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 Haynes (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 Haynes. 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 and hospitals 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.
Haynes is located in Lake 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 Haynes. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Haynes:
- Lake County (The home county of Haynes)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynes, with the one closest to Haynes listed first.
- Ridgely
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sunkist Beach
(3 miles [4.8 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
- Owl City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Owl City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Tiptonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Proctor City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- New Markham
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Powells Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynes, with the one closest to Haynes listed first.
- Elizabeth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
- Friendship
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Dyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynes, with the one closest to Haynes listed first.
- Bogota
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Meacham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Boothspoint
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Newbern
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Finley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Mengelwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Middle City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Ayers
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Dyersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Richwoods
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Churchton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Churchton is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchton
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,752 people
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynes, with the one closest to Haynes listed first.
- Tilghman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tilghman is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Yorkville
(24 miles [38.6 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lauderdale County
- Halls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Obion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynes, with the one closest to Haynes listed first.
- Samburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hornbeak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Obion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Obion is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Troy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Englewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Englewood is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,532 people
- Woodland Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Mills is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Rives
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rives is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Union City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kenton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kenton is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- Weakley County
- Terrell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Terrell is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell
- Fulton County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynes, with the one closest to Haynes listed first.
- Hickman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Cayce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynes, with the one closest to Haynes listed first.
- Sumach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- Tinkerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Clarkton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Clarkton is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
- Pine City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pine City is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- White Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- New Madrid County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynes, with the one closest to Haynes listed first.
- Point Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Portageville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Conran
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- Marston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Howardville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- New Madrid
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lilbourn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- North Lilbourn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- North Lilbourn is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lilbourn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Tallapoosa
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tallapoosa is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Catron
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Kewanee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kewanee is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanee
- La Forge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Haynes, with the one closest to Haynes listed first.
- Stewart
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Hayward
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Caruthersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hayti
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Netherlands
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Hayti Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Homestown
(19 miles [30.6 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
- North Wardell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- North Wardell is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wardell
- Pascola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Wardell
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Braggadocio
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Mid City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Stoddard County (MO)
- LaValle
(30 miles [48.3 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 Haynes, see our County-by-County Page for Haynes.
Cemeteries Near Haynes ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Haynes.
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 Haynes - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Haynes covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Haynes, with the one closest to Haynes listed first.
- Madie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- New Haven Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Keefe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mooring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ridgely Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crockett Chapel UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burrus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hornridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hornridge Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Ridgely.
- The Hornridge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Horn Ridge Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #13626 <2>
- Cunningham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Long Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Davis Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Citizen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (300 more) ...
- Organ Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wagner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Haynes in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Haynes.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Haynes, with the one closest to Haynes listed first.
- Ridgely
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tiptonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kennedy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kennedy is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Samburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elbridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elbridge is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Stewart
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Lane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lane is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Hornbeak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hathaway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hathaway is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hathaway
- Tennemo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tennemo is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennemo
- Point Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Caruthersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Glass
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Glass is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass
- Hayward
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Bessie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bessie is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessie
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Haynes. See our List of 1890's Communities around Haynes.
Newspapers Published in Haynes ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Haynes.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Haynes, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Haynes.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Haynes:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crockett County
- Dyer County
- Gibson County
- Lauderdale County
- Obion County
- Weakley County
- Fulton County
- Dunklin County
- New Madrid County
- Pemiscot County
- Stoddard 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 '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- Haynes) 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 Haynes, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |