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 Maxey (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 Maxey. 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 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.
Maxey 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 Maxey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maxey:
- Dyer County (The home county of Maxey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
- Meacham
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Newbern
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Churchton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Churchton is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchton
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,752 people
- Dyersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bogota
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Trimble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Trimble is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Bishop
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Tatumville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tatumville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumville
- Middle City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Fowlkes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Finley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Richwoods
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
- Elizabeth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
- Friendship
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Friendship is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Chestnut Bluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Maury Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
- Crockett Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crockett Mills is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Mills
- Maury City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Maury City is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Johnsons Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Johnsons Grove is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Grove
- Alamo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gadsden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gadsden is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
- Yorkville
(11 miles [17.7 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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tilghman is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Dyer
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rutherford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brazil
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brazil is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
- Trenton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Four Points
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Four Points is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Bradford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
- Woodville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Toulon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Owl City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Owl City is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Nutbush
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
- Ridgely
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Owl City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Owl City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Sunkist Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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 northwest)
- Powells Ferry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Powells Ferry is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,319 people
- Proctor City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- New Markham
(22 miles [35.4 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 Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
- Halls
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gates
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Edith
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Flippin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Arp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Ripley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Obion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
- Obion
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Hornbeak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Troy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kenton
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Samburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Englewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Englewood is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,532 people
- Rives
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rives is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Union City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Mills is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Weakley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
- Sidonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sidonia is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidonia
- Terrell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Terrell is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell
- Greenfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Martin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
- Barfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Armorel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Fulton County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
- Jordan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Hickman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- New Madrid County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
- Point Pleasant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Portageville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Conran
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
- Caruthersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stewart
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Hayti
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Hayward
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Netherlands
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Hayti Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Braggadocio
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Cooter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pascola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Steele
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maxey, see our County-by-County Page for Maxey.
Cemeteries Near Maxey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maxey.
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 Maxey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maxey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
- Church Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Wright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Newbern Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hurricane Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dyer County Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gauldin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Self Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Atkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (383 more) ...
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clark Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Maxey in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maxey.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maxey, with the one closest to Maxey listed first.
- Newbern
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lane is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
- Dyersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- RoEllen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- RoEllen is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for RoEllen
- Elbridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Elbridge is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
- Trimble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Trimble is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Tatumville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tatumville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumville
- Glass
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Glass is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass
- Finley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Fowlkes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Yorkville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Yorkville is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Obion
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Ridgely
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stokes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stokes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Mason Hall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mason Hall is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Hall
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maxey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maxey.
Newspapers Published in Maxey ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maxey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maxey, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maxey.
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 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 Maxey:
- 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
- Weakley County
- Mississippi County
- Fulton 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> | 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 Maxey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Maxey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |