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 Grays Camp (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 Grays Camp. 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.
Name Variations for Grays Camp ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
While the name of this community is Grays Camp, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Grays Camp may originally have been Gray's Camp.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Grays Camp might be written as Gray Camp.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Grays Camp is primarily located in Lake County. A portion of Grays Camp extends into Obion 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 Lake County: Fulton (KY), New Madrid (MO), Pemiscot (MO), Dyer & Obion.
Below are the counties that are near Grays Camp. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grays Camp:
- Lake County (The home county of Grays Camp)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Camp, with the one closest to Grays Camp listed first.
- New Markham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Markham is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Markham
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,354 people
- Proctor City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- Sunkist Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
- Estimated population in 2014: 547 people
- Tiptonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Owl City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Owl City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Ridgely
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Powells Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Powells Ferry is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,319 people
- Dyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Camp, with the one closest to Grays Camp listed first.
- Bogota
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Trimble
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Meacham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Newbern
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Churchton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Churchton is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchton
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,752 people
- Boothspoint
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Dyersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Finley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Middle City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Mengelwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Tatumville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tatumville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumville
- Ayers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Camp, with the one closest to Grays Camp listed first.
- Tilghman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tilghman is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Yorkville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yorkville is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Rutherford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Obion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Camp, with the one closest to Grays Camp listed first.
- Samburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hornbeak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Englewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Englewood is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,532 people
- Woodland Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Woodland Mills is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Troy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Obion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Obion is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Union City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rives
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rives is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Pierce Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pierce Station is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Station
- South Fulton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Kenton is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- McConnell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- McConnell is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnell
- Weakley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Camp, with the one closest to Grays Camp listed first.
- Terrell
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Terrell is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell
- Martin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sidonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sidonia is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidonia
- Carlisle County (KY)
- Arlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Fulton County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Camp, with the one closest to Grays Camp listed first.
- Hickman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jordan is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Cayce
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Fulton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hickman County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Camp, with the one closest to Grays Camp listed first.
- Moscow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Clinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Spring Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Fulgham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fulgham is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulgham
- Mississippi County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Camp, with the one closest to Grays Camp listed first.
- Pinhook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pinhook is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Estimated population in 2012: 30 people
- Wolf Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island
- East Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Thirtyfour Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Thirtyfour Corner is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtyfour Corner
- Whiting
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Anniston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Anniston is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- New Madrid County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Camp, with the one closest to Grays Camp listed first.
- Point Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- New Madrid
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Howardville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Lilbourn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Conran
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- La Forge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- North Lilbourn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Lilbourn is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lilbourn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Kewanee
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Kewanee is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanee
- Portageville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Catron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Catron is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Ogden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Camp, with the one closest to Grays Camp listed first.
- Stewart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Hayward
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Caruthersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Netherlands
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Hayti
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <2>
- North Wardell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- North Wardell is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wardell
- Wardell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wardell is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Hayti Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Homestown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Pascola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Stoddard County (MO)
- LaValle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- LaValle is located in Stoddard County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaValle
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grays Camp, see our County-by-County Page for Grays Camp.
Cemeteries Near Grays Camp ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grays Camp.
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 Grays Camp - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grays Camp covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grays Camp, with the one closest to Grays Camp listed first.
- Crescent Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Buckelew Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cronanville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Free Will Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cobbs Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Madrid Bend Families Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Citizen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Crockett Chapel UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Barnett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (306 more) ...
- Adams Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Burrus Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Keefe Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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 Grays Camp in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grays Camp.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grays Camp, with the one closest to Grays Camp listed first.
- Samburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clayton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clayton is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Protemus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Protemus is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protemus
- Tiptonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bessie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bessie is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessie
- Hornbeak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fremont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fremont is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Crystal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Crystal is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Point Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Hickman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elbridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Elbridge is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Troy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Woodland Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Woodland Mills is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- New Madrid
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgely
(14 miles [22.5 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 Grays Camp. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grays Camp.
Newspapers Published in Grays Camp ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grays Camp.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grays Camp, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grays Camp.
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 Grays Camp:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dyer County
- Gibson County
- Obion County
- Weakley County
- Carlisle County
- Fulton County
- Hickman County
- Mississippi County
- New Madrid County
- Pemiscot County
- Stoddard County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <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> | 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 Grays Camp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Grays Camp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |