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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 Deans Corner (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 Deans Corner. 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 Deans Corner ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Deans Corner: Deans Cor. (or less commonly used: Deans Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Deans Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Deans Corner may originally have been Dean's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Deans Corner might be written as Dean Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Deans Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Deans Corner.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Deans Corner is located in DeSoto County.
To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of DeSoto County: Crittenden (AR), Marshall, Tate, Tunica & Shelby (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Deans Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Deans Corner:
- DeSoto County (The home county of Deans Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deans Corner, with the one closest to Deans Corner listed first.
- Nesbit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Aldens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- Hernando
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Eudora
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Eudora is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Lynchburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- De Soto Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Horn Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Walls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walls is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,441 people
- Former name for Walls:
- Alpika
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walls <2>
- Southaven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cub Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cub Lake is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Lake
- Memphis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Memphis is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Lake Cormorant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deans Corner, with the one closest to Deans Corner listed first.
- Barton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Barton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Byhalia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cayce
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cayce is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Victoria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Victoria is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Marianna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Marianna is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marianna
- Red Banks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Taska
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Taska is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taska
- Chulahoma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chulahoma is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulahoma
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deans Corner, with the one closest to Deans Corner listed first.
- Askew
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Askew is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew
- Longtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Longtown is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Como
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Crenshaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Tate County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deans Corner, with the one closest to Deans Corner listed first.
- Arkabutla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Arkabutla is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkabutla
- Coldwater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Poagville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Poagville is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poagville
- Senatobia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- New Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Goode
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Goode is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode
- Looxahoma
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Looxahoma is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looxahoma
- Aiken
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aiken is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Wyatte
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wyatte is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatte
- Tyro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tyro is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Tunica County
- The following are listed by their distance from Deans Corner, with the one closest to Deans Corner listed first.
- Banks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Banks is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- North Tunica
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Tunica is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tunica
- Tunica
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mhoon Landing ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mhoon Landing is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mhoon Landing
- Evansville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Austin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Austin is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Clayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Peyton ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peyton is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyton
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deans Corner, with the one closest to Deans Corner listed first.
- Seyppel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Seyppel is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyppel
- Horseshoe Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Horseshoe Lake is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Pinckney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pinckney is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckney
- Amanca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Amanca is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanca
- Hulbert
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Anthonyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Anthonyville is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthonyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- West Memphis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Edmondson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edmondson is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmondson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Mound City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Proctor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Marion is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,290 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <2>
- Sunset
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Crawfordsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lee County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deans Corner, with the one closest to Deans Corner listed first.
- Peters
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Peters is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Bledsoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bledsoe is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Winona ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Winona is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Brickeys
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brickeys is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Saint Francis County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deans Corner, with the one closest to Deans Corner listed first.
- Hughes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hughes is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,200 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hughes <2>
- Heth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rawlinson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
- Fayette County (TN)
- Piperton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Piperton is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piperton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,128 people
- Shelby County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Deans Corner, with the one closest to Deans Corner listed first.
- Capleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Capleville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capleville
- Oakville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Parkway Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parkway Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
- Binghampton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- Hunt Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hunt Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
- Memphis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- The Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- The Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Germantown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Hill is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Bailey
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Collierville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cordova
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Deans Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Deans Corner.
Cemeteries Near Deans Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Deans Corner.
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 Deans Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Deans Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Deans Corner, with the one closest to Deans Corner listed first.
- Bethlehem Baptist Church
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nesbit Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Bethany Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Bethany Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Avery Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Farley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Knights Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (310 more) ...
- Bakers Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Enon Springs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Shiloh 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.<5>
While we didn't find Deans Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Deans Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Deans Corner, with the one closest to Deans Corner listed first.
- Days
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Days is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days
- Nesbit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eudora
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Eudora is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Hernando
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Horn Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walls is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,441 people
- Former name for Walls:
- Alpika
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walls <2>
- Glover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Cub Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cub Lake is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Lake
- Lake View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lake View is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Lake Cormorant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bright
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bright is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Plum Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plum Point is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Point
- Whitehaven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Whitehaven is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehaven
- Norfolk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Norfolk is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Deans Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Deans Corner.
Newspapers Published in Deans Corner ...
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 206 newspapers that have been published in the area around Deans Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Deans Corner, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Deans Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Deans Corner:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to DeSoto County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Marshall County
- Panola County
- Tate County
- Tunica County
- Crittenden County
- Lee County
- Saint Francis County
- Fayette County
- Shelby County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Deans Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Deans Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |