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 Hinton (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 Hinton. 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 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.
Hinton is located in Choctaw County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Choctaw County: Clarke, Marengo, Sumter, Washington, Clarke (MS), Lauderdale (MS) & Wayne (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Hinton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hinton:
- Choctaw County (The home county of Hinton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinton, with the one closest to Hinton listed first.
- Pushmataha
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pushmataha is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pushmataha
- Needham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Needham is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Lisman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lisman is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Okatuppa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Okatuppa is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okatuppa
- Red Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Red Springs is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- Melvin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Melvin is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Butler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cromwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cromwell is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Toxey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Toxey is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Gilbertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jachin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jachin is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jachin
- Emory
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Emory is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinton, with the one closest to Hinton listed first.
- West Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Bend is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
- Morvin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Morvin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morvin
- Fakit Chipunta ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fakit Chipunta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fakit Chipunta
- Campbell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Coffeeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marengo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinton, with the one closest to Hinton listed first.
- Putnam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Putnam is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Barrons ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Barrons is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrons
- Nanafalia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Nanafalia is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanafalia
- Myrtlewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Myrtlewood is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtlewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinton, with the one closest to Hinton listed first.
- Kinterbish
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kinterbish is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinterbish
- Ward
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ward is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
- Cuba
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cuba is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
- Derby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Derby is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Intercourse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Intercourse is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intercourse
- Whitfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- York
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- York is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,218 people
- Former names for York:
- New York Station
- York Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <1>
- Bellamy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bellamy is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Clarke County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinton, with the one closest to Hinton listed first.
- Junction City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Junction City is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Gin ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gin is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin
- Quitman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- De Soto
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- De Soto is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Stonewall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Shubuta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shubuta is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shubuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Enterprise
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pachuta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pachuta is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Barnett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Barnett is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Jasper County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinton, with the one closest to Hinton listed first.
- Orange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Orange is located in Jasper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Fellowship ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fellowship is located in Jasper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Former name for Fellowship:
- Masengale
- Fellowship has also been known as:
- Old Fellowship
- Lauderdale County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hinton, with the one closest to Hinton listed first.
- Whynot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Whynot is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
- Increase
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Increase is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Increase
- Increase has also been known as:
- Causeyville
- Vimville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Vimville is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vimville
- Smith
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Smith is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Russell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Russell is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Meridian
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Marion is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,482 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <1>
- Lost Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lost Gap is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Gap
- Lockhart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lockhart is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
- Nellieburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nellieburg is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellieburg
- Bailey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Wayne County (MS)
- Matherville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Matherville is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matherville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hinton, see our County-by-County Page for Hinton.
Cemeteries Near Hinton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hinton.
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 Hinton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hinton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hinton, with the one closest to Hinton listed first.
- Antioch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McLendon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Scott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tims Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bass Everett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Brightwater Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sardis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Episcopal Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elim Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stroud Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (265 more) ...
- Bogueloosa Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- McRae Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Manassa Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manassa Cemetery
- The Manassa Cemetery has also been known as:
- Manassa Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #60655 <2>
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, Hinton had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hinton, with the one closest to Hinton listed first.
- Pushmataha
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pushmataha is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pushmataha
- Energy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Energy is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
- Melvin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Melvin is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Carmichael
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carmichael is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmichael
- Lusk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lusk is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Whynot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Whynot is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
- Butler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Quitman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Sterling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Sterling is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Roy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Roy is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
- Matherville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Matherville is located in Wayne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matherville
- De Soto
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- De Soto is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Vimville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Vimville is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vimville
- Kinterbish
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kinterbish is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinterbish
- Emory
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Emory is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hinton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hinton.
Newspapers Published in Hinton ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hinton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hinton, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hinton.
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 Hinton:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Choctaw County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Marengo County
- Sumter County
- Clarke County
- Jasper County
- Lauderdale County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
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 Hinton, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hinton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |