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 Ivy (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 Ivy. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 Ivy is located in Hardin 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 Hardin County: Lauderdale (AL), Tishomingo (MS), Chester, Decatur, Henderson, McNairy & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Big Ivy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Big Ivy:
- Hardin County (The home county of Big Ivy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Ivy, with the one closest to Big Ivy listed first.
- Lowryville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lowryville is also located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Bruton Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bruton Branch is also located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gibbs was located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Smiths Fork was located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove was located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- White Sulphur was located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Nixon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Nixon is also located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Pyburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pyburn is also located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Belle Meade
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Meade is also located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
- Paulks ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paulks was located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulks
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Slab Town was located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- Centerview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Centerview is also located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerview
- Estimated population in 2014: 244 people
- New Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is also located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Ivy, with the one closest to Big Ivy listed first.
- Milledgeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Enville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Enville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Ivy, with the one closest to Big Ivy listed first.
- Dunbar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Pleasant Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 566 people
- Scotts Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Ivy, with the one closest to Big Ivy listed first.
- Sardis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Ivy, with the one closest to Big Ivy listed first.
- Iron City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Westpoint
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Westpoint is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westpoint
- McNairy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Ivy, with the one closest to Big Ivy listed first.
- Tulu
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Adamsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stantonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Michie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Caffey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Leapwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leapwood is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leapwood
- Eastview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Purdy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Purdy is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Guys
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Guys is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Selmer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Perry County
- Flatwoods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Ivy, with the one closest to Big Ivy listed first.
- Lutts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Whittens Stand was located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
- Sorby ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sorby was located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorby
- Cypress Inn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Collinwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Collinwood is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
- Clifton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Waynesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Corning ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Corning was located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corning
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,210 people
- Slickrock Ford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 179 people
- Ashland Ford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland Ford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Ford
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,674 people
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Ivy, with the one closest to Big Ivy listed first.
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Crows Camp was located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Chickasaw was located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Caryton was located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Doubleheads Village was located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ingleton was located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Cherokee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gatesville was located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Red Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Ivy, with the one closest to Big Ivy listed first.
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Haddock was located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Waterloo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Threet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Cloverdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Zip City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Zip City is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zip City
- McGee Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Pruitton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pruitton is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitton
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Tree was located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Cypress Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Jacksonburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonburg is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Mars Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mars Hill is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill
- Saint Florian
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Florian is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Florian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Arnot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arnot is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnot
- Alcorn County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Ivy, with the one closest to Big Ivy listed first.
- Farmington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Glens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Glen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Corinth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Ivy, with the one closest to Big Ivy listed first.
- Short
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Iuka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Oldham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Burnsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Midway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Holcut
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Big Ivy, see our County-by-County Page for Big Ivy.
Cemeteries Near Big Ivy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Big Ivy.
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 Ivy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Big Ivy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Big Ivy, with the one closest to Big Ivy listed first.
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Russell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Big Ivy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cave Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stricklin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cherry Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Weatherford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pickens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Petty Branch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brooks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sunny Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Continue List (781 more) ...
- Franks Store Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cherry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cossey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
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 Big Ivy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Big Ivy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Big Ivy, with the one closest to Big Ivy listed first.
- Gillises Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gillises Mills is also located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillises Mills
- Lowryville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lowryville is also located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- Lutts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stout
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stout is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gibbs was located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Martins Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Martins Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Mills
- Weatherford ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Weatherford was located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherford
- Maddox
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Maddox is also located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
- Smiths Fork ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Smiths Fork was located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Fork
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove was located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Haddock was located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Olivehill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Olivehill is also located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivehill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Houston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Houston is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Economy ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Economy was located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Nixon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Nixon is also located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Big Ivy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Big Ivy.
Newspapers Published in Big Ivy ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Big Ivy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Big Ivy, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Big Ivy.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Ivy:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Decatur County
- Henderson County
- Lawrence County
- McNairy County
- Perry County
- Wayne County
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Alcorn County
- Tishomingo 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> | 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 Ivy, 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 from Point A (ie- Big Ivy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |