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 Lightfoot (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 Lightfoot. 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.
Lightfoot is located in Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County: Mississippi (AR), Crockett, Dyer, Haywood & Tipton.
Below are the counties that are near Lightfoot. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lightfoot:
- Lauderdale County (The home county of Lightfoot)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lightfoot, with the one closest to Lightfoot listed first.
- Arp
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Luckett
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Glimp
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Ripley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Henning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flippin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Fort Pillow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Ashport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Daniels Point Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Edith
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Durhamville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Gates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Fulton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lightfoot, with the one closest to Lightfoot listed first.
- Chestnut Bluff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Maury City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Maury City is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Friendship
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Johnsons Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Johnsons Grove is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Grove
- Maury Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
- Crockett Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Crockett Mills is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Mills
- Alamo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
- Dyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lightfoot, with the one closest to Lightfoot listed first.
- Unionville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Richwoods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Bruceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bruceville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
- Mengelwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Finley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Fowlkes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Ayers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Middle City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Dyersburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Boothspoint
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Bishop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Tigrett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tigrett is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigrett
- Bogota
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lightfoot, with the one closest to Lightfoot listed first.
- Braden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gallaway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lightfoot, with the one closest to Lightfoot listed first.
- Woodville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Toulon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Nutbush
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Brownsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Stanton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bradford is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people
- Owl City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Owl City is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Allens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Allens is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens
- Fredonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Ko Ko
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ko Ko is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ko Ko
- Willow Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Willow Grove is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Dancyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dancyville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancyville
- Shelby County
- Rosemark
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lightfoot, with the one closest to Lightfoot listed first.
- Bride
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bride is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Covington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Garland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Garland is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Walnut Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Gift
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gift is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gift
- Estimated population in 2014: 378 people
- Detroit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Burlison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gilt Edge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Mount Carmel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Carmel is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,453 people
- Charleston
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Estimated population in 2014: 671 people
- Brighton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Clopton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Randolph
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lightfoot, with the one closest to Lightfoot listed first.
- Barfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Armorel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Luxora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Luxora is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
- Burdette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Burdette is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Osceola
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Blytheville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Driver
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Gosnell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Dell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Victoria
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Victoria is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Stark City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Wilson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
- Keiser
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Keiser is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lightfoot, with the one closest to Lightfoot listed first.
- Cooter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Steele
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Caruthersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lightfoot, see our County-by-County Page for Lightfoot.
Cemeteries Near Lightfoot ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lightfoot.
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 Lightfoot - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lightfoot covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lightfoot, with the one closest to Lightfoot listed first.
- Lightfoot Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ashport Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ashport Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Arp.
- The Ashport Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethlehem Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8733 <2>
- Canaan Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Western Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- El Canaan MB Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Canaan MB Church Cemetery
- The El Canaan MB Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- El Canaan Cemetery
- Elcanaan Cemetery
- Elcanaan MB Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #11680 <2>
- Poplar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Clark Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (333 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ripley Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley Memorial Gardens
- The Ripley Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Lauderdale County Memorial Gardens
- Memorial Gardens Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15589 <2>
- Maplewood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lightfoot had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lightfoot, with the one closest to Lightfoot listed first.
- Glimp
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Henning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ripley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mack
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mack is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
- Fort Pillow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Rialto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rialto is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rialto
- Flippin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Ashport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Edith
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Durhamville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Abernathy is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Bride
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bride is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Orysa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Orysa is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orysa
- Woodville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Curve
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Curve is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curve
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lightfoot. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lightfoot.
Newspapers Published in Lightfoot ...
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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lightfoot.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lightfoot, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lightfoot.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Lightfoot:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lauderdale County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crockett County
- Dyer County
- Fayette County
- Hancock County
- Haywood County
- Shelby County
- Tipton County
- Mississippi 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> | 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lightfoot) 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 Lightfoot, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |