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 River Oaks (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 River Oaks. 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 and doctors 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.
River Oaks is located in 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 River Oaks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to River Oaks:
- Shelby County (The home county of River Oaks)
- The following are listed by their distance from River Oaks, with the one closest to River Oaks listed first.
- Germantown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Parkway Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Parkway Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
- Oakville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Cordova
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Capleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Capleville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capleville
- Forest Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Hill is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Binghampton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- Bartlett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bailey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Spring Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Hunt Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hunt Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from River Oaks, with the one closest to River Oaks listed first.
- Canadaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Piperton
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Elba
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Elba is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Rossville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hickory Withe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- New Bethel
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Bethel is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,324 people
- Gallaway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Macon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Macon is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Oakland
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Braden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Feathers Chapel
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Moscow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from River Oaks, with the one closest to River Oaks listed first.
- Wilkinsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
- Atoka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Idaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Munford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Drummonds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gainesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gainesville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Estimated population in 2014: 958 people
- Corona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Corona is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Brighton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Clopton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Randolph
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Mason
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Carmel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Carmel is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,453 people
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from River Oaks, with the one closest to River Oaks listed first.
- Mound City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Hulbert
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- West Memphis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Amanca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Amanca is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanca
- 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 <1>
- 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
- James Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Jericho
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Clarkedale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Edmondson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Edmondson is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmondson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Pinckney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pinckney is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckney
- Anthonyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Anthonyville is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthonyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Mississippi County (AR)
- Frenchmans Bayou
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- DeSoto County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from River Oaks, with the one closest to River Oaks listed first.
- Olive Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Southaven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- De Soto Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Horn Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aldens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- Lynchburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Southhaven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Bright
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bright is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Nesbit
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Walls
(19 miles [30.6 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 <1>
- Ingrams Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ingrams Mill is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingrams Mill
- Glover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Marshall County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from River Oaks, with the one closest to River Oaks listed first.
- Barton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barton is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Cayce
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cayce is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Byhalia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Taska
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Taska is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taska
- Mount Pleasant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Red Banks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Slayden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Slayden is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Atway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Atway is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atway
- Tate County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from River Oaks, with the one closest to River Oaks listed first.
- Antioch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Antioch is located in Tate County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Poagville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Poagville is located in Tate County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poagville
- Coldwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tunica County (MS)
- Banks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Banks is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to River Oaks, see our County-by-County Page for River Oaks.
Cemeteries Near River Oaks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of River Oaks.
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 River Oaks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for River Oaks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from River Oaks, with the one closest to River Oaks listed first.
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Memphis.
- The Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Memphis Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15595 <2>
- Germantown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Vernon Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oakville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Eastlawn Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill Cemetery East
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Memphis National Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis National Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memphis National Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Memphis.
- The Memphis National Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mississippi River National Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #15596 <2>
- St. Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery is located in Memphis.
- The St. Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Central Avenue Cemetery
- Ridge High Cemetery
- St. Johns Episcopal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1164395 <2>
- Raleigh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (444 more) ...
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Toll Gate Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 River Oaks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of River Oaks.
These communities are listed based on their distance from River Oaks, with the one closest to River Oaks listed first.
- Germantown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Berclair
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Berclair is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berclair
- Oakville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Bellevue
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bellevue is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Capleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Capleville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capleville
- Forest Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Hill is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Raleigh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Raleigh is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Buntyn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Buntyn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buntyn
- Bailey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Lenow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lenow is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenow
- Bartlett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Plum Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Plum Point is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Point
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Olive Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Frayser
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Frayser is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frayser
- Memphis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around River Oaks. See our List of 1890's Communities around River Oaks.
Newspapers Published in River Oaks ...
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 219 newspapers that have been published in the area around River Oaks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of River Oaks, 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 River Oaks.
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 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 River Oaks:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Shelby County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fayette County
- Tipton County
- Crittenden County
- Mississippi County
- DeSoto County
- Marshall County
- Tate County
- Tunica 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 River Oaks, 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- River Oaks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |