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 Kerrville (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 Kerrville. 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 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.
Kerrville 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 Kerrville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kerrville:
- Shelby County (The home county of Kerrville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kerrville, with the one closest to Kerrville listed first.
- Millington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemark
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Lucy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Cuba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Spring Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Bartlett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Woodstock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Lakeland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ramsey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Giles Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Arlington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cordova
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kerrville, with the one closest to Kerrville listed first.
- Gallaway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Braden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hickory Withe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Canadaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Oakland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,669 people
- Elba
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Macon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Macon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Feathers Chapel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Feathers Chapel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathers Chapel
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,102 people
- New Bethel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Bethel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,324 people
- Piperton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Piperton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piperton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,128 people
- Rossville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Somerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kerrville, with the one closest to Kerrville listed first.
- Fredonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Stanton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kerrville, with the one closest to Kerrville listed first.
- Fulton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fort Pillow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Glimp
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Henning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ashport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Luckett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Daniels Point Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Durhamville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Arp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kerrville, with the one closest to Kerrville listed first.
- Wilkinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
- Atoka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Munford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Drummonds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Brighton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Idaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Gilt Edge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Clopton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Burlison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Corona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Corona is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Detroit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kerrville, with the one closest to Kerrville listed first.
- Mound City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Clarkedale
(21 miles [33.8 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
- James Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Jericho
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Marion
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Gilmore
(23 miles [37 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
- Turrell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- West Memphis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hulbert
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Heafer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Heafer is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafer
- Amanca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Amanca is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanca
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kerrville, with the one closest to Kerrville listed first.
- Wilson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
- Bassett
(18 miles [29 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
- Driver
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Joiner
(18 miles [29 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
- Bardstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Frenchmans Bayou
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Marie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marie is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Osceola
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Osceola is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,576 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osceola <1>
- Birdsong
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Birdsong is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Denwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Dyess
(24 miles [38.6 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 <1>
- Keiser
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Kerrville, with the one closest to Kerrville listed first.
- Alto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Tyronza
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lepanto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- DeSoto County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kerrville, with the one closest to Kerrville listed first.
- Olive Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Horn Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Southaven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Southhaven
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Marshall County (MS)
- Barton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Barton is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Kerrville, see our County-by-County Page for Kerrville.
Cemeteries Near Kerrville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kerrville.
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 Kerrville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kerrville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kerrville, with the one closest to Kerrville listed first.
- Bethuel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kerrville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- West Canaan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Saluted Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Williams Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Quito Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Noahs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (401 more) ...
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crigger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Kerrville had a population of 172 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kerrville, with the one closest to Kerrville listed first.
- Millington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tipton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Atoka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Quito
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Quito is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quito
- Rosemark
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Barretville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Barretville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretville
- Munford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lucy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Pearley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pearley is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearley
- Drummonds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Randolph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Brunswick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Idaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Brighton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kerrville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kerrville.
Newspapers Published in Kerrville ...
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 206 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kerrville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kerrville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kerrville.
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 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 Kerrville:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Hancock County
- Haywood County
- Lauderdale County
- Tipton County
- Crittenden County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- DeSoto County
- Marshall 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> | 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 Kerrville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kerrville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |