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 Big Boy Junction (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 Big Boy Junction. 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 Big Boy Junction ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Big Boy Junction: Big Boy Jct. (or less commonly used: Big Boy Jctn.)
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Big Boy Junction 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 Big Boy Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Big Boy Junction:
- Dyer County (The home county of Big Boy Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Boy Junction, with the one closest to Big Boy Junction listed first.
- Finley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Richwoods
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Mengelwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Middle City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Dyersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Boothspoint
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Fowlkes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Ayers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Bishop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Bogota
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Meacham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Boy Junction, with the one closest to Big Boy Junction listed first.
- Chestnut Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Friendship
(16 miles [25.7 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
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Crockett Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crockett Mills is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Mills
- Maury City
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Johnsons Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsons Grove is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Grove
- Alamo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Boy Junction, with the one closest to Big Boy Junction listed first.
- Yorkville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Yorkville is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Tilghman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tilghman is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Brazil
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Brazil is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
- Dyer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rutherford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Boy Junction, with the one closest to Big Boy Junction listed first.
- Woodville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Toulon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Nutbush
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Owl City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Owl City is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Bradford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Boy Junction, with the one closest to Big Boy Junction listed first.
- Powells Ferry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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 north)
- Owl City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Owl City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Sunkist Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
- Estimated population in 2014: 547 people
- Tiptonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Proctor City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- New Markham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- 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 Big Boy Junction, with the one closest to Big Boy Junction listed first.
- Halls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Edith
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Gates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Flippin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Arp
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Ripley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Luckett
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Glimp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Ashport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Daniels Point Landing
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Durhamville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Henning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Obion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Boy Junction, with the one closest to Big Boy Junction listed first.
- Hornbeak
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Obion
(23 miles [37 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
- Samburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Troy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Englewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Englewood is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,532 people
- Kenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kenton is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Boy Junction, with the one closest to Big Boy Junction listed first.
- Barfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Armorel
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Blytheville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gosnell
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Burdette
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Luxora
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Stark City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Boy Junction, with the one closest to Big Boy Junction listed first.
- Tinkerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Rives
(28 miles [45.1 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
- New Madrid County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Boy Junction, with the one closest to Big Boy Junction listed first.
- Point Pleasant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Portageville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Boy Junction, with the one closest to Big Boy Junction listed first.
- Caruthersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cooter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hayti
(19 miles [30.6 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>
- Braggadocio
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Hayti Heights
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Holland
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Netherlands
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Deering
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Stewart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Pascola
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Gobler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Big Boy Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Big Boy Junction.
Cemeteries Near Big Boy Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Big Boy Junction.
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 Big Boy Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Big Boy Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Big Boy Junction, with the one closest to Big Boy Junction listed first.
- Hicks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- 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]<2> 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 <3>
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Light Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Peel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Carter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Neely Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- King Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Butterworth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (312 more) ...
- Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Dyersburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15591 <3>
- Clark Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Big Boy Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Big Boy Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Big Boy Junction, with the one closest to Big Boy Junction listed first.
- Finley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Dyersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fowlkes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Boothspoint
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Ayers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Double Bridges
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Double Bridges is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Bridges
- Tennemo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tennemo is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennemo
- Hales Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hales Point is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Point
- Nankipoo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Nankipoo is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nankipoo
- Cottonwood Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cottonwood Point is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Point
- Halls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- RoEllen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- RoEllen is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for RoEllen
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Edith
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Dry Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dry Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
- Lane
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lane is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Big Boy Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Big Boy Junction.
Newspapers Published in Big Boy Junction ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Big Boy Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Big Boy Junction, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Big Boy Junction.
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 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 Big Boy Junction:
- 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
- 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Big Boy Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Big Boy Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |