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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Jester. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Jester to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Jester, please Contact Us.
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 Jester (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 Jester. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Jester is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Jester. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jester:
- Shelby County (The home county of Jester)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Cuba
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Giles Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Ramsey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Lucy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Woodstock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Millington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Spring Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Rosemark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Hunt Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hunt Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
- Memphis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bartlett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Binghampton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Gallaway
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Braden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hickory Withe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Canadaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Elba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Fulton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fort Pillow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Ashport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Corona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Corona is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Wilkinsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
- Drummonds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Munford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Atoka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gilt Edge
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Idaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Brighton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Burlison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Detroit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Clopton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- James Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Jericho
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Clarkedale
(12 miles [19.3 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
(13 miles [20.9 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 <2>
- Mound City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Sunset
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Turrell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gilmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- West Memphis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Heafer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Heafer is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafer
- Hulbert
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Crawfordsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cross County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Twist
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Twist is located in Cross County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Parkin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Frenchmans Bayou
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Joiner
(12 miles [19.3 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
(13 miles [20.9 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
(14 miles [22.5 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
- Bardstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Birdsong
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Driver
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Marie
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Whitton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Dyess
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <2>
- Keiser
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Poinsett County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Tyronza
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Black Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Black Oak is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Lepanto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marked Tree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rivervale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
- DeSoto County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Southhaven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Horn Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lynchburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- De Soto Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Southaven
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Walls
(28 miles [45.1 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 <2>
- Aldens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- Olive Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Glover
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Norfolk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Norfolk is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jester, see our County-by-County Page for Jester.
Cemeteries Near Jester ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jester.
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 Jester - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jester covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- St. Paul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Embury Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Matthew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Independence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Noblin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Little John Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Northridge Woodhaven Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge Woodhaven Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Northridge Woodhaven Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Millington.
- The Northridge Woodhaven Cemetery has also been known as:
- Memorial Garden Cemetery
- Woodhaven Memorial Garden Cemetery
- Woodhaven Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15586 <4>
- Belmount Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Remberts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (328 more) ...
- Benjestown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ward Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Quito Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.
While we didn't find Jester in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jester.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jester, with the one closest to Jester listed first.
- Cuba
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Ramsey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Woodstock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Lucy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Corona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Corona is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Quito
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Quito is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quito
- Millington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pecan Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pecan Point is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Point
- Lambethville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lambethville is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambethville
- Frayser
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Frayser is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frayser
- Kerrville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kerrville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrville
- Drummonds
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Saint Thomas ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Thomas is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Shawnee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
- Pearley ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pearley is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jester. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jester.
Newspapers Published in Jester ...
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 208 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jester.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jester, 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 Jester.
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 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 Jester:
- 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
- DeSoto County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Jester, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Jester) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |