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 Bloody Springs (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 Bloody Springs. 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.
Name Variations for Bloody Springs ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bloody Springs: Bloody Spgs. (or less commonly used: Bloody Spngs. or Bloody Sprngs.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Bloody Springs is located in Tishomingo 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 Tishomingo County: Colbert (AL), Franklin (AL), Lauderdale (AL), Alcorn, Itawamba, Prentiss & Hardin (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Bloody Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bloody Springs:
- Tishomingo County (The home county of Bloody Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloody Springs, with the one closest to Bloody Springs listed first.
- Dennis
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Tishomingo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Golden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Paden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Midway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Oldham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Holcut
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Iuka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Burnsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Short
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Alcorn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloody Springs, with the one closest to Bloody Springs listed first.
- Jacinto
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Glen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Glens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Rienzi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Searcy Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Farmington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Biggersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Itawamba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloody Springs, with the one closest to Bloody Springs listed first.
- Bounds Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bounds Crossroads is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds Crossroads
- Eastman
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Eastman is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Oakland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Kirkville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Clay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Clay is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Tremont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fulton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mantachie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prentiss County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloody Springs, with the one closest to Bloody Springs listed first.
- Burton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- New Site
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Altitude
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Marietta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Lake City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Booneville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wheeler
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wheeler is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Baldwyn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Blackland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Jumpertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Pisgah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pisgah is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloody Springs, with the one closest to Bloody Springs listed first.
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Bishop
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Denton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Denton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Cherokee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Red Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Franklin County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloody Springs, with the one closest to Bloody Springs listed first.
- Pleasant Site
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Red Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Burntout
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burntout is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout
- Burntout has also been known as:
- Burn Out
- Burnout
- Burnt Out
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Vina
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Vina is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Belgreen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Hodges
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwood is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Russellville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Spruce Pine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spruce Pine is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce Pine
- Churntown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Churntown is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churntown
- Phil Campbell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloody Springs, with the one closest to Bloody Springs listed first.
- Waterloo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Cypress Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- McGee Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Canaan ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Canaan is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Florence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Threet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Marion County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bloody Springs, with the one closest to Bloody Springs listed first.
- Hackleburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hackleburg is located in Marion County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,249 people
- Weston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Weston is located in Marion County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Hardin County (TN)
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bloody Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Bloody Springs.
Cemeteries Near Bloody Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bloody Springs.
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 Bloody Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bloody Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bloody Springs, with the one closest to Bloody Springs listed first.
- Russell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Old Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- James Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mann Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lower Pleasant Site Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sally Burns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Finley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Joel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (592 more) ...
- Lindsey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Byram Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hale 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.<4>
While we didn't find Bloody Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bloody Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bloody Springs, with the one closest to Bloody Springs listed first.
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Maud
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maud is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Pleasant Site
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Bishop
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Belmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Denton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Denton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Burton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Rock Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rock Creek is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Margerum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Margerum is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margerum
- Iuka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Cherokee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- New Site
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Hazeldell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hazeldell is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bloody Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bloody Springs.
Newspapers Published in Bloody Springs ...
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 Bloody Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bloody Springs, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bloody Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Bloody Springs:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Tishomingo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alcorn County
- Itawamba County
- Prentiss County
- Colbert County
- Franklin County
- Lauderdale County
- Marion County
- Hardin 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bloody Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Bloody Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |