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 Mack (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 Mack. 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.
Mack 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 Mack. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mack:
- Lauderdale County (The home county of Mack)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mack, with the one closest to Mack listed first.
- Fort Pillow
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Glimp
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Luckett
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Ashport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Daniels Point Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Fulton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Henning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Arp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Ripley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Durhamville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Flippin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Edith
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mack, with the one closest to Mack listed first.
- Chestnut Bluff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Maury City
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Dyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mack, with the one closest to Mack listed first.
- Unionville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Richwoods
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Ayers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Bruceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bruceville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
- Fowlkes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Mengelwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Finley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Middle City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mack, with the one closest to Mack listed first.
- Braden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gallaway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hickory Withe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(22 miles [35.4 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 Mack, with the one closest to Mack listed first.
- Nutbush
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Woodville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Toulon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Stanton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fredonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Brownsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bradford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bradford is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people
- Ko Ko
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ko Ko is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ko Ko
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mack, with the one closest to Mack listed first.
- Rosemark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Millington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cuba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Lucy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Arlington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lakeland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Giles Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Bartlett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Spring Lake
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Ramsey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Woodstock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mack, with the one closest to Mack listed first.
- Bride
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bride is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Garland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Garland is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Walnut Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Detroit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Burlison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Covington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gilt Edge
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Brighton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gift
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gift is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gift
- Estimated population in 2014: 378 people
- Mount Carmel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Carmel is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,453 people
- Randolph
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Clopton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mack, with the one closest to Mack listed first.
- Luxora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Luxora is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
- Osceola
(12 miles [19.3 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>
- Burdette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burdette is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Driver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Barfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Armorel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Wilson
(18 miles [29 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
- Victoria
(18 miles [29 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
- Keiser
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Marie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Marie is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Blytheville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mack, with the one closest to Mack listed first.
- Cooter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Holland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Steele
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mack, see our County-by-County Page for Mack.
Cemeteries Near Mack ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mack.
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 Mack - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mack covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mack, with the one closest to Mack listed first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Green Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- The Green Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Cemetery
- Mack Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #12619 <2>
- New Hope Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bates Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Samuels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- El Canaan MB Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Canaan Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Western Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Leighs Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leighs Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Leighs Chapel Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Covington.
- Avery Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Fulton Road Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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, Mack had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mack, with the one closest to Mack listed first.
- Fort Pillow
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Bride
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bride is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Garland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Garland is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Glimp
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Detroit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Ashport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Lightfoot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lightfoot is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightfoot
- Golddust
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Golddust is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golddust
- Fulton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Burlison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Covington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rialto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rialto is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rialto
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Gilt Edge
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Henning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sans Souci
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sans Souci is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Souci
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mack. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mack.
Newspapers Published in Mack ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mack.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mack, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mack.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Mack:
- 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- Mack) 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 Mack, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |