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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Bankston. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Bankston to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bankston, 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 Bankston (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 Bankston. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Bankston is historic, it would have been located within present day Choctaw 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 Choctaw County: Attala, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster & Winston.

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

  • Choctaw County     (The home county of Bankston)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bankston, with the one closest to Bankston listed first.
    • French Camp
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Camp
      • French Camp is located in Choctaw County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for French Camp <3>
    • Weir
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weir have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
      • Weir is located in Choctaw County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weir <3>
    • Williams
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Reform
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Reform. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
      • Reform is located in Choctaw County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Reform
      • From Bankston to Reform
    • Ackerman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Attala County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bankston, with the one closest to Bankston listed first.
    • McCool
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Langley ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Langley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
      • Langley is located in Attala County
    • Gregory ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gregory have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
      • Gregory is located in Attala County
    • Ethel
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Auris ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auris have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auris
      • Auris is located in Attala County
    • Hesterville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Rocky Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Kosciusko
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Possumneck
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bankston, with the one closest to Bankston listed first.
    • Slate Spring
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Slate Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slate Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Springs
      • Slate Springs is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
    • Benela
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Carroll County
    • Vaiden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vaiden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaiden
      • Vaiden is located in Carroll County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vaiden <3>
  • Clay County
  • Grenada County
  • Holmes County
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bankston, with the one closest to Bankston listed first.
    • Sibleyton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sibleyton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibleyton
      • Sibleyton is located in Montgomery County
      • Sibleyton has also been known as:
      • Sibleton
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sibleyton
      • From Bankston to Sibleyton
    • Kilmichael
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Minerva
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Minerva. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
      • Minerva is located in Montgomery County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Minerva
      • From Bankston to Minerva
    • Sweatman
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Winona
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Eskridge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eskridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskridge
      • Eskridge is located in Montgomery County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Eskridge
      • From Bankston to Eskridge
    • Duck Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Oktibbeha County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bankston, with the one closest to Bankston listed first.
    • Double Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Sturgis
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sturgis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgis
      • Sturgis is located in Oktibbeha County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sturgis <3>
    • Maben
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Bradley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Longview
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Adaton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Webster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bankston, with the one closest to Bankston listed first.
    • Eupora
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eupora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eupora
      • Eupora is located in Webster County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,998 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eupora <3>
    • Sapa
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sapa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapa
      • Sapa is located in Webster County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sapa
      • From Bankston to Sapa
    • Walthall
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Mathiston
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Clarkson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Fame
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Montevista
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Montevista. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevista
      • Montevista is located in Webster County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Montevista
      • From Bankston to Montevista
    • Hohenlinden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mantee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mantee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantee
      • Mantee is located in Webster County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
  • Winston County

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

Cemeteries Near Bankston ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bankston.

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 Bankston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Bankston Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • New Haven Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Haven Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Haven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McCurtin Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCurtin Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCurtin Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hamrick Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hamrick Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hamrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wood Springs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wood Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wood Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jenkins Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jenkins Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jenkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Crape Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crape Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crape Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethlehem Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethlehem Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethlehem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Providence Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Chapel Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapel Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chapel Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thompson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (402 more) ...
    • Dacus Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dacus Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dacus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Pisgah Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pisgah Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pisgah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Clear Springs Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clear Springs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clear Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.

Bankston itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Stewart
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stewart have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
    • Stewart is located in Montgomery County
  • Huntsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
    • Huntsville is located in Montgomery County
  • French Camp
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Camp
    • French Camp is located in Choctaw County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for French Camp <3>
  • Chester
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Chester is located in Choctaw County
  • Bywy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bywy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bywy
    • Bywy is located in Choctaw County
  • Grady
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grady have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
    • Grady is located in Webster County
  • Weir
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weir have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
    • Weir is located in Choctaw County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weir <3>
  • Fentress
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fentress have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fentress
    • Fentress is located in Choctaw County
  • Poplar Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poplar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
    • Poplar Creek is located in Montgomery County
  • Eupora
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eupora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eupora
    • Eupora is located in Webster County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,998 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eupora <3>
  • Ackerman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Reform
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Reform. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
    • Reform is located in Choctaw County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Reform
    • From Bankston to Reform
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Kilmichael
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • McCool
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Lodi
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lodi have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
      • Lodi is located in Montgomery County

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

Newspapers Published in Bankston ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bankston.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bankston, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bankston.

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 Bankston:

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

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 Bankston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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- Bankston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bankston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3977, Longitude: -89.3664    
<6>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.




 

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