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 Ballaston (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 Ballaston. 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 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.
Ballaston is located in Sunflower 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 Sunflower County: Bolivar, Coahoma, Humphreys, Leflore, Tallahatchie & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Ballaston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ballaston:
- Sunflower County (The home county of Ballaston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballaston, with the one closest to Ballaston listed first.
- Drew
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Whitney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Whitney is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Ruleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Doddsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Doddsville is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doddsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Halstead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Halstead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halstead
- White City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Quiver ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Quiver is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiver
- Rome
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Roundaway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Roundaway is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- Sunflower
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sunflower is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Faisonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Faisonia is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faisonia
- Moorhead
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Moorhead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Indianola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bolivar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballaston, with the one closest to Ballaston listed first.
- Renova
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Renova is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Cleveland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Merigold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mound Bayou
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Boyle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winstonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winstonville is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Victor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Victor is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Shelby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Shaw is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Pace
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pace is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Hushpuckena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hushpuckena is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hushpuckena
- Duncan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Duncan is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Choctaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballaston, with the one closest to Ballaston listed first.
- Avalon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Teoc
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Teoc is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teoc
- Coahoma County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballaston, with the one closest to Ballaston listed first.
- Roundaway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Roundaway is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- Dublin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dublin is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Africa ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Africa is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Claremont
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Claremont is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Hopson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hopson is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Clarksdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Clarksdale is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,470 people
- Lyon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lyon is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Sunflower Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunflower Landing is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower Landing
- Grenada County
- Turkey Foot Fork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Turkey Foot Fork is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot Fork
- Leflore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballaston, with the one closest to Ballaston listed first.
- Minter City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Minter City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter City
- McNutt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- McNutt is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Schlater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Schlater is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- Sunnyside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Shellmound
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shellmound is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellmound
- Money
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Money is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money
- Itta Bena
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Loring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Loring is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Loring
- Greenwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Roebuck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roebuck is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roebuck
- Morgan City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Morgan City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Browning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Browning is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Quitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballaston, with the one closest to Ballaston listed first.
- Vance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vance is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Yarbrough
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yarbrough is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarbrough
- Tallahatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballaston, with the one closest to Ballaston listed first.
- Glendora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Albin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Albin is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albin
- Sumner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sumner is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Swan Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Webb
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Webb is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Tutwiler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Leverett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Leverett is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
- Paynes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Paynes is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ballaston, with the one closest to Ballaston listed first.
- Helm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Helm is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helm
- Napanee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Napanee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napanee
- Dunleith
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunleith is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunleith
- Desha County (AR)
- Napoleon ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Napoleon is located in Desha County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ballaston, see our County-by-County Page for Ballaston.
Cemeteries Near Ballaston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ballaston.
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 Ballaston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ballaston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ballaston, with the one closest to Ballaston listed first.
- Drew Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Marshall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Moorehouse Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lehrton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Marlow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Bayou Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Scott Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Delta Heights Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hillhouse Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (194 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Ballaston in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ballaston.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ballaston, with the one closest to Ballaston listed first.
- Lehrton ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lehrton is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehrton
- Quiver ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Quiver is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiver
- Renova
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Renova is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Cleveland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Merigold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Boyle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mound Bayou
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- O'Reilly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- O'Reilly is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Reilly
- McNutt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- McNutt is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Minter City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Minter City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter City
- Black Bayou
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Black Bayou is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bayou
- Glendora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sunnyside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Swan Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Webb
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Webb is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ballaston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ballaston.
Newspapers Published in Ballaston ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ballaston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ballaston, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ballaston.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Ballaston:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Sunflower County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bolivar County
- Carroll County
- Coahoma County
- Grenada County
- Leflore County
- Quitman County
- Tallahatchie County
- Washington County
- Desha 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> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | 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 Ballaston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ballaston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |