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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Michell. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Michell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Michell, please Contact Us.
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 Michell (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 Michell. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Michell is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 Michell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Michell:
- Dyer County (The home county of Michell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Michell, with the one closest to Michell listed first.
- Ayers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Mengelwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Richwoods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Boothspoint
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Finley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Unionville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Middle City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Fowlkes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Dyersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bruceville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bruceville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
- Bishop
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Bogota
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Meacham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Michell, with the one closest to Michell listed first.
- Chestnut Bluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Friendship
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Friendship is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Maury Junction
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Elizabeth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
- Maury City
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Crockett Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Crockett Mills is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Mills
- 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
- Gibson County
- Yorkville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Yorkville is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Michell, with the one closest to Michell listed first.
- Woodville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Toulon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Nutbush
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Owl City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Owl City is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Bradford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Michell, with the one closest to Michell listed first.
- Powells Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Powells Ferry is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,319 people
- Ridgely
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Owl City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Owl City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Sunkist Beach
(29 miles [46.7 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Michell, with the one closest to Michell listed first.
- Edith
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Arp
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Halls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Flippin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Luckett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Gates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Ripley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ashport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Daniels Point Landing
(15 miles [24.1 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
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Henning
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fort Pillow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Durhamville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Michell, with the one closest to Michell listed first.
- Bride
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bride is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Covington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Garland
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Detroit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Burlison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gift
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gift is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gift
- Estimated population in 2014: 378 people
- Gilt Edge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Michell, with the one closest to Michell listed first.
- Barfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Armorel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Blytheville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gosnell
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Luxora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Luxora is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
- Stark City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- 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
- Osceola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <2>
- Victoria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Victoria is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Manila
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Manila is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,339 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manila <2>
- Rington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rington is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Michell, with the one closest to Michell listed first.
- Rives
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Tinkerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Cotton Plant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Hornersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Caruth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Kennett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rington is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rington
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Michell, with the one closest to Michell listed first.
- Cooter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holland
(14 miles [22.5 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Caruthersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Braggadocio
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Hayti Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Hayti
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- 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 <2>
- Deering
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Gobler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Netherlands
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Mid City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Pascola
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Bragg City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Michell, see our County-by-County Page for Michell.
Cemeteries Near Michell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Michell.
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 Michell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Michell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Michell, with the one closest to Michell listed first.
- Buckner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- AME Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Taylor Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Edith UMC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rutherford Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Number 9 Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hickman Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Enon Baptist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elon Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (284 more) ...
- Hicks Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mann Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 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.
While we didn't find Michell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Michell.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Michell, with the one closest to Michell listed first.
- Hales Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hales Point is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Point
- Tyler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tyler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Barfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Cottonwood Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood Point is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Point
- Ayers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Edith
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Nankipoo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nankipoo is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nankipoo
- Double Bridges
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Double Bridges is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Bridges
- Finley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Boothspoint
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Dry Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
- Cooter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Abernathy ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Abernathy is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abernathy
- Clear Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Lake is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Lightfoot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lightfoot is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightfoot
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Michell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Michell.
Newspapers Published in Michell ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Michell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Michell, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Michell.
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 websites either 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 Michell:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Dyer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crockett County
- Gibson County
- Haywood County
- Lake County
- Lauderdale County
- Tipton County
- Mississippi County
- Dunklin County
- Pemiscot County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Michell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Michell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |