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 Abdan (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 Abdan. 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 and 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.
Abdan is located in Leake County.
To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Leake County: Attala, Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Scott & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Abdan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Abdan:
- Leake County (The home county of Abdan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Abdan, with the one closest to Abdan listed first.
- Tuscola
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tuscola is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
- Lena
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Carthage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Standing Pine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Standing Pine is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
- Redwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Redwater is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
- Saint Ann
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Ann is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ann
- High Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- High Hill is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Coosa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coosa is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
- Attala County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abdan, with the one closest to Abdan listed first.
- Zemuly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Zemuly is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemuly
- Newport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Newport is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Kosciusko
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sallis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Holmes County
- Pickens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abdan, with the one closest to Abdan listed first.
- Camden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sharon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Madisonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Madisonville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
- Cobbville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cobbville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbville
- Maris Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Maris Town is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maris Town
- Sharpsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sharpsburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
- Canton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Davis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Davis is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Mill Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mill Town is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
- Neshoba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abdan, with the one closest to Abdan listed first.
- Dowdville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dowdville is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowdville
- Laurel Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Dixon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dixon is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Hope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Pearl River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl River is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
- Neshoba
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Neshoba is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshoba
- Philadelphia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tucker
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tucker is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abdan, with the one closest to Abdan listed first.
- Conehatta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Conehatta is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conehatta
- Lucern
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lucern is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucern
- Stamper ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Stamper is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamper
- Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Bluff is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
- Decatur
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rankin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abdan, with the one closest to Abdan listed first.
- Sand Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Hill is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Goshen Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen Springs is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Springs
- Pelahatchie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fannin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fannin is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fannin
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abdan, with the one closest to Abdan listed first.
- Cash
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cash is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Harperville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harperville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperville
- Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beach is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
- Ludlow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ludlow is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Clifton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Clifton is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Sebastopol
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Branch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Branch is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kalem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kalem is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalem
- Raworth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Raworth is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raworth
- Morton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hunter Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hunter Town is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Town
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Abdan, with the one closest to Abdan listed first.
- Polkville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Polkville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
- Trenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Trenton is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Winston County
- Vowell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vowell is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
- Yazoo County
- Vaughan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vaughan is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Abdan, see our County-by-County Page for Abdan.
Cemeteries Near Abdan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Abdan.
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 Abdan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Abdan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Abdan, with the one closest to Abdan listed first.
- Harmony Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lena Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Robinson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Slay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cash Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rising Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hayes Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (334 more) ...
- Dumas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Elliott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Abdan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Abdan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Abdan, with the one closest to Abdan listed first.
- Lena
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tuscola
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tuscola is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
- Cash
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cash is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Good Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Good Hope is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Walnut Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lillian
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lillian is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillian
- Freeny
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Freeny is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeny
- Standing Pine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Standing Pine is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
- Carthage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ludlow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ludlow is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Beach is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
- Harperville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harperville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Free Trade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Free Trade is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Trade
- Ofahoma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ofahoma is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofahoma
- Hillsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hillsboro is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Abdan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Abdan.
Newspapers Published in Abdan ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Abdan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Abdan, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Abdan.
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 Abdan:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Leake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Attala County
- Holmes County
- Madison County
- Neshoba County
- Newton County
- Rankin County
- Scott County
- Smith County
- Winston County
- Yazoo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
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 Abdan, 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 from Point A (ie- Abdan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |