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 Payneville (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 Payneville. 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 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.
Payneville is located in Sumter 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 Sumter County: Choctaw, Greene, Marengo, Pickens, Kemper (MS), Lauderdale (MS) & Noxubee (MS).
Below are the counties that are near Payneville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Payneville:
- Sumter County (The home county of Payneville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Payneville, with the one closest to Payneville listed first.
- Boyd
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Boyd is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Sledge ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sledge is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Emelle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Emelle is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Livingston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sumterville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sumterville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumterville
- York
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Cuba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cuba is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
- Epes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Epes is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Moore Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Moore Town is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Town
- Arrington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arrington is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- Intercourse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Intercourse is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intercourse
- Bellamy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bellamy is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Choctaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Payneville, with the one closest to Payneville listed first.
- Cromwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cromwell is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Pelham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pelham is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Jachin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jachin is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jachin
- Pushmataha
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pushmataha is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pushmataha
- Lisman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lisman is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Cedahoma ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cedahoma is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedahoma
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Payneville, with the one closest to Payneville listed first.
- Miller
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Miller is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Boligee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lizzieville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lizzieville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzieville
- West Greene
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Greene is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greene
- Forkland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Forkland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Clinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clinton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Eutaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marengo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Payneville, with the one closest to Payneville listed first.
- Griffins ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Griffins is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins
- Demopolis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kemper County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Payneville, with the one closest to Payneville listed first.
- Narkeeta ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Narkeeta is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narkeeta
- Porterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Porterville is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Sucarnoochee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sucarnoochee is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucarnoochee
- Electric Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Electric Mills is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric Mills
- Giles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Giles is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles
- Scooba
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Binnsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Binnsville is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville
- De Kalb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wahalak
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wahalak is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahalak
- Rio
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rio is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Lauderdale County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Payneville, with the one closest to Payneville listed first.
- Smith
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smith is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Lockhart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lockhart is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
- Daleville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Daleville is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- Russell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Russell is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Marion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Whynot
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Whynot is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
- Vimville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Vimville is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vimville
- Bailey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Meridian
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Increase
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Increase is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Increase
- Increase has also been known as:
- Causeyville
- Hookston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hookston is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookston
- Nellieburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nellieburg is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellieburg
- Martin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Martin is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Noxubee County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Payneville, with the one closest to Payneville listed first.
- Cooksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cooksville is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Shuqualak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Payneville, see our County-by-County Page for Payneville.
Cemeteries Near Payneville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Payneville.
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 Payneville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Payneville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Payneville, with the one closest to Payneville listed first.
- Old Mt. Olive Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Elliott Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Danner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Boyd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Briggs Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Millville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Herman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Smith Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Danner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Center Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Herman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Parker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (311 more) ...
- Central Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anna York Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gibbs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
While we didn't find Payneville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Payneville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Payneville, with the one closest to Payneville listed first.
- Boyd
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Boyd is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Tamola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tamola is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamola
- Narkeeta ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Narkeeta is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narkeeta
- Enondale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Enondale is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enondale
- Dove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dove is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove
- Porterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Porterville is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Livingston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sumterville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sumterville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumterville
- Hamner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hamner is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamner
- Sucarnoochee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sucarnoochee is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucarnoochee
- Cuba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cuba is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
- Kemper Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Kemper Springs is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemper Springs
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Kewanee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Kewanee is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanee
- Giles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Giles is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles
- Lockhart
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lockhart is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Payneville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Payneville.
Newspapers Published in Payneville ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Payneville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Payneville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Payneville.
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 Payneville:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Sumter County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Choctaw County
- Greene County
- Marengo County
- Kemper County
- Lauderdale County
- Noxubee 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 Payneville, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Payneville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |