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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Battlefield. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Battlefield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Battlefield, 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 Battlefield (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 Battlefield. 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 Battlefield is historic, it would have been located within present day Newton 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 Newton County: Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba, Scott & Smith.
Below are the counties that are near Battlefield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Battlefield:
- Newton County (The home county of Battlefield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Battlefield, with the one closest to Battlefield listed first.
- Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Decatur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stamper ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stamper is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamper
- Chunky
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hickory
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hickory is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
- Lucern
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lucern is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucern
- Pine Bluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Bluff is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
- Newton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Conehatta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Conehatta is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conehatta
- Six Towns ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Six Towns is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Towns
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Battlefield, with the one closest to Battlefield listed first.
- Enterprise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Stonewall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Battlefield, with the one closest to Battlefield listed first.
- Fellowship ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fellowship is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Former name for Fellowship:
- Masengale
- Fellowship has also been known as:
- Old Fellowship
- Garlandsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garlandsville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlandsville
- Penantly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Penantly is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penantly
- Rose Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Baxter ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baxter is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Kemper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Battlefield, with the one closest to Battlefield listed first.
- Rio
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rio is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Spinks ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Spinks is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
- Lynville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lynville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynville
- De Kalb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Narkeeta ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Narkeeta is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narkeeta
- Porterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Porterville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Sucarnoochee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sucarnoochee is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucarnoochee
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Battlefield, with the one closest to Battlefield listed first.
- Martin
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Martin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Collinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Suqualena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Suqualena is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suqualena
- Hookston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hookston is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookston
- Bailey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Nellieburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nellieburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellieburg
- Daleville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Daleville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- Lost Gap
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Gap is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Gap
- Marion
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Meridian
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lockhart
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lockhart is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
- Russell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Russell is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Vimville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vimville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vimville
- Leake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Battlefield, with the one closest to Battlefield listed first.
- High Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- High Hill is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Standing Pine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Standing Pine is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
- Walnut Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Neshoba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Battlefield, with the one closest to Battlefield listed first.
- House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- House is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Neshoba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Neshoba is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshoba
- Tucker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tucker is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Ocobla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
- Dixon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Philadelphia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bogue Chitto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
- Hope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hope is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Dowdville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dowdville is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowdville
- Pearl River
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl River is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
- Laurel Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Battlefield, with the one closest to Battlefield listed first.
- Sebastopol
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Battlefield, with the one closest to Battlefield listed first.
- Handle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Handle is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
- Plattsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plattsburg is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Battlefield, see our County-by-County Page for Battlefield.
Cemeteries Near Battlefield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Battlefield.
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 Battlefield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Battlefield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Battlefield, with the one closest to Battlefield listed first.
- Trussel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Friendship Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Duffee Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brand Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McDonald Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hesters Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Collinsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Forest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (279 more) ...
- Chisholm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hester Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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.
Battlefield 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 Battlefield, with the one closest to Battlefield listed first.
- Rio
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rio is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Collinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- House is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Roscoe ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roscoe is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Oktibbeha ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Oktibbeha is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oktibbeha
- Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hookston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hookston is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookston
- Spinks ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Spinks is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
- Stamper ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stamper is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamper
- Decatur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prismatic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Prismatic is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prismatic
- Bailey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bailey is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tucker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tucker is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Moscow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Moscow is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Ocobla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Battlefield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Battlefield.
Newspapers Published in Battlefield ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Battlefield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Battlefield, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Battlefield.
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 Battlefield:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Newton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Jasper County
- Kemper County
- Lauderdale County
- Leake County
- Neshoba County
- Scott County
- Winston County
- 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 Battlefield, 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> | 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Battlefield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |