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 Bett (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 Bett. 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 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.
Bett is located in Tate 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 Tate County: DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman & Tunica.
Below are the counties that are near Bett. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bett:
- Tate County (The home county of Bett)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bett, with the one closest to Bett listed first.
- Aiken
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Aiken is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Wyatte
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wyatte is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatte
- Antioch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Antioch is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Poagville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Poagville is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poagville
- Looxahoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Looxahoma is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looxahoma
- Tyro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tyro is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- New Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Town is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Coldwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Senatobia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arkabutla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Arkabutla is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkabutla
- Goode
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Goode is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode
- Benton County
- Snow Lake Shores
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Snow Lake Shores is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Lake Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- DeSoto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bett, with the one closest to Bett listed first.
- Alphaba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alphaba is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alphaba
- Ingrams Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ingrams Mill is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingrams Mill
- Bright
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bright is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Hernando
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Olive Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Nesbit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Southaven
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Aldens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- De Soto Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Cub Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cub Lake is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Lake
- Eudora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eudora is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Horn Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bett, with the one closest to Bett listed first.
- Harmontown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harmontown is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown
- Abbeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- Oxford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bett, with the one closest to Bett listed first.
- Chulahoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chulahoma is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulahoma
- Marianna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Marianna is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marianna
- Byhalia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Victoria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Victoria is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Laws Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
- Red Banks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Barton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Barton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Cayce
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cayce is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Taska
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Taska is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taska
- Atway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Atway is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atway
- Mount Pleasant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bett, with the one closest to Bett listed first.
- Como
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sardis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Terza
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Terza is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terza
- Longtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Longtown is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Batesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Askew
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Askew is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew
- Ballentine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ballentine is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballentine
- Crenshaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tunica County
- Banks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Banks is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Fayette County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bett, with the one closest to Bett listed first.
- Piperton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Piperton is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piperton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,128 people
- Rossville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Elba is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- New Bethel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Bethel is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,324 people
- Shelby County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bett, with the one closest to Bett listed first.
- Bailey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bailey is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Capleville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Capleville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capleville
- Collierville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Germantown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oakville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Parkway Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Parkway Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
- The Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- The Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bett, see our County-by-County Page for Bett.
Cemeteries Near Bett ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bett.
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 Bett - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bett covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bett, with the one closest to Bett listed first.
- Everson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hancock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sandridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jamison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sunset Memorial Garden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harmon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Burford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fredonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (380 more) ...
- Carter Sunset Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cathey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brownlee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Bett in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bett.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bett, with the one closest to Bett listed first.
- Wallhill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wallhill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallhill
- Independence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Thyatira
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Thyatira is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thyatira
- Bowman
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bowman is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman
- Orion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Orion is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Looxahoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Looxahoma is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looxahoma
- Chulahoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chulahoma is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulahoma
- Watson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Watson is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Tyro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tyro is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Cockrum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cockrum is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Marianna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Marianna is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marianna
- Ingrams Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ingrams Mill is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingrams Mill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Glenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Glenville is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Galena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Galena is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Harmontown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harmontown is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bett. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bett.
Newspapers Published in Bett ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bett.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bett, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bett.
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 Bett:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Tate County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- DeSoto County
- Lafayette County
- Marshall County
- Panola County
- Tunica County
- Fayette County
- Shelby County
- 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 Bett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bett) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |