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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 Pleasant Site (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 Pleasant Site. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County.

To see how the shape of Alabama's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Franklin County: Colbert, Lawrence, Marion, Winston, Itawamba (MS) & Tishomingo (MS).

Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Site. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Site:

  • Franklin County     (The home county of Pleasant Site)
  • Colbert County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Site, with the one closest to Pleasant Site listed first.
    • Denton ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Denton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
      • Denton is located in Colbert County
    • Good Springs ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Good Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
      • Good Springs is located in Colbert County
    • Bishop
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bishop. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
      • Bishop is located in Colbert County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bishop
      • From Pleasant Site to Bishop
    • Cherokee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Red Rock
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Rock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
      • Red Rock is located in Colbert County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Red Rock
      • From Pleasant Site to Red Rock
    • Ingleton ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ingleton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
      • Ingleton is located in Colbert County
    • Gatesville ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gatesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
      • Gatesville is located in Colbert County
    • Caryton ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caryton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
      • Caryton is located in Colbert County
    • Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doubleheads Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
      • Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County
    • Littleville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Littleville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
      • Littleville is located in Colbert County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
    • Chickasaw ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chickasaw have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
      • Chickasaw is located in Colbert County
    • Riverton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Lauderdale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Site, with the one closest to Pleasant Site listed first.
    • Green Tree ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Tree have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
      • Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County
    • Waterloo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Cypress Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Canaan ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canaan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
      • Canaan is located in Lauderdale County
    • McGee Town
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McGee Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
      • McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County
    • Florence
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lawrence County
    • Mehama ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mehama. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehama
      • Mehama is located in Lawrence County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Mehama
      • From Pleasant Site to Mehama
  • Marion County
  • Alcorn County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Site, with the one closest to Pleasant Site listed first.
    • Jacinto
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Glen
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
      • Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
    • Glens
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glens. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
      • Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Glens
      • From Pleasant Site to Glens
    • Rienzi
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Searcy Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Searcy Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
      • Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County (MS)
  • Itawamba County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Site, with the one closest to Pleasant Site listed first.
    • Eastman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eastman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
      • Eastman is located in Itawamba County (MS)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Eastman
      • From Pleasant Site to Eastman
    • Oakland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
      • Oakland is located in Itawamba County (MS)
    • Tremont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tremont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremont
      • Tremont is located in Itawamba County (MS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 465 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tremont <2>
    • Clay
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clay. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
      • Clay is located in Itawamba County (MS)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Clay
      • From Pleasant Site to Clay
    • Kirkville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kirkville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
      • Kirkville is located in Itawamba County (MS)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kirkville
      • From Pleasant Site to Kirkville
    • Fulton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fulton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
      • Fulton is located in Itawamba County (MS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,846 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fulton <2>
    • Mantachie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Prentiss County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Site, with the one closest to Pleasant Site listed first.
    • Burton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
      • Burton is located in Prentiss County (MS)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Burton
      • From Pleasant Site to Burton
    • New Site
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Altitude
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Marietta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marietta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
      • Marietta is located in Prentiss County (MS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
    • Lake City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
      • Lake City is located in Prentiss County (MS)
    • Booneville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Wheeler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Tishomingo County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Site, with the one closest to Pleasant Site listed first.
    • Golden
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Belmont
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Dennis
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Tishomingo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Paden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
      • Paden is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
    • Midway
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Oldham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Iuka
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Burnsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burnsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
      • Burnsville is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 924 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burnsville <2>
    • Short
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Short. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
      • Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Short
      • From Pleasant Site to Short

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

Cemeteries Near Pleasant Site ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Site.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Site, with the one closest to Pleasant Site 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Pleasant Site had a population of 63 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Good Springs ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Good Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
    • Good Springs is located in Colbert County
  • Denton ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Denton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
    • Denton is located in Colbert County
  • Maud
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maud have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
    • Maud is located in Colbert County
  • Belmont
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Red Bay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Bishop
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bishop. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
    • Bishop is located in Colbert County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Bishop
    • From Pleasant Site to Bishop
  • Rock Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
    • Rock Creek is located in Colbert County
  • Belgreen
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Frankfort
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frankfort have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
    • Frankfort is located in Franklin County
  • Mountain Mills ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Mills
    • Mountain Mills is located in Colbert County
  • Margerum
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Margerum have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margerum
    • Margerum is located in Colbert County
  • Cherokee
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Barton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
      • Barton is located in Colbert County
    • Burton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
      • Burton is located in Prentiss County (MS)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Burton
      • From Pleasant Site to Burton
    • Eastman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eastman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
      • Eastman is located in Itawamba County (MS)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Eastman
      • From Pleasant Site to Eastman

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

Newspapers Published in Pleasant Site ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Site.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Site, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Site.

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 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 Pleasant Site:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pleasant Site. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Pleasant Site, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Pleasant Site) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pleasant Site. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.5418, Longitude: -88.0647       In this case, the coordinates for Pleasant Site have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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