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 Blissdale (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 Blissdale. 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.
Blissdale is located in Holmes 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 Holmes County: Attala, Carroll, Humphreys, Leflore, Madison & Yazoo.
Below are the counties that are near Blissdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blissdale:
- Holmes County (The home county of Blissdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blissdale, with the one closest to Blissdale listed first.
- Tolarville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Mileston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mileston is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mileston
- Good Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Good Hope is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Gwin
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gwin is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwin
- Jones Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Crossing is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Tchula
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tchula is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Coxburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Coxburg is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Bee Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bee Lake is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lake
- Bee Lake has also been known as:
- Bee Lake Plantation
- Lexington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pluto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pluto is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto
- Wyatt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wyatt is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Ituma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ituma is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ituma
- Attala County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blissdale, with the one closest to Blissdale listed first.
- Sallis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Possumneck
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Possumneck is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumneck
- Newport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Rocky Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rocky Point is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Zemuly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Zemuly is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemuly
- Carroll County
- Coila
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coila is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blissdale, with the one closest to Blissdale listed first.
- Silver City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Belzoni
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jaketown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Jaketown is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaketown
- Lake City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Gooden Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gooden Lake is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooden Lake
- Louise
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Louise is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Isola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Isola is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Leflore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blissdale, with the one closest to Blissdale listed first.
- Morgan City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Morgan City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Sidon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sidon is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Roebuck
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Roebuck is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roebuck
- Fort Loring
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fort Loring is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Loring
- Itta Bena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Greenwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Browning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Browning is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blissdale, with the one closest to Blissdale listed first.
- Sharpsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
- Davis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Davis is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Camden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sharkey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blissdale, with the one closest to Blissdale listed first.
- Auter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Auter is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auter
- Richey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Richey is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richey
- Sunflower County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blissdale, with the one closest to Blissdale listed first.
- Inverness
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Inverness is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Population from the 2020 Census: 852 people
- Moorhead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moorhead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blissdale, with the one closest to Blissdale listed first.
- Murphy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Murphy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Willet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Willet is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- Yazoo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blissdale, with the one closest to Blissdale listed first.
- Eden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Dover ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dover is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Fordyke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fordyke is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyke
- Crump
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Crump is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
- Evans
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Evans is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Yazoo City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yazoo City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yazoo City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
- Former names for Yazoo City:
- Hannan's Bluff
- Manchester
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yazoo City <1>
- Jonestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Vaughan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughan is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Nod
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Nod is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nod
- Anding
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Anding is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anding
- Oil City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blissdale, see our County-by-County Page for Blissdale.
Cemeteries Near Blissdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blissdale.
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 Blissdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blissdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blissdale, with the one closest to Blissdale listed first.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tredwell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Rankin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Watson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hebron Methodist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Methodist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hebron Methodist Church Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the southwest of Lexington.
- The Hebron Methodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hebron Cemetery
- Boatwright Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Coxburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (332 more) ...
- Brantley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Malone Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Blissdale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blissdale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blissdale, with the one closest to Blissdale listed first.
- Tolarville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Howard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Howard is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Mileston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mileston is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mileston
- Eulogy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eulogy is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulogy
- Good Hope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Good Hope is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Marcella
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Marcella is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcella
- Thornton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Thornton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Bee Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bee Lake is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lake
- Bee Lake has also been known as:
- Bee Lake Plantation
- Coxburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Coxburg is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Tchula
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tchula is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Pluto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pluto is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto
- Eden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Free Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Free Run is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Run
- Zeiglerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Zeiglerville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeiglerville
- Lexington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blissdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blissdale.
Newspapers Published in Blissdale ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blissdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blissdale, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blissdale.
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 Blissdale:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Holmes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Attala County
- Carroll County
- Humphreys County
- Leflore County
- Madison County
- Sharkey County
- Sunflower County
- Washington County
- Yazoo 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Blissdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Blissdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |