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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 Evansville (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 Evansville. 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 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.
Evansville is located in Dyer 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 Dyer County: Mississippi (AR), Pemiscot (MO), Crockett, Gibson, Lake, Lauderdale & Obion.
Below are the counties that are near Evansville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Evansville:
- Dyer County (The home county of Evansville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Middle City
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Dyersburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Finley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Fowlkes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Richwoods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Bishop
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Unionville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Mengelwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Meacham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Bogota
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Bruceville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bruceville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
- Newbern
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Boothspoint
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Chestnut Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Friendship
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Elizabeth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
- Maury Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
- Crockett Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Crockett Mills is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Mills
- Maury City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Maury City is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Johnsons Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsons Grove is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Grove
- Alamo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bells
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitvale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitvale is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Gadsden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gadsden is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Yorkville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Yorkville is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Tilghman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tilghman is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Brazil
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brazil is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
- Dyer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rutherford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Trenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Woodville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Toulon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Nutbush
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Owl City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Owl City is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Bradford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people
- Allens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Allens is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Ridgely
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Powells Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Powells Ferry is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,319 people
- Owl City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Owl City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Sunkist Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
- Estimated population in 2014: 547 people
- Tiptonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Proctor City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- New Markham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- New Markham is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Markham
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,354 people
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Halls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Edith
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Flippin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Ripley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Arp
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Durhamville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Luckett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Henning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Glimp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Ashport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Daniels Point Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Obion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Obion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Obion is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Hornbeak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Samburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kenton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kenton is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Troy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Englewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Englewood is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,532 people
- Rives
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rives is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Barfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Armorel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Blytheville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Madrid County (MO)
- Point Pleasant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Caruthersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cooter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hayti
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hayti is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,467 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayti <1>
- Hayti Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Braggadocio
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Steele
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Netherlands
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Stewart
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Holland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Pascola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Deering
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Hayward
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Mid City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Evansville, see our County-by-County Page for Evansville.
Cemeteries Near Evansville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Evansville.
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 Evansville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Evansville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Carter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Light Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- King Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Butterworth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Dyersburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15591 <2>
- Shaw Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beech Grove Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Dyersburg.
- The Beech Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beech Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9093 <2>
- Continue List (352 more) ...
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hicks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McCoy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Evansville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Evansville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Evansville, with the one closest to Evansville listed first.
- Dyersburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Finley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Fowlkes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- RoEllen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- RoEllen is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for RoEllen
- Double Bridges
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Double Bridges is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Bridges
- Halls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Newbern
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nankipoo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Nankipoo is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nankipoo
- Lane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lane is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Tennemo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tennemo is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennemo
- Boothspoint
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Chestnut Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Stokes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stokes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Tatumville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tatumville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumville
- Ayers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Evansville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Evansville.
Newspapers Published in Evansville ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Evansville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Evansville, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Evansville.
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 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 Evansville:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Dyer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crockett County
- Gibson County
- Haywood County
- Lake County
- Lauderdale County
- Obion County
- Mississippi County
- New Madrid 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- Evansville) 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 Evansville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |