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 Baltzer (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 Baltzer. 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 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.
Baltzer is located in Sunflower County.
To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties 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 Baltzer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Baltzer:
- Sunflower County (The home county of Baltzer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltzer, with the one closest to Baltzer listed first.
- Rome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Rome is located in Sunflower County
- Whitney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Drew
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drew
- Drew is located in Sunflower County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,579 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Drew <2>
- Ruleville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruleville
- Ruleville is located in Sunflower County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,511 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruleville <2>
- Halstead
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - White City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- White City is located in Sunflower County
- Doddsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doddsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doddsville
- Doddsville is located in Sunflower County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Quiver ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Roundaway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- Roundaway is located in Sunflower County
- Sunflower
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Sunflower is located in Sunflower County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Bolivar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltzer, with the one closest to Baltzer listed first.
- Duncan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Hushpuckena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hushpuckena
- Hushpuckena is located in Bolivar County
- Alligator
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alligator
- Alligator is located in Bolivar County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Mound Bayou
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mound Bayou have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Bayou
- Mound Bayou is located in Bolivar County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mound Bayou <2>
- Winstonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winstonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstonville
- Winstonville is located in Bolivar County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Shelby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelby have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Shelby is located in Bolivar County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,910 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelby <2>
- Merigold
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merigold have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merigold
- Merigold is located in Bolivar County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merigold <2>
- Renova
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Deeson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Round Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake
- Round Lake is located in Bolivar County
- Cleveland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleveland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Cleveland is located in Bolivar County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,846 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cleveland <2>
- Perthshire
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Perthshire. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perthshire
- Perthshire is located in Bolivar County
- Coahoma County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltzer, with the one closest to Baltzer listed first.
- Roundaway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- Roundaway is located in Coahoma County
- Africa ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Dublin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Dublin is located in Coahoma County
- Claremont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Claremont is located in Coahoma County
- Hopson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Hopson is located in Coahoma County
- Clarksdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Clarksdale is located in Coahoma County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,470 people
- Lyon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon
- Lyon is located in Coahoma County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Sunflower Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sunflower Landing. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower Landing
- Sunflower Landing is located in Coahoma County
- Clover Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clover Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Clover Hill is located in Coahoma County
- Eagles Nest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eagles Nest. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Eagles Nest is located in Coahoma County
- Jonestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonestown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Jonestown is located in Coahoma County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,070 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonestown <2>
- Coahoma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coahoma
- Coahoma is located in Coahoma County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coahoma <2>
- Leflore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltzer, with the one closest to Baltzer listed first.
- Minter City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter City
- Minter City is located in Leflore County
- McNutt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast) - Sunnyside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Sunnyside is located in Leflore County
- Schlater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlater
- Schlater is located in Leflore County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- Quitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltzer, with the one closest to Baltzer listed first.
- Vance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Vance is located in Quitman County
- Yarbrough
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarbrough
- Yarbrough is located in Quitman County
- Lambert
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Lambert is located in Quitman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,325 people
- Marks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks
- Marks is located in Quitman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,408 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marks <2>
- Crowder
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tallahatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltzer, with the one closest to Baltzer listed first.
- Tutwiler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tutwiler
- Tutwiler is located in Tallahatchie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,401 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tutwiler <2>
- Sumner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
- Sumner is located in Tallahatchie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Webb
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Albin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albin
- Albin is located in Tallahatchie County
- Swan Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County
- Glendora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glendora have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendora
- Glendora is located in Tallahatchie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glendora <2>
- Charleston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charleston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Charleston is located in Tallahatchie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,882 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charleston <2>
- Leverett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east) - Paynes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Desha County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltzer, with the one closest to Baltzer listed first.
- Snow Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west) - Napoleon ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Phillips County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baltzer, with the one closest to Baltzer listed first.
- Crumrod
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest) - Elaine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elaine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elaine
- Elaine is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elaine <2>
- Mellwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Old Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Baltzer, see our County-by-County Page for Baltzer.
Cemeteries Near Baltzer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baltzer.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Baltzer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Baltzer, with the one closest to Baltzer listed first.
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Roundaway Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roundaway Cemetery
- Mt. Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Evergreen Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- German Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the German Lane Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the German Lane Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hope Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pilgrim Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Russell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Russell Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Russell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robinson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robinson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pleasant Green Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Green Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Green Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Cagles Crossroad Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cagles Crossroad Cemetery
- Continue List (181 more) ...
- Antioch Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Church Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Carr's Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carr's Chapel Cemetery
- Antioch Church Cemetery
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.<4>
While we didn't find Baltzer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Baltzer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Baltzer, with the one closest to Baltzer listed first.
- Dublin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Dublin is located in Coahoma County
- Duncan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Hushpuckena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hushpuckena
- Hushpuckena is located in Bolivar County
- Shelby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelby have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
- Shelby is located in Bolivar County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,910 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelby <2>
- Mound Bayou
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mound Bayou have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Bayou
- Mound Bayou is located in Bolivar County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mound Bayou <2>
- Alligator
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alligator
- Alligator is located in Bolivar County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Bobo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Merigold
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merigold have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merigold
- Merigold is located in Bolivar County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merigold <2>
- Webb
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Renova
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Clarksdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Clarksdale is located in Coahoma County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,470 people
- Green Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Green Grove is located in Coahoma County
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Round Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake
- Round Lake is located in Bolivar County
- Deeson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Lyon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon
- Lyon is located in Coahoma County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Round Lake
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Baltzer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baltzer.
Newspapers Published in Baltzer ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baltzer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baltzer, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baltzer.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Baltzer:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Mississippi Department of Archives & History
- Pages specific to Sunflower County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bolivar County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Coahoma County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Leflore County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Quitman County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Tallahatchie County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Desha County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Phillips County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Bolivar County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Sunflower County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Sunflower County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Baltzer. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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 Baltzer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Baltzer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Baltzer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9821, Longitude: -90.5948 In this case, the coordinates for Baltzer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |