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 Orysa (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 Orysa. 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 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 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.
Orysa 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 Orysa. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Orysa:
- Lauderdale County (The home county of Orysa)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orysa, with the one closest to Orysa listed first.
- Durhamville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Henning
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ripley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Glimp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Flippin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Arp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Luckett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Fort Pillow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Edith
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Gates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Halls
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ashport
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Daniels Point Landing
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orysa, with the one closest to Orysa 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
- Johnsons Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsons Grove is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Grove
- Maury City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maury City is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Bells
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Maury Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
- Alamo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Crockett Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crockett Mills is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Mills
- Fruitvale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fruitvale is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Elizabeth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
- Gadsden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gadsden is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Dyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orysa, with the one closest to Orysa listed first.
- Bruceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bruceville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
- Unionville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Fowlkes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Richwoods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Tigrett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tigrett is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigrett
- Bishop
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Finley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Middle City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Dyersburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mengelwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orysa, with the one closest to Orysa listed first.
- Braden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gallaway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fayette Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette Corners is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette Corners
- Feathers Chapel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Feathers Chapel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathers Chapel
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,102 people
- Hickory Withe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Oakland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,669 people
- Somerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Hardeman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orysa, with the one closest to Orysa listed first.
- Vildo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vildo is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vildo
- Whiteville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orysa, with the one closest to Orysa listed first.
- Nutbush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Toulon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Woodville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Stanton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fredonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Bradford
(16 miles [25.7 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ko Ko is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ko Ko
- Allens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Allens is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens
- Willow Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Willow Grove is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Owl City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Owl City is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Dancyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dancyville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancyville
- Eurekaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eurekaton is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eurekaton
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orysa, with the one closest to Orysa listed first.
- Providence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Providence is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Mercer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mercer is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Denmark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Huntersville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Huntersville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersville
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orysa, with the one closest to Orysa listed first.
- Rosemark
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Arlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lakeland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Millington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orysa, with the one closest to Orysa listed first.
- Gift
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gift is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gift
- Estimated population in 2014: 378 people
- Charleston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Charleston is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Estimated population in 2014: 671 people
- Covington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Carmel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Carmel is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,453 people
- Bride
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bride is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Gailor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gailor is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gailor
- Estimated population in 2014: 468 people
- Mason
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Clopton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Garland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Garland is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Gainesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gainesville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Estimated population in 2014: 958 people
- Brighton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burlison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Walnut Grove is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orysa, with the one closest to Orysa listed first.
- Barfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Luxora
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Armorel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Osceola
(26 miles [41.8 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
(28 miles [45.1 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Wilson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wilson is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Orysa, see our County-by-County Page for Orysa.
Cemeteries Near Orysa ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Orysa.
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 Orysa - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Orysa covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Orysa, with the one closest to Orysa listed first.
- Estes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Marrows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Durham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Durhamville Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elam Durhamville Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Turnpike Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Walker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Elam Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holmes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cotton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (401 more) ...
- Macedonia Mercer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ripley Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- St. Peters Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Orysa had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Orysa, with the one closest to Orysa listed first.
- Durhamville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Henning
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rialto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rialto is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rialto
- Nutbush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Ripley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tabernacle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tabernacle is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Covington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Toulon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Glimp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Woodville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Flippin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Lightfoot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lightfoot is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lightfoot
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Keeling
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Stanton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forked Deer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forked Deer is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forked Deer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Orysa. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orysa.
Newspapers Published in Orysa ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Orysa.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Orysa, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Orysa.
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 Orysa:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lauderdale County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crockett County
- Dyer County
- Fayette County
- Hancock County
- Hardeman County
- Haywood County
- Madison County
- Shelby County
- Tipton County
- Mississippi 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 Orysa, 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 from Point A (ie- Orysa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |