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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Pearley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Pearley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pearley, 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 Pearley (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 Pearley. 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Pearley is historic, it would have been located within present day Shelby 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 Shelby County: Crittenden (AR), DeSoto (MS), Marshall (MS), Fayette & Tipton.
Below are the counties that are near Pearley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pearley:
- Shelby County (The home county of Pearley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pearley, with the one closest to Pearley listed first.
- Spring Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Millington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bartlett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lucy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Lakeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rosemark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Woodstock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Cuba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Arlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cordova
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Giles Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Ramsey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pearley, with the one closest to Pearley listed first.
- Gallaway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hickory Withe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Braden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Canadaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Oakland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,669 people
- Elba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Macon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Macon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- New Bethel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Bethel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,324 people
- Piperton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Piperton is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piperton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,128 people
- Rossville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Feathers Chapel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Feathers Chapel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathers Chapel
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,102 people
- Somerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pearley, with the one closest to Pearley listed first.
- Fredonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Stanton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pearley, with the one closest to Pearley listed first.
- Fulton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fort Pillow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Glimp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Henning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pearley, with the one closest to Pearley listed first.
- Wilkinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
- Atoka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Munford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Drummonds
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Idaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Brighton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Clopton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Gainesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gainesville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Estimated population in 2014: 958 people
- Corona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Corona is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Gilt Edge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Burlison
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pearley, with the one closest to Pearley listed first.
- Mound City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Marion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Marion is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,290 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <2>
- Sunset
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Clarkedale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- James Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Jericho
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Hulbert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- West Memphis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Turrell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Amanca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Amanca is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanca
- Gilmore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Crawfordsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pearley, with the one closest to Pearley listed first.
- Wilson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
- Frenchmans Bayou
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Joiner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Bassett
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Driver
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Bardstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Marie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marie is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Birdsong
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Birdsong is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Denwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Whitton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Dyess
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dyess is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyess
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyess <2>
- Keiser
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keiser is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
- DeSoto County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pearley, with the one closest to Pearley listed first.
- Olive Branch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Southaven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- De Soto Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Horn Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Aldens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- Lynchburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Southhaven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Walls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walls is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,441 people
- Former name for Walls:
- Alpika
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walls <2>
- Nesbit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bright
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bright is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Marshall County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pearley, with the one closest to Pearley listed first.
- Barton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Barton is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Cayce
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cayce is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Mount Pleasant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Byhalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Taska
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Taska is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taska
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pearley, see our County-by-County Page for Pearley.
Cemeteries Near Pearley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pearley.
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 Pearley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pearley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pearley, with the one closest to Pearley listed first.
- Noahs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Big Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Gildfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Williams Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Goldsby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bethuel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Egypt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (416 more) ...
- Memory Hill Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Canaan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.
Pearley itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pearley, with the one closest to Pearley listed first.
- Bartlett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brunswick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Millington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lucy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Rosemark
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Kerrville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kerrville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrville
- Woodstock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Raleigh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Raleigh is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Barretville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barretville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretville
- Tipton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tipton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Cuba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Lenow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lenow is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenow
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Quito
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Quito is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quito
- Atoka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Frayser
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Frayser is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frayser
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pearley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pearley.
Newspapers Published in Pearley ...
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 209 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pearley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pearley, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pearley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Pearley:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Hancock County
- Haywood County
- Lauderdale County
- Tipton County
- Crittenden County
- Mississippi County
- DeSoto County
- Marshall 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 Pearley, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pearley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |