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 Wolf Island (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 Wolf Island. 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.
Name Variations for Wolf Island ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Wolf Island: Wolf Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Wolf Island. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wolf Island.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Wolf Island is located in Mississippi 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 Mississippi County: Alexander (IL), Ballard (KY), Carlisle (KY), Fulton (KY), Hickman (KY), New Madrid & Scott.
Below are the counties that are near Wolf Island. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wolf Island:
- Mississippi County (The home county of Wolf Island)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolf Island, with the one closest to Wolf Island listed first.
- Thirtyfour Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Thirtyfour Corner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtyfour Corner
- Pinhook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pinhook is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Estimated population in 2012: 30 people
- Anniston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Anniston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- East Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Whiting
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Wilson City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wilson City is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Charleston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- Greenfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Greenfield is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Wyatt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Wyatt is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Bertrand
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolf Island, with the one closest to Wolf Island listed first.
- La Forge
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- Matthews
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ogden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Kewanee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kewanee is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanee
- New Madrid
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sikeston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Howardville
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Lilbourn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Lilbourn
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Marston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Canalou
(26 miles [41.8 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
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Morehouse is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolf Island, with the one closest to Wolf Island listed first.
- Diehlstadt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Diehlstadt is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diehlstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Miner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Miner is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 939 people
- Blodgett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Blodgett is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 203 people
- Haywood City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haywood City is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Crowder
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crowder is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Lambert
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- Morley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Stoddard County
- Baker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Baker is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3 people
- Alexander County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolf Island, with the one closest to Wolf Island listed first.
- Cairo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Cairo Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cairo Junction is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Future City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Future City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Future City
- Frog City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Frog City is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog City
- Cache
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Miller City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Hodges Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hodges Park is located in Alexander County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Park
- Unity
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Olive Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pulaski County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolf Island, with the one closest to Wolf Island listed first.
- Mound City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mounds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mounds is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mounds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
- Villa Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Villa Ridge is located in Pulaski County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Ridge
- Ballard County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolf Island, with the one closest to Wolf Island listed first.
- Wickliffe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blandville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Blandville is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blandville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Barlow
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Barlow is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 628 people
- Gage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gage is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- La Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lovelaceville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lovelaceville is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelaceville
- Ceredo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ceredo is located in Ballard County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceredo
- Kevil
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carlisle County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolf Island, with the one closest to Wolf Island listed first.
- Arlington
(11 miles [17.7 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Milburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Milburn is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milburn
- Kirbyton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kirbyton is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyton
- Cunningham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolf Island, with the one closest to Wolf Island listed first.
- Hickman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cayce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Jordan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Fulton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Graves County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolf Island, with the one closest to Wolf Island listed first.
- Fancy Farm
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fancy Farm is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Farm
- Water Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wingo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lowes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lowes is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowes
- Pottsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pottsville is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
- Pryorsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pryorsburg is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryorsburg
- Melber
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Melber is located in Graves County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melber
- Hickman County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolf Island, with the one closest to Wolf Island listed first.
- Columbus
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Clinton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Moscow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Fulgham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fulgham is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulgham
- McCracken County (KY)
- Woodville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in McCracken County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Lake County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wolf Island, with the one closest to Wolf Island listed first.
- New Markham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- Tiptonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sunkist Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
- Estimated population in 2014: 547 people
- Owl City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Wolf Island, with the one closest to Wolf Island listed first.
- Woodland Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Woodland Mills is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Union City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pierce Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pierce Station is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Station
- South Fulton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Englewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Englewood is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,532 people
- Samburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rives
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rives is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Troy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Troy is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,328 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Hornbeak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- McConnell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- McConnell is located in Obion County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnell
- Weakley County (TN)
- Terrell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Terrell is located in Weakley County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wolf Island, see our County-by-County Page for Wolf Island.
Cemeteries Near Wolf Island ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wolf Island.
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 Wolf Island - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wolf Island covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wolf Island, with the one closest to Wolf Island listed first.
- Ivie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Barnes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wolf Island Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Travis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cooley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus Confederate Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Barker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Calhoun Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Roberts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (308 more) ...
- O'Bryan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Zook Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Allen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Wolf Island had a population of 43 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wolf Island, with the one closest to Wolf Island listed first.
- Crosno
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crosno is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosno
- Belmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- South Columbus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Columbus is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Columbus
- Columbus
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Henson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Henson is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henson
- Berkley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Berkley is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Samos
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Samos is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samos
- Oakton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakton is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakton
- Whiting
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- East Prairie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Laketon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Laketon is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laketon
- Hickman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Arlington
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Clinton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Moscow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wolf Island. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wolf Island.
Newspapers Published in Wolf Island ...
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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wolf Island.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wolf Island, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wolf Island.
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 Wolf Island:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Mississippi County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- New Madrid County
- Scott County
- Stoddard County
- Alexander County
- Pulaski County
- Ballard County
- Carlisle County
- Fulton County
- Graves County
- Hickman County
- McCracken County
- Lake County
- Obion County
- Weakley 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 Wolf Island, 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 from Point A (ie- Wolf Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |