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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Alder Grove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Alder Grove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Alder Grove, 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 Alder Grove (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 Alder Grove. 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 Alder Grove ...
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 Alder Grove: Alder Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Alder Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alder Grove.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Alder Grove is historic, it would have been located within present day Washington 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 Washington County: Chicot (AR), Bolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey & Sunflower.
Below are the counties that are near Alder Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Alder Grove:
- Washington County (The home county of Alder Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alder Grove, with the one closest to Alder Grove listed first.
- Forrest City ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Forrest City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest City
- Hollandale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Overby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Overby is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overby
- Arcola
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Arcola is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Wilmot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wilmot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Avon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- James
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- James is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Willet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Willet is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- Byrne City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Byrne City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrne City
- Hampton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Murphy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Murphy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Leland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bolivar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alder Grove, with the one closest to Alder Grove listed first.
- Choctaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lamont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lamont is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
- Grapeland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Grapeland is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapeland
- Scott
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Scott is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Shaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Shaw is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Lake Vista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lake Vista is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Vista
- Hinds County
- Delta City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Delta City is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta City
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alder Grove, with the one closest to Alder Grove listed first.
- Gooden Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gooden Lake is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooden Lake
- Isola
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Isola is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Louise
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Louise is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Belzoni
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Silver City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Silver City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Jaketown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jaketown is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaketown
- Lake City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Issaquena County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alder Grove, with the one closest to Alder Grove listed first.
- Booth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Booth is located in Issaquena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Mayersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mayersville is located in Issaquena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
- Tallula
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tallula is located in Issaquena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallula
- Sharkey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alder Grove, with the one closest to Alder Grove listed first.
- Panther Burn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Panther Burn is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Burn
- Nitta Yuma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nitta Yuma is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitta Yuma
- Anguilla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Auter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Auter is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auter
- Richey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Richey is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richey
- Lorenzen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lorenzen is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenzen
- Mont Helena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mont Helena is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Helena
- Riverside Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Riverside Junction is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Junction
- Rolling Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cary is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Issaquena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Issaquena is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Issaquena
- Blanton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Blanton is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Sunflower County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alder Grove, with the one closest to Alder Grove listed first.
- New Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Heathman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Heathman is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathman
- Inverness
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Inverness is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Population from the 2020 Census: 852 people
- Indianola
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Baird
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Baird is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
- Faisonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Faisonia is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faisonia
- Moorhead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moorhead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Chicot County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alder Grove, with the one closest to Alder Grove listed first.
- Eudora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lake Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Carroll Parish (LA)
- Kilbourne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Alder Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Alder Grove.
Cemeteries Near Alder Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alder Grove.
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 Alder Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Alder Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Alder Grove, with the one closest to Alder Grove listed first.
- New Foundation Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clitonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bellamy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Magruder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Huddleston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Section 16 Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Arcola Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Paxton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Georgia Bend Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Graymound Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (132 more) ...
- Canaan Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Delta City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Gideon Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.
While we didn't find Alder Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Alder Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Alder Grove, with the one closest to Alder Grove listed first.
- Warsaw
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Warsaw is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Hollandale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Overby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Overby is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overby
- Arcola
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Arcola is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Percy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Percy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Percy
- Wayside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wayside is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Avon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- James
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- James is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Longwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Longwood is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Erwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Erwin is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwin
- Panther Burn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Panther Burn is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Burn
- Lake Washington ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lake Washington is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Washington
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Burdette
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Burdette is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdette
- Chatham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chatham is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Hampton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Alder Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alder Grove.
Newspapers Published in Alder Grove ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alder Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alder Grove, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Alder Grove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Alder Grove:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Washington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bolivar County
- Hinds County
- Humphreys County
- Issaquena County
- Sharkey County
- Sunflower County
- Chicot County
- West Carroll Parish
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
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 Alder Grove, 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 '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- Alder Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |