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 Tuscahoma Landing (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 Tuscahoma Landing. 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.
Name Variations for Tuscahoma Landing ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Tuscahoma Landing: Tuscahoma Lndg. (or less commonly used: Tuscahoma Lndng.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Tuscahoma Landing 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 Tuscahoma Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tuscahoma Landing:
- Choctaw County (The home county of Tuscahoma Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscahoma Landing, with the one closest to Tuscahoma Landing listed first.
- Lavaca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lavaca is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavaca
- Butler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Red Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Red Springs is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- Choctaw City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Choctaw City is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw City
- Pennington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pennington is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Tompkinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tompkinsville is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Jachin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jachin is located in Choctaw County
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- Lisman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lisman is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Needham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Needham is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Womack Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Womack Hill is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack Hill
- Pelham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pelham is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Cromwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cromwell is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Toxey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Toxey is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscahoma Landing, with the one closest to Tuscahoma Landing listed first.
- Morvin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Morvin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morvin
- Campbell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- West Bend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- West Bend is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
- Glover
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Glover is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Coffeeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fakit Chipunta ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Fakit Chipunta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fakit Chipunta
- Thomasville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Atkeison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Atkeison is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkeison
- Zimco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zimco is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimco
- Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
- Salitpa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Salitpa is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salitpa
- Winn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Winn is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winn
- Marengo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscahoma Landing, with the one closest to Tuscahoma Landing listed first.
- Putnam
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Barrons ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Barrons is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrons
- Nanafalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nanafalia is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanafalia
- Aimwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Aimwell is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aimwell
- Sweet Water
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sweet Water is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Half Acre
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Half Acre is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Acre
- Former names for Half Acre:
- Hell's Half Acre
- Luther's Store
- Myrtlewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Myrtlewood is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtlewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Moss ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Moss is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss
- Beckleys ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Beckleys is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckleys
- Dixon's Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dixon's Mills is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon's Mills
- Blue Lock ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Lock is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lock
- Griffins ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Griffins is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins
- Ellison ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ellison is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscahoma Landing, with the one closest to Tuscahoma Landing listed first.
- Derby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Derby is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Whitfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Whitfield is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Kinterbish
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kinterbish is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinterbish
- Ward
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ward is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
- Intercourse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Intercourse is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intercourse
- Bellamy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bellamy is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Arrington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Arrington is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- Coatopa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Coatopa is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatopa
- Cuba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscahoma Landing, with the one closest to Tuscahoma Landing listed first.
- Frankville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Frankville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
- Bigbee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bigbee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbee
- Wilcox County
- Arlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Arlington is located in Wilcox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Clarke County (MS)
- Junction City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Junction City is located in Clarke County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Lauderdale County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tuscahoma Landing, with the one closest to Tuscahoma Landing listed first.
- Whynot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whynot is located in Lauderdale County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
- Increase
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Wayne County (MS)
- Matherville
(29 miles [46.7 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 Tuscahoma Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Tuscahoma Landing.
Cemeteries Near Tuscahoma Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tuscahoma Landing.
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 Tuscahoma Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tuscahoma Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tuscahoma Landing, with the one closest to Tuscahoma Landing listed first.
- Spencer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lily Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- White Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wesley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bush Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Canathan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Marvin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sykes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Red House Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (234 more) ...
- Hopewell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Butler City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gibson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
While we didn't find Tuscahoma Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tuscahoma Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tuscahoma Landing, with the one closest to Tuscahoma Landing listed first.
- Mount Sterling
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Sterling is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Putnam
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Ararat
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ararat is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ararat
- Butler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morvin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Morvin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morvin
- Nanafalia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nanafalia is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanafalia
- Robjohn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Robjohn is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robjohn
- Lusk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lusk is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
- Cunningham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cunningham is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Tompkinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tompkinsville is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkinsville
- Campbell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Campbell is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Nicholsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Nicholsville is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsville
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- Aimwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Aimwell is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aimwell
- Womack Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Womack Hill is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womack Hill
- Sweet Water
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sweet Water is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tuscahoma Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tuscahoma Landing.
Newspapers Published in Tuscahoma Landing ...
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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tuscahoma Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tuscahoma Landing, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tuscahoma Landing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Tuscahoma Landing:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Choctaw County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Marengo County
- Sumter County
- Washington County
- Wilcox County
- Clarke 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> | 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 Tuscahoma Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Tuscahoma Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |