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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Wila. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Wila to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wila, please Contact Us.
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 Wila (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 Wila. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Wila is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Wila. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wila:
- New Madrid County (The home county of Wila)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
- Parma
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Parma is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Catron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Catron is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Risco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tallapoosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tallapoosa is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Lilbourn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Lilbourn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- North Lilbourn is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lilbourn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Howardville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Canalou
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Canalou is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canalou
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Conran
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- Marston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kewanee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kewanee is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanee
- New Madrid
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gideon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
- Broseley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Qulin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Qulin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Fisk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fagus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fagus is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagus
- Oglesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Oglesville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesville
- Dunklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
- Malden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Clarkton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clarkton is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
- Wrightsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wrightsville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Campbell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gibson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gibson is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Holcomb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine City is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Sumach
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- White Oak
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Kennett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
- East Prairie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Whiting
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Bertrand
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Pinhook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pinhook is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Estimated population in 2012: 30 people
- Anniston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anniston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Pemiscot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
- Hayward
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- North Wardell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- North Wardell is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wardell
- Wardell
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wardell is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Homestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Stewart
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Peach Orchard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Netherlands
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Pascola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Bragg City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Hayti Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Hayti
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mid City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Deering
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
- Miner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Miner is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 939 people
- Crowder
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Crowder is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Vanduser
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Vanduser is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Haywood City
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Morley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Blodgett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Diehlstadt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
- LaValle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- LaValle is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaValle
- Baker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Baker is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3 people
- Bernie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Penermon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Penermon is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penermon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Essex
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Essex is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- Grayridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- Dexter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Circle City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Circle City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Circle City
- Guam ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Bloomfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dudley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dudley is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Bell City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Leora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Leora is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leora
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
- Saint Francis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nimmons
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nimmons is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Piggott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bell City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bell City is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Pollard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenway is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Lake County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
- New Markham
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- Tiptonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sunkist Beach
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Owl City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Owl City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Powells Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Powells Ferry is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,319 people
- Ridgely
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Obion County (TN)
- Samburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wila, see our County-by-County Page for Wila.
Cemeteries Near Wila ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wila.
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 Wila - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wila covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
- Como Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Parma Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ivester Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Simmons Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stones Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cravins Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cravins Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bernie Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernie Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bernie Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Bernie.
- The Bernie Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bernie Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #165582 <3>
- Park Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (213 more) ...
- Dettroy Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mounds Park Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds Park Cemetery
- The Mounds Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mounds Cemetery
- Baines Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
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.
While we didn't find Wila in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wila.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wila, with the one closest to Wila listed first.
- Como
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Como is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Malden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bernie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Portageville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- New Madrid
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ristine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ristine is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ristine
- Essex
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Essex is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 people
- La Forge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- Buffington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Buffington is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffington
- Grayridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Grayridge is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayridge
- Wrightsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wrightsville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Clarkton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clarkton is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ogden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Dexter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hayward
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wila. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wila.
Newspapers Published in Wila ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wila.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wila, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wila.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Wila:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to New Madrid County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Dunklin County
- Mississippi County
- Pemiscot County
- Scott County
- Stoddard County
- Clay County
- Lake County
- Obion County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Wila, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Wila) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |