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Introduction ...

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

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

Although our information shows that the community of Baxter is historic, it would have been located within present day Jasper 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 Jasper County: Clarke, Jones, Lauderdale, Newton, Scott, Smith & Wayne.

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

  • Jasper County     (The home county of Baxter)
  • Clarke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baxter, with the one closest to Baxter listed first.
    • Pachuta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pachuta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta
      • Pachuta is located in Clarke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
    • Enterprise
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
      • Enterprise is located in Clarke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <4>
    • Barnett
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barnett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
      • Barnett is located in Clarke County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Barnett
      • From Baxter to Barnett
    • Stonewall
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Quitman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quitman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
      • Quitman is located in Clarke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quitman <4>
    • De Soto
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jones County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baxter, with the one closest to Baxter listed first.
    • Amy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Sandersville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Errata
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Errata. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Errata
      • Errata is located in Jones County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Errata
      • From Baxter to Errata
    • Soso
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Lauderdale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baxter, with the one closest to Baxter listed first.
    • Lost Gap
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lost Gap. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Gap
      • Lost Gap is located in Lauderdale County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lost Gap
      • From Baxter to Lost Gap
    • Suqualena
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hookston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hookston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookston
      • Hookston is located in Lauderdale County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hookston
      • From Baxter to Hookston
    • Nellieburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nellieburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellieburg
      • Nellieburg is located in Lauderdale County
    • Collinsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
      • Collinsville is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Collinsville <4>
    • Meridian
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Neshoba County
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baxter, with the one closest to Baxter listed first.
    • Six Towns ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Six Towns have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Towns
      • Six Towns is located in Newton County
    • Newton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hickory
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
      • Hickory is located in Newton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
    • Pine Bluff
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Chunky
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Decatur
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Conehatta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Stamper ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stamper. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamper
      • Stamper is located in Newton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Stamper
      • From Baxter to Stamper
    • Lucern
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Union
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baxter, with the one closest to Baxter listed first.
    • Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Forest
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Forest. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
      • Forest is located in Scott County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,483 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forest <4>
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Forest
      • From Baxter to Forest
    • Raworth
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hunter Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Town
      • Hunter Town is located in Scott County
    • Sebastopol
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sebastopol have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastopol
      • Sebastopol is located in Scott County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 273 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sebastopol <4>
    • Kalem
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Harperville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Clifton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clifton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Clifton is located in Scott County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Clifton
      • From Baxter to Clifton
    • Morton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
      • Morton is located in Scott County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,522 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morton <4>
  • Smith County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Baxter, with the one closest to Baxter listed first.
    • Sylvarena
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Mineral Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Burns
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burns. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
      • Burns is located in Smith County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Burns
      • From Baxter to Burns
    • Raleigh
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Bezer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bezer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bezer
      • Bezer is located in Smith County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bezer
      • From Baxter to Bezer
    • Taylorsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylorsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
      • Taylorsville is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylorsville <4>
    • Polkville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Polkville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
      • Polkville is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people

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

Cemeteries Near Baxter ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baxter.

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

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

  • Randall Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Randall Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Randall Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Garlandville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garlandville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garlandville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Palestine Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palestine Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palestine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evans Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evans Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evans Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pisgah Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 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.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Montrose Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Montrose Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Montrose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Word of Faith Ministry Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Eureka Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eureka Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eureka Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • 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.
  • Hopewell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hopewell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hopewell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Decedar Baptist Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Decedar Baptist Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Decedar Baptist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Community Center Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Community Center Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Community Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (293 more) ...
    • Baptist Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baptist Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baptist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Louin Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Louin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Louin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • McCarty Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCarty Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCarty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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.

While we didn't find Baxter in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Baxter.

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

  • Jewells Hill ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jewells Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewells Hill
    • Jewells Hill is located in Jasper County
  • Garlandsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Montrose
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Penantly
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Lawrence
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lawrence have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
    • Lawrence is located in Newton County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawrence <4>
  • Newton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Rose Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Turnerville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Hickory
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
    • Hickory is located in Newton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
  • Hamlet ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Paulding
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paulding have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulding
    • Paulding is located in Jasper County
  • Fellowship ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fellowship. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
    • Fellowship is located in Jasper County
    • Former name for Fellowship:
    • Masengale
    • Fellowship has also been known as:
    • Old Fellowship
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Fellowship
    • From Baxter to Fellowship
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Baxter ...

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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baxter.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baxter, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baxter.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites 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 Baxter:

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 Baxter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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- Baxter) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Baxter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1911, Longitude: -89.1699    
<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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