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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 Acona (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 Acona. 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 and hospitals 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.

Acona is located in Holmes 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 Holmes County: Attala, Carroll, Humphreys, Leflore, Madison & Yazoo.

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

  • Holmes County     (The home county of Acona)
  • Attala County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Acona, with the one closest to Acona listed first.
    • Auris ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Auris is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auris
    • Possumneck
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Rocky Point
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Hesterville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Sallis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Langley ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Langley is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
    • Newport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Newport is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Kosciusko
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Zemuly
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Carroll County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Acona, with the one closest to Acona listed first.
    • Coila
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Vaiden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Carrollton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • North Carrollton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • North Carrollton is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carrollton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
    • Teoc
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Jefferson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Avalon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Humphreys County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Acona, with the one closest to Acona listed first.
    • Jaketown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Belzoni
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Silver City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Silver City is located in Humphreys County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
  • Leflore County
  • Montgomery County
  • Sunflower County
    • Moorhead
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Yazoo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Acona, with the one closest to Acona listed first.
    • Fordyke
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Eden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Eden is located in Yazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
    • Dover ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dover is located in Yazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Evans
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Crump
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Acona ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Acona.

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 Acona - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Acona, with the one closest to Acona listed first.

  • Acona Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Vanhoughton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Dixon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Reeves Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Jordan Bailey Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Bailey Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Streater Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Keirn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Beall - Stigler Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Thurman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Melton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (414 more) ...
    • Blackhawk Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hines Memorial Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Wanlaw Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Acona had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Ituma
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Emory
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Emory is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
  • Lexington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Keirn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Tchula
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Cruger
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Cruger is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
  • Howard
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Howard is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Sidon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sidon is located in Leflore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
  • Vaiden
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Franklin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Franklin is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Durant
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Beatty
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Beatty is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Carrollton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Malmaison
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Malmaison is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malmaison
    • Rising Sun
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Rising Sun is located in Leflore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun

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

Newspapers Published in Acona ...

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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Acona.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Acona, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Acona.

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 Acona:

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 Acona, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Acona) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.