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 Baxterville (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 Baxterville. 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 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.
Baxterville is located in Lamar 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 Lamar County: Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Marion & Pearl River.
Below are the counties that are near Baxterville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Baxterville:
- Lamar County (The home county of Baxterville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baxterville, with the one closest to Baxterville listed first.
- Wells Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wells Town is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Town
- Lumberton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Purvis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Hattiesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Hattiesburg is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hattiesburg
- Sumrall
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Covington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baxterville, with the one closest to Baxterville listed first.
- Lux
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lux is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lux
- Sanford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sanford is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Forrest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baxterville, with the one closest to Baxterville listed first.
- Carnes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Carnes is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes
- McLaurin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- McLaurin is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLaurin
- Brooklyn
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hattiesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Petal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Goodluck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goodluck is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodluck
- Jefferson Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baxterville, with the one closest to Baxterville listed first.
- Melba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Melba is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melba
- Bassfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bassfield is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baxterville, with the one closest to Baxterville listed first.
- Pinebur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pinebur is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebur
- Twin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Twin is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
- Columbia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Expose
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Expose is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Expose
- Goss
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Goss is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Kokomo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pearl River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baxterville, with the one closest to Baxterville listed first.
- Hillsdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Pearl River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Poplarville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Juniper Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Juniper Grove is located in Pearl River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Grove
- Stone County
- Smith Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Town is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Washington Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baxterville, with the one closest to Baxterville listed first.
- Angie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Angie is located in Washington Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angie <1>
- Varnado
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Popeville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Popeville is located in Washington Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popeville
- Bogalusa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pine is located in Washington Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
- Lees Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lees Creek is located in Washington Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Baxterville, see our County-by-County Page for Baxterville.
Cemeteries Near Baxterville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baxterville.
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 Baxterville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Baxterville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Baxterville, with the one closest to Baxterville listed first.
- Baxterville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Myrtle Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Howard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bay Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pinebur Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Byrd Line Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Little Black Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Entrekin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Hope Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (382 more) ...
- Ford Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lumberton City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Samuel Slade Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Baxterville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Baxterville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Baxterville, with the one closest to Baxterville listed first.
- Spring Cottage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Spring Cottage is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Cottage
- Orvisburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Orvisburg is located in Pearl River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orvisburg
- Hillsdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Pearl River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Pickwick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pickwick is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick
- Poplarville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Columbia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Popeville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Popeville is located in Washington Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popeville
- Hattiesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Goss
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Goss is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Chinquapin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chinquapin is located in Pearl River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin
- Lees Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lees Creek is located in Washington Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Baxterville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baxterville.
Newspapers Published in Baxterville ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baxterville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baxterville, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baxterville.
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 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 Baxterville:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Lamar County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Covington County
- Forrest County
- Jefferson Davis County
- Marion County
- Pearl River County
- Stone County
- Washington Parish
- 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> | 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 Baxterville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Baxterville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |