Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Cumnock. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Cumnock to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cumnock, please Contact Us.
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 Cumnock (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 Cumnock. 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/Parishes ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next parish to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties/parishes instead of the parish in which they lived: their home parish contained property and probate records; the parish to the west contained birth and death records; the parish to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Cumnock is historic, it would have been located within present day Washington Parish.
To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Washington Parish: Saint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Marion (MS), Pearl River (MS), Pike (MS) & Walthall (MS).
Below are the counties/parishes that are near Cumnock. For each of these counties/parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cumnock:
- Washington Parish (The home parish of Cumnock)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cumnock, with the one closest to Cumnock listed first.
- Mount Hermon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Franklinton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sunny Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sunny Hill is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
- Pine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pine is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
- Stoney Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stoney Point is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
- Popeville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Popeville is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popeville
- Enon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Enon is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Varnado
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Angie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bogalusa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lees Creek is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Saint Helena Parish
- Greensburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Saint Tammany Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Cumnock, with the one closest to Cumnock listed first.
- Folsom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sun
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sun is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sun <2>
- Bush
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Benedict
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tangipahoa Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Cumnock, with the one closest to Cumnock listed first.
- Wilmer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmer is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmer
- Henry City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Henry City is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry City
- Kentwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tangipahoa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Fluker
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Husser
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Roseland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Amite City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Loranger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Independence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Amite County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cumnock, with the one closest to Cumnock listed first.
- Gillsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gillsburg is located in Amite County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillsburg
- Huron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Huron is located in Amite County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Glading
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glading is located in Amite County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glading
- McElveen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- McElveen is located in Amite County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElveen
- Lawrence County (MS)
- Verna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Verna is located in Lawrence County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verna
- Marion County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cumnock, with the one closest to Cumnock listed first.
- Kokomo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Twin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Twin is located in Marion County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
- Columbia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pinebur
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pinebur is located in Marion County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebur
- Pike County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cumnock, with the one closest to Cumnock listed first.
- Smithburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Smithburg is located in Pike County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithburg
- Osyka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Chatawa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chatawa is located in Pike County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatawa
- Holmesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Holmesville is located in Pike County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- Bacots
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bacots is located in Pike County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacots
- Magnolia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Topisaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Topisaw is located in Pike County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topisaw
- Bear Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Town is located in Pike County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Town
- McComb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Summit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Walthall County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cumnock, with the one closest to Cumnock listed first.
- Tylertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sartinville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sartinville is located in Walthall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartinville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cumnock, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Cumnock.
Cemeteries Near Cumnock ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cumnock.
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 Cumnock - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cumnock covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cumnock, with the one closest to Cumnock listed first.
- Bickham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. James Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Moriah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bankston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Magee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brumfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- James Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Warner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Simmons Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Morris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bulloch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (745 more) ...
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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.
While we didn't find Cumnock in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cumnock.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cumnock, with the one closest to Cumnock listed first.
- Mount Hermon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Franklinton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sunny Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sunny Hill is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
- Smithburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Smithburg is located in Pike County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithburg
- Bailey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Popeville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Popeville is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popeville
- Zona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zona is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
- Osyka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Holmesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Holmesville is located in Pike County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- Chatawa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Chatawa is located in Pike County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatawa
- Kentwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tangipahoa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Magnolia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fernwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fernwood is located in Pike County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- Arcola
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Arcola is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cumnock. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cumnock.
Newspapers Published in Cumnock ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cumnock.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cumnock, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cumnock.
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 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 Cumnock:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Washington Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Saint Helena Parish
- Saint Tammany Parish
- Tangipahoa Parish
- Amite County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Pike County
- Walthall County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Cumnock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cumnock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |