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 Green River (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 Green River. 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 Green River ...
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 Green River: Green Riv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Green River. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Green River.
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 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.
Green River is located in Tunica 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 Tunica County: Crittenden (AR), Lee (AR), Phillips (AR), Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman & Tate.
Below are the counties that are near Green River. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Green River:
- Tunica County (The home county of Green River)
- The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Banks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Banks is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- North Tunica
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Tunica is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tunica
- Tunica
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mhoon Landing ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mhoon Landing is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mhoon Landing
- Evansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Austin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Austin is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Clayton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Peyton ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peyton is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyton
- Coahoma County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Lula
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Powell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Powell is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Rich
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rich is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich
- DeSoto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Cub Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cub Lake is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Lake
- Eudora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eudora is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Newport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Newport is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Lake Cormorant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Memphis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Memphis is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Glover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Norfolk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Norfolk is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
- Walls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- 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 <1>
- Hernando
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lynchburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Nesbit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Aldens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Askew
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Askew is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew
- Crenshaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Longtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Longtown is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Como
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ballentine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ballentine is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballentine
- Sardis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Sledge
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sledge is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Falcon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Falcon is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Tate County
- The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Arkabutla
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arkabutla is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkabutla
- Goode
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Goode is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode
- Coldwater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Senatobia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Antioch is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- New Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Poagville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Poagville is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poagville
- Looxahoma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Looxahoma is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looxahoma
- Aiken
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Aiken is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Seyppel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Seyppel is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyppel
- Horseshoe Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- 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 north)
- Pinckney is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckney
- Anthonyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Anthonyville is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthonyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Amanca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Amanca is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanca
- Edmondson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Edmondson is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmondson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Proctor
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hulbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- West Memphis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jennette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jennette is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Mound City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 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 <1>
- Lee County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Peters
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Peters is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Bledsoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bledsoe is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Winona ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Winona is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Brickeys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Brickeys is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Phillips Bayou
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Phillips Bayou is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Bayou
- LaGrange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- LaGrange is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaGrange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Marianna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Phillips County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Helena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Helena - West Helena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Helena - West Helena is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena - West Helena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,032 people
- West Helena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Huma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huma is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huma
- Saint Francis County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Hughes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <1>
- Rawlinson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
- Heth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Widener
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Widener is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widener
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Shelby County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Capleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Capleville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capleville
- Oakville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Parkway Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Parkway Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
- Hunt Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hunt Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
- Memphis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Binghampton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- The Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Green River, see our County-by-County Page for Green River.
Cemeteries Near Green River ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Green River.
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 Green River - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Green River covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rainey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Corinth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Morning Star Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (270 more) ...
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Green River in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Green River.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Green River, with the one closest to Green River listed first.
- Cub Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cub Lake is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Lake
- Robinsonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Robinsonville is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
- Bowdre
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bowdre is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdre
- Hollywood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hollywood is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Penton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Penton is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Eudora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eudora is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Commerce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Commerce is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
- Arkabutla
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Arkabutla is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkabutla
- Pleasant Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Tunica
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seyppel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Seyppel is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyppel
- Lake Cormorant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Glover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Evansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Strayhorn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Strayhorn is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strayhorn
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Green River. See our List of 1890's Communities around Green River.
Newspapers Published in Green River ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Green River.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Green River, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Green River.
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 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 Green River:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Tunica County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coahoma County
- DeSoto County
- Panola County
- Quitman County
- Tate County
- Crittenden County
- Lee County
- Phillips County
- Saint Francis County
- Shelby County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
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> | 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 Green River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Green River) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |