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 Lenox (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 Lenox. 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 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.
Lenox is located in Dyer 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 Dyer County: Mississippi (AR), Pemiscot (MO), Crockett, Gibson, Lake, Lauderdale & Obion.
Below are the counties that are near Lenox. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lenox:
- Dyer County (The home county of Lenox)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lenox, with the one closest to Lenox listed first.
- Finley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Mengelwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Richwoods
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Middle City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Bogota
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Boothspoint
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Dyersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Meacham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Ayers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Unionville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Fowlkes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Bishop
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lenox, with the one closest to Lenox listed first.
- Chestnut Bluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Friendship
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Elizabeth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
- Maury Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
- Crockett Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Crockett Mills is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Mills
- Maury City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Maury City is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Johnsons Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsons Grove is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Grove
- Alamo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lenox, with the one closest to Lenox listed first.
- Yorkville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Yorkville is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Tilghman
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Tilghman is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Brazil
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brazil is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
- Dyer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rutherford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lenox, with the one closest to Lenox listed first.
- Woodville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Toulon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Nutbush
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Owl City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Owl City is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lenox, with the one closest to Lenox listed first.
- Ridgely
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Powells Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Powells Ferry is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,319 people
- Owl City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Owl City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Sunkist Beach
(18 miles [29 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
- Tiptonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Proctor City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- New Markham
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lenox, with the one closest to Lenox listed first.
- Halls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Edith
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Gates
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Flippin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Arp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Ripley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Luckett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Ashport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Daniels Point Landing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Glimp
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Durhamville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Henning
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Obion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lenox, with the one closest to Lenox listed first.
- Hornbeak
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Obion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Obion is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Samburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Troy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Englewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Englewood is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,532 people
- Kenton
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lenox, with the one closest to Lenox listed first.
- Barfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Armorel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Blytheville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gosnell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Burdette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burdette is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lenox, with the one closest to Lenox listed first.
- Tinkerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Rives
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- New Madrid County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lenox, with the one closest to Lenox listed first.
- Point Pleasant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Portageville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Conran
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- Marston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lenox, with the one closest to Lenox listed first.
- Caruthersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hayti Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Hayti
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Cooter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Braggadocio
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Stewart
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Netherlands
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Holland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Steele
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pascola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Deering
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Hayward
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lenox, see our County-by-County Page for Lenox.
Cemeteries Near Lenox ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lenox.
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 Lenox - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lenox covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lenox, with the one closest to Lenox listed first.
- Peel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beech Grove Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the west of Dyersburg.
- The Beech Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beech Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9093 <3>
- Neely Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hicks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Light Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bledsoe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (311 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clark Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hurricane Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Lenox in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lenox.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lenox, with the one closest to Lenox listed first.
- Finley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Tennemo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tennemo is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennemo
- Boothspoint
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Dyersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Fowlkes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Lane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lane is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Caruthersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cottonwood Point is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Point
- Double Bridges
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Double Bridges is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Bridges
- RoEllen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- RoEllen is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for RoEllen
- Ridgely
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tyler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tyler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Kennedy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kennedy is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Newbern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lenox. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lenox.
Newspapers Published in Lenox ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lenox.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lenox, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lenox.
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 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 Lenox:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Dyer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crockett County
- Gibson County
- Haywood County
- Lake County
- Lauderdale County
- Obion County
- Mississippi County
- Dunklin County
- New Madrid County
- Pemiscot 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Lenox) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lenox, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |