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 Barr (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 Barr. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Barr is located in Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County: Mississippi (AR), Crockett, Dyer, Haywood & Tipton.
Below are the counties that are near Barr. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Barr:
- Lauderdale County (The home county of Barr)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barr, with the one closest to Barr listed first.
- Ashport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Daniels Point Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Arp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Edith
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Luckett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Glimp
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Flippin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Ripley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Pillow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Henning
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gates
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Halls
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barr, with the one closest to Barr listed first.
- Chestnut Bluff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Friendship
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Friendship is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Maury City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Maury City is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Maury Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
- Dyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barr, with the one closest to Barr listed first.
- Ayers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Mengelwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Richwoods
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Unionville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Boothspoint
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Finley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Middle City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Fowlkes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Bruceville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bruceville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
- Dyersburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bishop
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Bogota
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barr, with the one closest to Barr listed first.
- Woodville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Toulon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Nutbush
(22 miles [35.4 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 Barr, with the one closest to Barr listed first.
- Powells Ferry
(22 miles [35.4 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Barr, with the one closest to Barr listed first.
- Bride
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bride is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Detroit
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Garland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Garland is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Walnut Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Burlison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Covington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gilt Edge
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Gift
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gift is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gift
- Estimated population in 2014: 378 people
- Mount Carmel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Carmel is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,453 people
- Randolph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Brighton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Charleston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Estimated population in 2014: 671 people
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barr, with the one closest to Barr listed first.
- Barfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Armorel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Blytheville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Burdette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Burdette is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Luxora
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Gosnell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Dell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Stark City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Osceola
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,576 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <1>
- Victoria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Victoria is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Driver
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Keiser
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Keiser is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barr, with the one closest to Barr listed first.
- Rives
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Cotton Plant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Hornersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Tinkerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Caruth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Rington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Senath
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Senath is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senath
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,596 people
- Arkmo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Arkmo is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkmo
- Kennett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Arbyrd
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Arbyrd is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbyrd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Barr, with the one closest to Barr listed first.
- Cooter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Holland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Steele
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Braggadocio
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Caruthersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Deering
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Gobler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Hayti Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Hayti
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Mid City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Pascola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Bragg City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- 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 Barr, see our County-by-County Page for Barr.
Cemeteries Near Barr ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barr.
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 Barr - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Barr covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Barr, with the one closest to Barr listed first.
- Walker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Steger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- AME Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Buckner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mann Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mann Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spur Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hatchie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Number 9 Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hatcher Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (273 more) ...
- Rosa Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ashport Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ashport Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Arp.
- The Ashport Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethlehem Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8733 <2>
- Sawyer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
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 Barr in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Barr.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Barr, with the one closest to Barr listed first.
- Barfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Hales Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hales Point is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Point
- Ashport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Clear Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clear Lake is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Tyler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tyler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Lightfoot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lightfoot is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightfoot
- Edith
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Golddust
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Golddust is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golddust
- Cooter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood Point is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Point
- Glimp
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Nankipoo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Nankipoo is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nankipoo
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mack
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mack is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Ripley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flippin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Barr. See our List of 1890's Communities around Barr.
Newspapers Published in Barr ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barr.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barr, 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 Barr.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Barr:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lauderdale County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crockett County
- Dyer County
- Haywood County
- Lake County
- Tipton County
- Mississippi County
- Dunklin 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- Barr) 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 Barr, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |