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 Cypress (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 Cypress. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Cypress is located in McNairy 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 McNairy County: Alcorn (MS), Chester, Hardeman & Hardin.
Below are the counties that are near Cypress. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cypress:
- McNairy County (The home county of Cypress)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypress, with the one closest to Cypress listed first.
- Chewalla
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chewalla is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewalla
- Ramer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Guys
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Guys is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Eastview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Falcon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Falcon is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Selmer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caffey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Rose Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rose Creek is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Creek
- Michie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bethel Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Purdy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Purdy is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Tulu
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypress, with the one closest to Cypress listed first.
- Masseyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Masseyville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyville
- Silerton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Silerton is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Montezuma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Montezuma is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Deanburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Deanburg is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,395 people
- Sweet Lips
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sweet Lips is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lips
- Henderson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Enville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Enville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Milledgeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypress, with the one closest to Cypress listed first.
- Grand Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- La Grange
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- La Grange is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Hardeman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypress, with the one closest to Cypress listed first.
- Essary Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Essary Springs is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essary Springs
- Middleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hornsby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hornsby is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Rogers Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rogers Springs is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Springs
- Saulsbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Saulsbury is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Bolivar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shandy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shandy is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shandy
- Hickory Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hickory Valley is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Toone
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Toone is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toone
- Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
- Teague
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Teague is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,181 people
- Newcastle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newcastle is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcastle
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypress, with the one closest to Cypress listed first.
- Shiloh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hamburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Nash Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- Crump
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Nixon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Pyburn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Bruton Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Savannah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- Parkburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Parkburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 10,156 people
- Alcorn County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypress, with the one closest to Cypress listed first.
- Kossuth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Corinth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Allentown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Hightown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Biggersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Farmington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Searcy Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Glen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Glens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Rienzi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Jacinto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Benton County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypress, with the one closest to Cypress listed first.
- Canaan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Canaan is located in Benton County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Ashland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Michigan City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Prentiss County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypress, with the one closest to Cypress listed first.
- Pisgah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pisgah is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Jumpertown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Blackland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Booneville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Altitude
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Tippah County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypress, with the one closest to Cypress listed first.
- Walnut
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tiplersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tiplersville is located in Tippah County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiplersville
- Falkner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ripley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Whitten Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitten Town is located in Tippah County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten Town
- Dumas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Clarysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clarysville is located in Tippah County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarysville
- Gravestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gravestown is located in Tippah County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravestown
- Blue Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Lowrey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lowrey is located in Tippah County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cypress, with the one closest to Cypress listed first.
- Burnsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Short
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Holcut
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Cypress, see our County-by-County Page for Cypress.
Cemeteries Near Cypress ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cypress.
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 Cypress - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cypress covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cypress, with the one closest to Cypress listed first.
- Turner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- White Oak Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wooten Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Coleman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Carr Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Neatherly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kirk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mathis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Essary Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Moore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (533 more) ...
- Overton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Cypress in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cypress.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cypress, with the one closest to Cypress listed first.
- Cuba
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cuba is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Chewalla
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chewalla is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewalla
- Essary Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Essary Springs is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essary Springs
- Pocahontas
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Theo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Theo is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theo
- Gift
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gift is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gift
- Ramer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wenasoga
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wenasoga is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenasoga
- Guys
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Guys is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Falcon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Falcon is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Middleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kossuth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Gravel Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gravel Hill is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Selmer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cypress. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cypress.
Newspapers Published in Cypress ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cypress.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cypress, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cypress.
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 Cypress:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to McNairy County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Fayette County
- Hardeman County
- Hardin County
- Madison County
- Alcorn County
- Benton County
- Prentiss County
- Tippah 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> | 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- Cypress) 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 Cypress, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |