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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 Alice (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 Alice. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Alice is located in Neshoba 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 Neshoba County: Attala, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Newton, Scott & Winston.

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

  • Neshoba County     (The home county of Alice)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Alice, with the one closest to Alice listed first.
    • Pearl River
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Pearl River is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
    • Hope
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Hope is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Laurel Hill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
    • Philadelphia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Dowdville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Dowdville is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowdville
    • Dixon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Dixon is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Ocobla
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
    • Tucker
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Tucker is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
    • Bogue Chitto
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
    • Neshoba
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Neshoba is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshoba
    • House
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • House is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
  • Attala County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Alice, with the one closest to Alice listed first.
    • Ethel
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Ethel is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
    • Gregory ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Gregory is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • McCool
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • McCool is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
    • Kosciusko
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Zemuly
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Zemuly is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemuly
    • Langley ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Langley is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
    • Hesterville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Hesterville is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesterville
    • Newport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Newport is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Sallis
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Rocky Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Rocky Point is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
  • Choctaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Alice, with the one closest to Alice listed first.
    • Weir
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Weir is located in Choctaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weir <1>
    • French Camp
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Ackerman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Kemper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Alice, with the one closest to Alice listed first.
    • Spinks ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Spinks is located in Kemper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
    • Lynville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Lynville is located in Kemper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynville
  • Leake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Alice, with the one closest to Alice listed first.
    • Coosa
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Coosa is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
    • Redwater
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Redwater is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
    • Standing Pine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Standing Pine is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
    • High Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • High Hill is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
    • Carthage
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Ann
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Saint Ann is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ann
    • Tuscola
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Tuscola is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
    • Walnut Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lena
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Alice, with the one closest to Alice listed first.
    • Union
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Lucern
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Lucern is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucern
    • Stamper ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Stamper is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamper
  • Noxubee County
    • Hashuqua ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Hashuqua is located in Noxubee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashuqua
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Alice, with the one closest to Alice listed first.
    • Sebastopol
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Cash
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cash is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
  • Winston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Alice, with the one closest to Alice listed first.
    • Vowell
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Vowell is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
    • Plattsburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Plattsburg is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
    • Hinze
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Hinze is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinze
    • Noxapater
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Louisville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Handle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Handle is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
    • Randalls Bluff ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Randalls Bluff is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalls Bluff
    • Fearns Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Fearns Springs is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearns Springs

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

Cemeteries Near Alice ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alice.

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

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

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

  • Rattletrap Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Sullivan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • White Oak Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lee Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Lee Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Bethlehem Pentecostal Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Mars Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Shields Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Remus Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sand Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Barrett Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (376 more) ...
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Thompson Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Plattsburg Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)

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, Alice had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Vowell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Vowell is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
  • Plattsburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Plattsburg is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
  • Marydell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Marydell is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell
  • Edinburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Edinburg is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
  • Hinze
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Hinze is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinze
  • Coosa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Coosa is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
  • Renfroe
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Renfroe is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfroe
  • Hope
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Hope is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
  • Rural Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Rural Hill is located in Winston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
  • Williston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Williston is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
  • Laurel Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
  • Philadelphia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Noxapater
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Rome
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Rome is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
    • Newtonville ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Newtonville is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville

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

Newspapers Published in Alice ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alice.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alice, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Alice.

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 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 Alice:

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