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 Yama (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 Yama. 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 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.
Yama is located in Pemiscot 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 Pemiscot County: Mississippi (AR), Dunklin, New Madrid, Dyer (TN) & Lake (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Yama. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yama:
- Pemiscot County (The home county of Yama)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yama, with the one closest to Yama listed first.
- Bragg City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Mid City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Deering
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Pascola
(6 miles [9.7 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Peach Orchard is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Gobler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Homestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Braggadocio
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Hayti Heights
(9 miles [14.5 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
- North Wardell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Wardell is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wardell
- Wardell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wardell is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Hayti
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yama, with the one closest to Yama listed first.
- Fagus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fagus is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagus
- Qulin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Qulin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Oglesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oglesville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesville
- Dunklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yama, with the one closest to Yama listed first.
- Tinkerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Sumach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- White Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Kennett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pine City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pine City is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Holcomb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Caruth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Rives
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Clarkton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Clarkton is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
- Gibson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gibson is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Cotton Plant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Senath
(14 miles [22.5 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
- New Madrid County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yama, with the one closest to Yama listed first.
- Gideon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tallapoosa
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tallapoosa is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Portageville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Risco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Conran
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- Point Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Parma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Parma is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Marston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Catron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Catron is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Howardville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Lilbourn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Lilbourn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Lilbourn is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lilbourn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Stoddard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yama, with the one closest to Yama listed first.
- Bernie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- LaValle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- LaValle is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaValle
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yama, with the one closest to Yama listed first.
- Nimmons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nimmons is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Bell City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bell City is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Piggott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Greenway is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Saint Francis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rector
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pollard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- McDougal
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Craighead County (AR)
- Red Onion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Red Onion is located in Craighead County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Greene County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yama, with the one closest to Yama listed first.
- Marmaduke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bard is located in Greene County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yama, with the one closest to Yama listed first.
- Gosnell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Stark City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Rington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Blytheville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Armorel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Arkmo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arkmo is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Barfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Dell
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Leachville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Manila
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Burdette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Burdette is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Dyer County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yama, with the one closest to Yama listed first.
- Ayers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Boothspoint
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Mengelwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Bogota
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Richwoods
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Finley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Finley is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Lake County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yama, with the one closest to Yama listed first.
- Powells Ferry
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Ridgely
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tiptonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sunkist Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
- Estimated population in 2014: 547 people
- Owl City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Owl City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Proctor City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yama, see our County-by-County Page for Yama.
Cemeteries Near Yama ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yama.
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 Yama - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yama covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yama, with the one closest to Yama listed first.
- Gregory Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rising Star Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Sumach Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McCulley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dunklin Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Marsh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- 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 <2>
- Jones Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ingram Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Williams Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (229 more) ...
- Hatley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Long Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rowe Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Yama in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yama.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Yama, with the one closest to Yama listed first.
- Sumach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- Kennett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- White Oak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Braggadocio
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Vincit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vincit is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincit
- Holcomb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Caruth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Covington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Covington is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Gayoso
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gayoso is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayoso
- Clarkton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Clarkton is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
- Senath
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Cotton Plant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Wrightsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Wrightsville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Nesbit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nesbit is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesbit
- Hathaway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hathaway is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hathaway
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yama. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yama.
Newspapers Published in Yama ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yama.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yama, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yama.
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 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 Yama:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Pemiscot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Dunklin County
- New Madrid County
- Stoddard 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> | 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' (or 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- Yama) 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 Yama, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |