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 Dry Hill (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 Dry Hill. 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 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 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.
Dry Hill is located in Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County: Mississippi (AR), Crockett, Dyer, Haywood & Tipton.
Below are the counties that are near Dry Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dry Hill:
- Lauderdale County (The home county of Dry Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
- Flippin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Edith
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Gates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Halls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ripley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Durhamville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Henning
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glimp
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Luckett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Ashport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Daniels Point Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
- Chestnut Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Friendship
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Friendship is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Maury City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Maury City is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Maury Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
- Johnsons Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Johnsons Grove is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Grove
- Crockett Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Crockett Mills is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Mills
- Elizabeth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
- Alamo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bells
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fruitvale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fruitvale is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Gadsden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gadsden is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Dyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
- Unionville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Bruceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bruceville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
- Fowlkes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Richwoods
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Finley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Middle City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Dyersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mengelwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Bishop
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Tigrett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tigrett is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigrett
- Ayers
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Boothspoint
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
- Brazil
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brazil is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
- Yorkville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yorkville is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Tilghman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tilghman is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
- Woodville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Toulon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Nutbush
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Owl City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Owl City is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people
- Brownsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Allens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Allens is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens
- Willow Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Wellwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wellwood is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellwood
- Stanton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ko Ko
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ko Ko is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ko Ko
- Woodland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
- Powells Ferry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Powells Ferry is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,319 people
- Ridgely
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Madison County
- Providence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Providence is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
- Gift
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gift is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gift
- Estimated population in 2014: 378 people
- Bride
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bride is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Covington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Charleston
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Charleston is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Estimated population in 2014: 671 people
- Garland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Garland is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Walnut Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Mount Carmel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Carmel is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,453 people
- Burlison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Detroit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Gilt Edge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Clopton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Brighton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
- Barfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Armorel
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Blytheville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Burdette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Burdette is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Luxora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Luxora is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
- Gosnell
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Osceola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Osceola is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,576 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <1>
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
- Cooter
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Caruthersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Steele
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Braggadocio
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dry Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Dry Hill.
Cemeteries Near Dry Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dry Hill.
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 Dry Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dry Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
- Enon Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Carter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dunavant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- James L. Thurmond Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Edith UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Grace Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Keltner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Leggett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (341 more) ...
- Gates Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beech Bluff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Bluff Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beech Bluff Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Halls.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9075 <2>
- Halls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Dry Hill had a population of 24 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dry Hill, with the one closest to Dry Hill listed first.
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Abernathy is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Curve
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Curve is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curve
- Nankipoo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Nankipoo is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nankipoo
- Flippin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Edith
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Gates
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Double Bridges
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Double Bridges is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Bridges
- Woodville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Halls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Forked Deer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forked Deer is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forked Deer
- Ripley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Toulon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Chestnut Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Hales Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hales Point is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Point
- Nutbush
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dry Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dry Hill.
Newspapers Published in Dry Hill ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dry Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dry Hill, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dry Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Dry Hill:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lauderdale County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crockett County
- Dyer County
- Gibson County
- Hancock County
- Haywood County
- Lake County
- Madison County
- Tipton County
- Mississippi 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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dry Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Dry Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |