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 Needmore (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 Needmore. 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.
Needmore is located in McNairy 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 McNairy County: Alcorn (MS), Chester, Hardeman & Hardin.
Below are the counties that are near Needmore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Needmore:
- McNairy County (The home county of Needmore)
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Michie
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Caffey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Tulu
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Stantonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Eastview
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Guys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Guys is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Ramer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Falcon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Falcon is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Selmer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Purdy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Purdy is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Chewalla
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chewalla is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewalla
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Masseyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Masseyville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyville
- Enville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Enville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Milledgeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Milledgeville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Sweet Lips
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sweet Lips is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lips
- Montezuma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Silerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Silerton is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Henderson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jacks Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Deanburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Deanburg is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanburg
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,395 people
- Hardeman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Essary Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Essary Springs is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essary Springs
- Hornsby
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hornsby is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Middleton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rogers Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rogers Springs is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Springs
- Hardin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Shiloh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hamburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Nash Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
- Nixon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Pyburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- Crump
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Bruton Branch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Savannah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Sardis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Rhodes Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rhodes Town is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Town
- Wayne County
- Lutts
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Waterloo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alcorn County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Corinth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Farmington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Glens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Glen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Biggersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Searcy Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Allentown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Kossuth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jacinto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Rienzi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Hightown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Prentiss County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Pisgah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Jumpertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Altitude
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Booneville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Tippah County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Walnut
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tiplersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tiplersville is located in Tippah County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiplersville
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Short
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Burnsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Iuka
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Holcut
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Midway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Oldham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Paden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Needmore, see our County-by-County Page for Needmore.
Cemeteries Near Needmore ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Needmore.
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 Needmore - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Needmore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Michie Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michie Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Michie Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Michie.
- The Michie Church of God of Prophecy Cemetery has also been known as:
- Michie Church of God Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2458345 <2>
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sanders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pebble Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chambers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gravel Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lorraine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chambers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (660 more) ...
- Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Site Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Houston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Needmore in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Needmore.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Needmore, with the one closest to Needmore listed first.
- Michie
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Caffey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Gravel Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gravel Hill is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Stantonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Guys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Guys is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Hurley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hurley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Kendrick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kendrick is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
- Hamburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Ramer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wenasoga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wenasoga is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenasoga
- Pittsburg Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsburg Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing
- Falcon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Falcon is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Corinth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Selmer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chewalla
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chewalla is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewalla
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Needmore. See our List of 1890's Communities around Needmore.
Newspapers Published in Needmore ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Needmore.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Needmore, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Needmore.
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 Needmore:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to McNairy County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Hardeman County
- Hardin County
- Henderson County
- Wayne County
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Alcorn County
- Prentiss County
- Tippah County
- Tishomingo 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 Needmore, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Needmore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |