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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Booth. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Booth to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Booth, 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 Booth (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 Booth. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Booth 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 Booth. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Booth:
- Shelby County (The home county of Booth)
- The following are listed by their distance from Booth, with the one closest to Booth listed first.
- Germantown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Forest Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Hill is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Bailey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Cordova
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Parkway Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Parkway Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
- Capleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Capleville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capleville
- Oakville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- The Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Collierville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bartlett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Binghampton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- Lakeland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Booth, with the one closest to Booth listed first.
- Piperton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Piperton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piperton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,128 people
- Elba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Elba is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Canadaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Rossville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- New Bethel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New Bethel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,324 people
- Hickory Withe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Macon
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Macon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Gallaway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,669 people
- Moscow
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Braden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Feathers Chapel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Feathers Chapel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathers Chapel
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,102 people
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Haywood County
- Fredonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Booth, with the one closest to Booth listed first.
- Wilkinsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
- Atoka
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Idaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Munford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gainesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gainesville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Estimated population in 2014: 958 people
- Brighton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clopton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Drummonds
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Mason
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gailor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gailor is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gailor
- Estimated population in 2014: 468 people
- Corona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Corona is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Mount Carmel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mount Carmel is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,453 people
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Booth, with the one closest to Booth listed first.
- Mound City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Hulbert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- West Memphis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sunset
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Amanca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Amanca is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanca
- Marion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- 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>
- James Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Jericho
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Edmondson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Edmondson is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmondson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Clarkedale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Pinckney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pinckney is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckney
- Anthonyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Anthonyville is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthonyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- DeSoto County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Booth, with the one closest to Booth listed first.
- Olive Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Southaven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- De Soto Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Horn Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aldens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- Bright
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bright is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Ingrams Mill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ingrams Mill is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingrams Mill
- Lynchburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Nesbit
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Southhaven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Hernando
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alphaba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Alphaba is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alphaba
- Marshall County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Booth, with the one closest to Booth listed first.
- Barton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barton is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Cayce
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cayce is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Byhalia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Taska
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Taska is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taska
- Mount Pleasant
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Red Banks
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Slayden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slayden is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Atway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Atway is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atway
- Marianna
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marianna is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marianna
- Hudsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hudsonville is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsonville
- Holly Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tate County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Booth, with the one closest to Booth listed first.
- Antioch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Antioch is located in Tate County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Poagville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Poagville is located in Tate County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poagville
- Coldwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wyatte
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wyatte is located in Tate County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatte
- Tunica County (MS)
- Banks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Banks is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Booth, see our County-by-County Page for Booth.
Cemeteries Near Booth ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Booth.
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 Booth - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Booth covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Booth, with the one closest to Booth listed first.
- Germantown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Memphis.
- The Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Memphis Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15595 <3>
- Hill Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- All Saints Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- South Woods Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woods Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Woods Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Memphis.
- The South Woods Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Southwoods Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1983707 <3>
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stateline Church of Christ
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Castleberry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bethany Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (485 more) ...
- Eastlawn Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill Cemetery East
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cowan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.
While we didn't find Booth in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Booth.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Booth, with the one closest to Booth listed first.
- Germantown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Forest Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Hill is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Bailey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Capleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Capleville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capleville
- Berclair
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Berclair is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berclair
- Oakville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Olive Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Collierville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lenow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lenow is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenow
- Buntyn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Buntyn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buntyn
- Bellevue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bellevue is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Barton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barton is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Piperton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Piperton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piperton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,128 people
- Raleigh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Raleigh is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Bartlett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Booth. See our List of 1890's Communities around Booth.
Newspapers Published in Booth ...
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 226 newspapers that have been published in the area around Booth.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Booth, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Booth.
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 helpful 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 Booth:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Hancock County
- Haywood County
- Tipton County
- Crittenden 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 Booth, 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- Booth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |