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 Elmore Park (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 Elmore Park. 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.
Elmore Park is located in 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 Elmore Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elmore Park:
- Shelby County (The home county of Elmore Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmore Park, with the one closest to Elmore Park listed first.
- Bartlett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Cordova
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Binghampton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- Lakeland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lucy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Woodstock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Germantown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Parkway Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Parkway Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
- Forest Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Hill is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Hunt Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hunt Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmore Park, with the one closest to Elmore Park listed first.
- Canadaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Hickory Withe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Elba
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Elba is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Gallaway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Piperton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Piperton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piperton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,128 people
- New Bethel
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Oakland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,669 people
- Rossville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Macon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Macon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Braden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Feathers Chapel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Feathers Chapel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathers Chapel
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,102 people
- Williston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Williston is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Haywood County
- Fredonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Lauderdale County
- Fulton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmore Park, with the one closest to Elmore Park listed first.
- Wilkinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
- Atoka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Munford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Idaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Drummonds
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brighton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Clopton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Gainesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gainesville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Estimated population in 2014: 958 people
- Randolph
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Corona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Corona is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Mason
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Carmel
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- 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 Elmore Park, with the one closest to Elmore Park listed first.
- Mound City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Hulbert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Marion
(19 miles [30.6 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 <1>
- Sunset
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- West Memphis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- James Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Jericho
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Amanca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Amanca is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanca
- Clarkedale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Turrell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crawfordsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Edmondson
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmore Park, with the one closest to Elmore Park listed first.
- Frenchmans Bayou
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Joiner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Bassett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Wilson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
- Bardstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Driver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Birdsong
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Birdsong is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Denwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- DeSoto County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmore Park, with the one closest to Elmore Park listed first.
- Olive Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Southaven
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- De Soto Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Horn Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Aldens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- Southhaven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Lynchburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Nesbit
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Walls
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <1>
- Bright
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bright is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Glover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Ingrams Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ingrams Mill is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingrams Mill
- Marshall County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmore Park, with the one closest to Elmore Park listed first.
- Barton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Barton is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Cayce
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cayce is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Byhalia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Taska
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Taska is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taska
- Victoria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Slayden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Slayden is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Red Banks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elmore Park, see our County-by-County Page for Elmore Park.
Cemeteries Near Elmore Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elmore Park.
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 Elmore Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elmore Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elmore Park, with the one closest to Elmore Park listed first.
- Mt. Vernon Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Forest Hill Cemetery East
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Eastlawn Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hill Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Toll Gate Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Raleigh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Memphis National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis National Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memphis National Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Memphis.
- The Memphis National Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mississippi River National Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15596 <2>
- Galilee Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Memory Hill Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Egypt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Barton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- 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 <2>
- Continue List (433 more) ...
- Morning Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Morning Sun Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Elmore Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elmore Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elmore Park, with the one closest to Elmore Park listed first.
- Bartlett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Raleigh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Raleigh is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Berclair
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Berclair is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berclair
- Brunswick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pearley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pearley is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearley
- Lenow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lenow is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenow
- Buntyn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Buntyn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buntyn
- Germantown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lucy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Woodstock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Frayser
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Frayser is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frayser
- Bellevue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bellevue is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Memphis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Millington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Oakville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elmore Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elmore Park.
Newspapers Published in Elmore Park ...
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 223 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elmore Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elmore Park, 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 Elmore Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Elmore Park:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Hancock County
- Haywood County
- Lauderdale County
- Tipton County
- Crittenden County
- Mississippi County
- DeSoto County
- Marshall 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> | 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 Elmore Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Elmore Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |