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 Phillippy (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 Phillippy. 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 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.
Phillippy is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Fulton (KY), New Madrid (MO), Pemiscot (MO), Dyer & Obion.
Below are the counties that are near Phillippy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Phillippy:
- Lake County (The home county of Phillippy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Phillippy, with the one closest to Phillippy listed first.
- New Markham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Markham is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Markham
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,354 people
- Proctor City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- Sunkist Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
- Estimated population in 2014: 547 people
- Tiptonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Owl City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Owl City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Ridgely
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Powells Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Powells Ferry is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,319 people
- Dyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Phillippy, with the one closest to Phillippy listed first.
- Bogota
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Trimble
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Trimble is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Meacham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Newbern
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Churchton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Churchton is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchton
- Estimated population in 2014: 6,752 people
- Boothspoint
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Dyersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Phillippy, with the one closest to Phillippy listed first.
- Tilghman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tilghman is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Yorkville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yorkville is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Obion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Phillippy, with the one closest to Phillippy listed first.
- Samburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hornbeak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Woodland Mills is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Englewood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Englewood is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,532 people
- Troy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Obion
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Obion is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Rives
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rives is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Pierce Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pierce Station is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Station
- South Fulton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kenton is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,190 people
- McConnell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- McConnell is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnell
- Weakley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Phillippy, with the one closest to Phillippy listed first.
- Terrell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Terrell is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrell
- Martin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sidonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sidonia is located in Weakley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidonia
- Carlisle County (KY)
- Arlington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arlington is located in Carlisle County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
- Fulton County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Phillippy, with the one closest to Phillippy listed first.
- Hickman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jordan is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Cayce
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cayce is located in Fulton County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Fulton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hickman County (KY)
- The following are listed by their distance from Phillippy, with the one closest to Phillippy listed first.
- Moscow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Clinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
- Spring Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Fulgham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fulgham is located in Hickman County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulgham
- Mississippi County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Phillippy, with the one closest to Phillippy listed first.
- Pinhook
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pinhook is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook
- Estimated population in 2012: 30 people
- Wolf Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Island is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Island
- East Prairie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Whiting
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Whiting is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Thirtyfour Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thirtyfour Corner is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thirtyfour Corner
- Anniston
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Anniston is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Bertrand
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bertrand is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bertrand
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Charleston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Charleston is located in Mississippi County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,015 people
- New Madrid County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Phillippy, with the one closest to Phillippy listed first.
- Point Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- New Madrid
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Howardville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- La Forge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- La Forge is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Forge
- Lilbourn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Lilbourn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Lilbourn is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lilbourn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Conran
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- Kewanee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kewanee is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanee
- Portageville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Catron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Catron is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Ogden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ogden is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Matthews
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Phillippy, with the one closest to Phillippy listed first.
- Stewart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Hayward
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Netherlands
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Caruthersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Wardell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- North Wardell is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wardell
- Hayti
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Homestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Wardell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wardell is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Hayti Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Pascola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Scott County (MO)
- Miner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Miner is located in Scott County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 939 people
- Stoddard County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Phillippy, with the one closest to Phillippy listed first.
- LaValle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- LaValle is located in Stoddard County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaValle
- Baker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baker is located in Stoddard County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Phillippy, see our County-by-County Page for Phillippy.
Cemeteries Near Phillippy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Phillippy.
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 Phillippy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Phillippy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Phillippy, with the one closest to Phillippy listed first.
- Crescent Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Buckelew Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cronanville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Free Will Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Adams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Madrid Bend Families Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Parks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Citizen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cobbs Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Barnett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (285 more) ...
- Crockett Chapel UMC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Le Sieur Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Girvin Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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 Phillippy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Phillippy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Phillippy, with the one closest to Phillippy listed first.
- Bessie
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bessie is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessie
- Samburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Clayton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Clayton is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Tiptonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Protemus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Protemus is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protemus
- Fremont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fremont is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Point Pleasant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Hornbeak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Crystal is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Hickman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Madrid
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Woodland Mills is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Ristine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ristine is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ristine
- Stewart
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Elbridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Elbridge is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Phillippy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Phillippy.
Newspapers Published in Phillippy ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Phillippy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Phillippy, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Phillippy.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Phillippy:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dyer County
- Gibson County
- Obion County
- Weakley County
- Carlisle County
- Fulton County
- Hickman County
- Mississippi County
- New Madrid County
- Pemiscot County
- Scott County
- Stoddard 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 Phillippy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Phillippy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |