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 Quito (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 Quito. 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.
Quito is located in Tipton 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 Tipton County: Crittenden (AR), Mississippi (AR), Fayette, Haywood, Lauderdale & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Quito. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Quito:
- Tipton County (The home county of Quito)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quito, with the one closest to Quito listed first.
- Wilkinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
- Drummonds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Munford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Randolph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Atoka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Corona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Corona is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Gilt Edge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Idaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Brighton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burlison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Detroit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Detroit is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Clopton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quito, with the one closest to Quito listed first.
- Gallaway
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Braden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hickory Withe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Canadaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Oakland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,669 people
- Elba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elba is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Feathers Chapel
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Macon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Macon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Hancock County
- Keeling
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Keeling is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeling
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quito, with the one closest to Quito listed first.
- Fredonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Stanton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quito, with the one closest to Quito listed first.
- Fulton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fulton is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Fort Pillow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Ashport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Glimp
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Daniels Point Landing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Luckett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Henning
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Durhamville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Quito, with the one closest to Quito listed first.
- Millington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cuba
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Lucy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Giles Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Rosemark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Woodstock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Ramsey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Spring Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Bartlett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Binghampton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- Arlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quito, with the one closest to Quito listed first.
- Clarkedale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Jericho
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Mound City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- James Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Gilmore
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Turrell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Marion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <1>
- Sunset
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- West Memphis
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Heafer
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Heafer is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafer
- Hulbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Crawfordsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quito, with the one closest to Quito listed first.
- Wilson
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Bassett
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Joiner
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Driver
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Frenchmans Bayou
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Bardstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Marie
(16 miles [25.7 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
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Birdsong is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Denwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Dyess
(19 miles [30.6 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 <1>
- Whitton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Keiser
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Poinsett County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Quito, with the one closest to Quito listed first.
- Alto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Alto is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Tyronza
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lepanto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Black Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Black Oak is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Marked Tree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rivervale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rivervale is located in Poinsett County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Quito, see our County-by-County Page for Quito.
Cemeteries Near Quito ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Quito.
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 Quito - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Quito covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Quito, with the one closest to Quito listed first.
- Quito Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Noblin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saluted Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Poplar Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Drummonds.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #17322 <2>
- West Canaan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Independence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethuel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kerrville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (358 more) ...
- Embury Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belmount Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Remberts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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, Quito had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Quito, with the one closest to Quito listed first.
- Drummonds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kerrville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kerrville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrville
- Cuba
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Millington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tipton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tipton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Lucy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Munford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Randolph
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Pecan Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pecan Point is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Point
- Atoka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Corona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Corona is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Pearley ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pearley is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearley
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rosemark
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rosemark is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemark
- Nodena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Nodena is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodena
- Ramsey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Quito. See our List of 1890's Communities around Quito.
Newspapers Published in Quito ...
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 206 newspapers that have been published in the area around Quito.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Quito, 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 Quito.
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 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 Quito:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Tipton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Hancock County
- Haywood County
- Lauderdale County
- Shelby County
- Crittenden County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett 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 Quito, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Quito) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |