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 Powells Ferry (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 Powells Ferry. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Powells Ferry 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 Powells Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Powells Ferry:
- Lake County (The home county of Powells Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Powells Ferry, with the one closest to Powells Ferry listed first.
- Ridgely
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Owl City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Owl City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Sunkist Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
- Estimated population in 2014: 547 people
- Tiptonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Proctor City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- New Markham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Markham is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Markham
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,354 people
- Crockett County
- Chestnut Bluff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Dyer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powells Ferry, with the one closest to Powells Ferry listed first.
- Boothspoint
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Ayers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Bogota
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Mengelwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Finley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Richwoods
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Middle City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Meacham
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Dyersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Fowlkes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Newbern
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bishop
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powells Ferry, with the one closest to Powells Ferry listed first.
- Edith
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Halls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Arp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Daniels Point Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Flippin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Obion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Powells Ferry, with the one closest to Powells Ferry listed first.
- Samburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hornbeak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Obion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Obion is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Troy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Englewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Englewood is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,532 people
- Clay County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Powells Ferry, with the one closest to Powells Ferry listed first.
- Nimmons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Nimmons is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmons
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
- Bell City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bell City is located in Clay County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Powells Ferry, with the one closest to Powells Ferry listed first.
- Armorel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Barfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Blytheville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gosnell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Stark City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Burdette
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Powells Ferry, with the one closest to Powells Ferry listed first.
- Tinkerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Sumach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sumach is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumach
- Rives
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rives is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rives
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Kennett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- White Oak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- White Oak is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Pine City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pine City is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Clarkton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clarkton is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
- Holcomb
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Caruth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Caruth is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruth
- Cotton Plant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cotton Plant is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Gibson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Wrightsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wrightsville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Hornersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hornersville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- New Madrid County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Powells Ferry, with the one closest to Powells Ferry listed first.
- Portageville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Point Pleasant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Conran
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- Marston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gideon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tallapoosa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tallapoosa is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Howardville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Risco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Risco is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Risco <1>
- Lilbourn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- New Madrid
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- North Lilbourn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- North Lilbourn is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lilbourn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Catron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Catron is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Parma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Parma is located in New Madrid County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 602 people
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Powells Ferry, with the one closest to Powells Ferry listed first.
- Caruthersville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hayti
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Hayti Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Netherlands
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Braggadocio
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Pascola
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Stewart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Homestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Deering
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Hayward
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- North Wardell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Wardell is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wardell
- Cooter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mid City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Powells Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Powells Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Powells Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Powells Ferry.
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 Powells Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Powells Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Powells Ferry, with the one closest to Powells Ferry listed first.
- Little Prairie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Maple Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Morgan Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rice Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Speers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Huffman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pemiscot Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Bayou Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (284 more) ...
- Averill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wagner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Organ Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Powells Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Powells Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Powells Ferry, with the one closest to Powells Ferry listed first.
- Caruthersville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hathaway
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hathaway is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hathaway
- Gayoso
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gayoso is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayoso
- Kennedy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Kennedy is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Tennemo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tennemo is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennemo
- Boothspoint
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Ayers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Braggadocio
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Cottonwood Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood Point is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Point
- Ridgely
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stewart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Tyler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tyler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Covington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Covington is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Cooter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hayward
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Powells Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Powells Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Powells Ferry ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Powells Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Powells Ferry, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Powells Ferry.
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 helpful 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 Powells Ferry:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crockett County
- Dyer County
- Lauderdale County
- Obion County
- Clay County
- Mississippi County
- Dunklin County
- New Madrid County
- Pemiscot 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 Powells Ferry, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Powells Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |