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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 Randolph (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 Randolph. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Randolph 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 Randolph. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Randolph:

  • Tipton County     (The home county of Randolph)
  • Fayette County
  • Hancock County
  • Haywood County
  • Lauderdale County
  • Shelby County
  • Craighead County (AR)
    • Caraway
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Caraway is located in Craighead County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caraway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,288 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caraway <1>
  • Crittenden County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Randolph, with the one closest to Randolph listed first.
    • Turrell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Turrell is located in Crittenden County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turrell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turrell <1>
    • Gilmore
      (23 miles [37 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
    • Clarkedale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jericho
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • James Mill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Mound City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
    • Sunset
      (26 miles [41.8 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
    • Heafer
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Marion
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • West Memphis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mississippi County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Randolph, with the one closest to Randolph listed first.
    • Driver
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
    • Wilson
      (9 miles [14.5 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
    • Marie
      (12 miles [19.3 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
    • Osceola
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Bassett
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Joiner
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Keiser
      (15 miles [24.1 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
    • Bardstown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Luxora
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Luxora is located in Mississippi County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
    • Frenchmans Bayou
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Dyess
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Victoria
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Victoria is located in Mississippi County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
    • Athelstan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Poinsett County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Randolph, with the one closest to Randolph listed first.
    • Alto
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Lepanto
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Lepanto is located in Poinsett County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lepanto
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,796 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lepanto <1>
    • Tyronza
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Rivervale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Rivervale is located in Poinsett County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
    • Black Oak
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Black Oak is located in Poinsett County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
    • Marked Tree
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Randolph, see our County-by-County Page for Randolph.

Cemeteries Near Randolph ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Randolph.

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 Randolph - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Randolph covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Randolph, with the one closest to Randolph listed first.

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 Randolph had a population of 104 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Randolph, with the one closest to Randolph listed first.

  • Drummonds
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Gilt Edge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Nodena
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Nodena is located in Mississippi County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodena
  • Munford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Burlison
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Detroit
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Fulton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Quito
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Quito is located in Tipton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quito
  • Pecan Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Pecan Point is located in Mississippi County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Point
  • Tipton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Tipton is located in Tipton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
  • Atoka
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Kerrville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Kerrville is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrville
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Brighton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Garland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Garland is located in Tipton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
    • Golden Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Golden Lake is located in Mississippi County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Lake

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Randolph. See our List of 1890's Communities around Randolph.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Randolph ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Randolph.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Randolph. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Randolph and those printed in the larger area surrounding Randolph.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4> of Randolph.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Randolph:

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 Randolph, 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- Randolph) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.