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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Blue Goose. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Blue Goose to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Blue Goose, please Contact Us.
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 Blue Goose (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 Blue Goose. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Blue Goose is historic, it would have been located within present day Shelby 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 Shelby County: Crittenden (AR), DeSoto (MS), Marshall (MS), Fayette & Tipton.
Below are the counties that are near Blue Goose. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blue Goose:
- Shelby County (The home county of Blue Goose)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Goose, with the one closest to Blue Goose listed first.
- Memphis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hunt Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hunt Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
- Oakville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Binghampton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- Capleville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Capleville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capleville
- Parkway Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Parkway Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
- The Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- The Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Germantown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ramsey
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Woodstock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Giles Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Forest Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Forest Hill is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Goose, with the one closest to Blue Goose listed first.
- Pinckney
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pinckney is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckney
- Amanca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Amanca is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanca
- Anthonyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Anthonyville is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthonyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Horseshoe Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Horseshoe Lake is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Seyppel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Seyppel is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyppel
- Edmondson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Edmondson is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmondson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Hulbert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- West Memphis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Proctor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mound City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Marion
(15 miles [24.1 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 <2>
- Jennette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jennette is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Cross County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Goose, with the one closest to Blue Goose listed first.
- Parkin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Twist
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Twist is located in Cross County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Lee County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Goose, with the one closest to Blue Goose listed first.
- Bledsoe
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bledsoe is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Peters
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Peters is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Winona ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Winona is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Brickeys
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brickeys is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Saint Francis County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Goose, with the one closest to Blue Goose listed first.
- Hughes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- 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 <2>
- Heth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rawlinson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
- Widener
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Widener is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widener
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Madison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Madison is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <2>
- DeSoto County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Goose, with the one closest to Blue Goose listed first.
- Norfolk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Norfolk is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
- Glover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Walls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Walls is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- 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 <2>
- Southhaven
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Lake Cormorant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Memphis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Memphis is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Lynchburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Newport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Newport is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Horn Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Aldens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- De Soto Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Eudora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Eudora is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Marshall County (MS)
- Barton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Barton is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Tate County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Goose, with the one closest to Blue Goose listed first.
- Arkabutla
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Arkabutla is located in Tate County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkabutla
- Coldwater
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch is located in Tate County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Goode
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Goode is located in Tate County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode
- Poagville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Poagville is located in Tate County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poagville
- Senatobia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tunica County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Goose, with the one closest to Blue Goose listed first.
- Banks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Banks is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Mhoon Landing ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mhoon Landing is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mhoon Landing
- North Tunica
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Tunica is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tunica
- Tunica
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Evansville is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Austin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Austin is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Clayton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clayton is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Peyton ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peyton is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blue Goose, see our County-by-County Page for Blue Goose.
Cemeteries Near Blue Goose ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blue Goose.
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 Blue Goose - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blue Goose covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blue Goose, with the one closest to Blue Goose listed first.
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jerusalem Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rodgers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Truevine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Park Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Edmondson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (261 more) ...
- New Salem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Morning Star Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Bethlehem Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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.
While we didn't find Blue Goose in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blue Goose.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blue Goose, with the one closest to Blue Goose listed first.
- Norfolk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Norfolk is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
- Glover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Walls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Walls is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- 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 <2>
- Lake View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lake View is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Pinckney
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pinckney is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckney
- Lake Cormorant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Seyppel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Seyppel is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyppel
- Riceville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Riceville is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Penton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Penton is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Days
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Days is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days
- Hulbert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Horn Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Whitehaven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Whitehaven is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehaven
- West Memphis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Eudora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Eudora is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blue Goose. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blue Goose.
Newspapers Published in Blue Goose ...
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 220 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Goose.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blue Goose, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blue Goose.
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 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 Blue Goose:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crittenden County
- Cross County
- Lee County
- Saint Francis County
- DeSoto County
- Marshall County
- Tate County
- Tunica County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Blue Goose, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Blue Goose) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |