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 Ayers (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 Ayers. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Ayers is located in Dyer County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dyer County: Mississippi (AR), Pemiscot (MO), Crockett, Gibson, Lake, Lauderdale & Obion.
Below are the counties that are near Ayers. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ayers:
- Dyer County (The home county of Ayers)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayers, with the one closest to Ayers listed first.
- Boothspoint
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Mengelwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Richwoods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Finley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Middle City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Bogota
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Dyersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Unionville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Meacham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Fowlkes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Bishop
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Bruceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bruceville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
- Newbern
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayers, with the one closest to Ayers listed first.
- Chestnut Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Friendship
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Elizabeth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
- Maury Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
- Maury City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maury City is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Crockett Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Crockett Mills is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Mills
- Gibson County
- Yorkville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Yorkville is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayers, with the one closest to Ayers listed first.
- Woodville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Toulon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Nutbush
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayers, with the one closest to Ayers listed first.
- Powells Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Powells Ferry is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,319 people
- Ridgely
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Owl City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Owl City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Sunkist Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
- Estimated population in 2014: 547 people
- Tiptonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Proctor City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- New Markham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Markham is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Markham
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,354 people
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayers, with the one closest to Ayers listed first.
- Edith
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Halls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Arp
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Flippin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Gates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Daniels Point Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Ashport
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Ripley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Luckett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Glimp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Henning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Durhamville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Fort Pillow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Obion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayers, with the one closest to Ayers listed first.
- Hornbeak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Samburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Obion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Obion is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayers, with the one closest to Ayers listed first.
- Nimmons
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nimmons is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Bell City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bell City is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayers, with the one closest to Ayers listed first.
- Barfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Armorel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Blytheville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gosnell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Burdette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burdette is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Stark City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Dell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Luxora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Luxora is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
- Rington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayers, with the one closest to Ayers listed first.
- Tinkerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Rives
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Kennett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sumach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- Caruth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Cotton Plant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Hornersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- White Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Pine City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine City is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Senath
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Holcomb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- New Madrid County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayers, with the one closest to Ayers listed first.
- Portageville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Point Pleasant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Conran
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- Gideon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ayers, with the one closest to Ayers listed first.
- Caruthersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cooter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Braggadocio
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Hayti Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Hayti
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hayti is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,467 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayti <1>
- Holland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Steele
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Deering
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Netherlands
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Pascola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Mid City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Gobler
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Bragg City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ayers, see our County-by-County Page for Ayers.
Cemeteries Near Ayers ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ayers.
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 Ayers - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ayers covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ayers, with the one closest to Ayers listed first.
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hickman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maple Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Little Prairie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Morgan Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Huffman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rice Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Peel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Patterson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pemiscot Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hicks Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (292 more) ...
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beech Grove Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Dyersburg.
- The Beech Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beech Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9093 <2>
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cooter Cemetery
- Upper Cooter Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30386 <2>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ayers had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ayers, with the one closest to Ayers listed first.
- Boothspoint
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Cottonwood Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cottonwood Point is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Point
- Tyler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tyler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Tennemo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tennemo is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennemo
- Caruthersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cooter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Finley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Hathaway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hathaway is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hathaway
- Hales Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hales Point is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Point
- Gayoso
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gayoso is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayoso
- Braggadocio
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Barfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Kennedy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kennedy is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Covington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Covington is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Dyersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ayers. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ayers.
Newspapers Published in Ayers ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ayers.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ayers, 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 Ayers.
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 either 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 Ayers:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Dyer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crockett County
- Gibson County
- Haywood County
- Lake County
- Lauderdale County
- Obion County
- Clay County
- Mississippi County
- Dunklin County
- New Madrid County
- Pemiscot County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ayers) 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 Ayers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |