon is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penermon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Guam ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Essex
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Essex is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- Bell City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Bloomfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bernie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dexter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Selkirk, with the one closest to Selkirk listed first.
- Cairo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,989 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cairo <1>
- Future City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Future City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Cairo Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Miller City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Cache
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Selkirk, with the one closest to Selkirk listed first.
- Mound City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mounds
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Ballard County (KY)
- Wickliffe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carlisle County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Selkirk, with the one closest to Selkirk listed first.
- Arlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Bardwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Selkirk, with the one closest to Selkirk listed first.
- Hickman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cayce
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Jordan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Hickman County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Selkirk, with the one closest to Selkirk listed first.
- Columbus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Moscow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Clinton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Lake County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Selkirk, with the one closest to Selkirk listed first.
- New Markham
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New Markham is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Markham
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,354 people
- Proctor City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- Tiptonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sunkist Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
- Estimated population in 2014: 547 people
- Owl City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Owl City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Obion County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Selkirk, with the one closest to Selkirk listed first.
- Samburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Woodland Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Mills is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Hornbeak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Englewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Englewood is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,532 people
- Union City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Selkirk, see our County-by-County Page for Selkirk.
Cemeteries Near Selkirk ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Selkirk.
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 Selkirk - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Selkirk covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Selkirk, with the one closest to Selkirk listed first.
- Hunter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Barnes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cole Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park Cemetery
- The Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Prairie Cemetery
- Woodsman of the World Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #951221 <2>
- Graham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dogwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Noxall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Steele Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Knox Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dawson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (235 more) ...
- Ford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Raidt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sugar Tree Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Selkirk in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Selkirk.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Selkirk, with the one closest to Selkirk listed first.
- La Forge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- East Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ogden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Whiting
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Ristine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ristine is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ristine
- New Madrid
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bertrand
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Wolf Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island
- Sikeston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Henson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Henson is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henson
- Samos
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Samos is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samos
- Charleston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Little River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Little River is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Morehouse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Bessie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bessie is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessie
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Selkirk. See our List of 1890's Communities around Selkirk.
Newspapers Published in Selkirk ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Selkirk.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Selkirk, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Selkirk.
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 Selkirk:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to New Madrid County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dunklin County
- Mississippi County
- Pemiscot County
- Scott County
- Stoddard County
- Alexander County
- Pulaski County
- Ballard County
- Carlisle County
- Fulton County
- Hickman 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 Selkirk, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Selkirk) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |