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 Tylersville (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 Tylersville. 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.
Tylersville is located in Dyer 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 Dyer County: Mississippi (AR), Pemiscot (MO), Crockett, Gibson, Lake, Lauderdale & Obion.
Below are the counties that are near Tylersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tylersville:
- Dyer County (The home county of Tylersville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tylersville, with the one closest to Tylersville listed first.
- Richwoods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Richwoods is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Mengelwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Finley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Middle City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Middle City is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle City
- Unionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Ayers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Dyersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Boothspoint
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Fowlkes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Bishop
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bishop is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Bogota
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
- Bruceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bruceville is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
- Meacham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Meacham is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Crockett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tylersville, with the one closest to Tylersville listed first.
- Chestnut Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chestnut Bluff is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Bluff
- Friendship
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Friendship is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Elizabeth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
- Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
- Maury Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
- Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
- Crockett Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Crockett Mills is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Mills
- Maury City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maury City is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Johnsons Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsons Grove is located in Crockett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Grove
- Alamo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tylersville, with the one closest to Tylersville listed first.
- Yorkville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Yorkville is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Brazil
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Brazil is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazil
- Tilghman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tilghman is located in Gibson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Dyer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Haywood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tylersville, with the one closest to Tylersville listed first.
- Woodville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Toulon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Toulon is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
- Nutbush
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Nutbush is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush
- Owl City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Owl City is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Bradford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford is located in Haywood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tylersville, with the one closest to Tylersville listed first.
- Powells Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Powells Ferry is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,319 people
- Ridgely
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Owl City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Owl City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Sunkist Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sunkist Beach is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunkist Beach
- Estimated population in 2014: 547 people
- Tiptonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Proctor City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tylersville, with the one closest to Tylersville listed first.
- Edith
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Halls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Flippin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Flippin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flippin
- Arp
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Arp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
- Ripley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Luckett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Luckett is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luckett
- Glimp
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Glimp is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glimp
- Ashport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ashport is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashport
- Daniels Point Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Daniels Point Landing is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels Point Landing
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,874 people
- Henning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Durhamville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durhamville
- Fort Pillow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Pillow is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pillow
- Obion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tylersville, with the one closest to Tylersville listed first.
- Hornbeak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Obion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Obion is located in Obion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
- Samburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tipton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tylersville, with the one closest to Tylersville listed first.
- Bride
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bride is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bride
- Covington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mississippi County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tylersville, with the one closest to Tylersville listed first.
- Barfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barfield is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Armorel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Armorel is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armorel
- Blytheville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Gosnell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gosnell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,066 people
- Burdette
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Luxora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Luxora is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
- Stark City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Stark City is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark City
- Dell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dell is located in Mississippi County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Dunklin County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tylersville, with the one closest to Tylersville listed first.
- Tinkerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Rives
(26 miles [41.8 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
- New Madrid County (MO)
- Portageville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pemiscot County (MO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tylersville, with the one closest to Tylersville listed first.
- Caruthersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cooter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Holland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Steele
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Braggadocio
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Hayti
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Deering
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Netherlands
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Pascola
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Gobler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Mid City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Tylersville, see our County-by-County Page for Tylersville.
Cemeteries Near Tylersville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tylersville.
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 Tylersville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tylersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tylersville, with the one closest to Tylersville listed first.
- Hicks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beech Grove Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the west of Dyersburg.
- The Beech Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beech Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #9093 <3>
- Carter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Light Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rutherford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- King Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Butterworth Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (305 more) ...
- Neely Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Parr Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- McCoy Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Tylersville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tylersville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tylersville, with the one closest to Tylersville listed first.
- Finley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Finley is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Estimated population in 2014: 299 people
- Ayers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Hales Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hales Point is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Point
- Double Bridges
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Double Bridges is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Bridges
- Boothspoint
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Dyersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Nankipoo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nankipoo is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nankipoo
- Fowlkes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fowlkes is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlkes
- Cottonwood Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood Point is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Point
- Edith
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Edith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Tennemo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tennemo is located in Dyer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennemo
- Dry Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dry Hill is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Hill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Halls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tyler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tyler is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Gates
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gates is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tylersville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tylersville.
Newspapers Published in Tylersville ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tylersville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tylersville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tylersville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Tylersville:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Dyer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crockett County
- Gibson County
- Haywood County
- Lake County
- Lauderdale County
- Obion County
- Tipton 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tylersville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Tylersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |