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 Island Forty (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 Island Forty. 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 hospitals and 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.
Island Forty 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 Island Forty. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Island Forty:
- Shelby County (The home county of Island Forty)
- The following are listed by their distance from Island Forty, with the one closest to Island Forty listed first.
- Giles Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Ramsey
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Woodstock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Cuba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Lucy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Hunt Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hunt Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
- Memphis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Binghampton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- Spring Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- The Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Bartlett
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Oakville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Fayette County
- Gallaway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lauderdale County
- Fulton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Island Forty, with the one closest to Island Forty listed first.
- Corona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Corona is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Wilkinsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
- Drummonds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Atoka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Munford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Idaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Gilt Edge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Brighton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burlison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Detroit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Clopton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Walnut Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Island Forty, with the one closest to Island Forty listed first.
- James Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Jericho
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Clarkedale
(5 miles [8 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
- Marion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Mound City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Turrell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Memphis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gilmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Hulbert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Crawfordsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heafer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Heafer is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafer
- Amanca
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Amanca is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanca
- Cross County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Island Forty, with the one closest to Island Forty listed first.
- Twist
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Twist is located in Cross County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Parkin
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Island Forty, with the one closest to Island Forty listed first.
- Frenchmans Bayou
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Birdsong
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Joiner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Denwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Bardstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Bassett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Whitton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Wilson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wilson is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
- Dyess
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dyess is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyess
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyess <1>
- Marie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Marie is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Driver
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Keiser
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Keiser is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
- Athelstan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Athelstan is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstan
- Poinsett County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Island Forty, with the one closest to Island Forty listed first.
- Black Oak
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Black Oak is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Tyronza
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Alto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Marked Tree
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lepanto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rivervale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- Hatchie Coon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hatchie Coon is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchie Coon
- Saint Francis County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Island Forty, with the one closest to Island Forty listed first.
- Heth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hughes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hughes is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,200 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hughes <1>
- DeSoto County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Island Forty, with the one closest to Island Forty listed first.
- Southhaven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Lynchburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Walls
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Horn Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Norfolk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Norfolk is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
- Aldens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- De Soto Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Glover
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Southaven
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Cormorant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Memphis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Memphis is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Newport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Newport is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Olive Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Island Forty, see our County-by-County Page for Island Forty.
Cemeteries Near Island Forty ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Island Forty.
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 Island Forty - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Island Forty covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Island Forty, with the one closest to Island Forty listed first.
- Island Forty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bledsoe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Benjestown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sunrise Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Malone Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (260 more) ...
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
While we didn't find Island Forty in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Island Forty.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Island Forty, with the one closest to Island Forty listed first.
- James Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Jericho
(4 miles [6.4 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
- Ramsey
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Marion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Lambethville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lambethville is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambethville
- Mound City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Gavin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gavin is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gavin
- Almont ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Almont is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almont
- Woodstock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Saint Thomas ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Thomas is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Frayser
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Frayser is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frayser
- Cuba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Vincent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vincent is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- West Memphis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hopefield ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hopefield is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopefield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Island Forty. See our List of 1890's Communities around Island Forty.
Newspapers Published in Island Forty ...
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 216 newspapers that have been published in the area around Island Forty.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Island Forty, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Island Forty.
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 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 Island Forty:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Lauderdale County
- Tipton County
- Crittenden County
- Cross County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Saint Francis County
- DeSoto 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> | 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 Island Forty, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Island Forty) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |