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 Blueberry Hill (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 Blueberry Hill. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Blueberry Hill is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Amite, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Pike & Walthall.
Below are the counties that are near Blueberry Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blueberry Hill:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Blueberry Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blueberry Hill, with the one closest to Blueberry Hill listed first.
- Norfield
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Norfield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfield
- Wellman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wellman is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
- Brookhaven
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cobbs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cobbs is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Montgomery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Montgomery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- New Sight
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- New Sight is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sight
- Caseyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Caseyville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
- Amite County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blueberry Hill, with the one closest to Blueberry Hill listed first.
- Thompson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- McElveen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- McElveen is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElveen
- Mount Olive
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Olive is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Brookside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brookside is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Glading
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glading is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glading
- Huron
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Huron is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Liberty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- O'Neil
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- O'Neil is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil
- Gillsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gillsburg is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillsburg
- Copiah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blueberry Hill, with the one closest to Blueberry Hill listed first.
- Wesson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Beauregard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Beauregard is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Bowerton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bowerton is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerton
- Martinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Martinsville is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Allen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Allen is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Glancy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Glancy is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glancy
- Sardis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sardis is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blueberry Hill, with the one closest to Blueberry Hill listed first.
- McCall Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eddiceton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Eddiceton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddiceton
- Bude
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Meadville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Jefferson Davis County
- Oak Vale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Oak Vale is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Vale
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blueberry Hill, with the one closest to Blueberry Hill listed first.
- Verna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Verna is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verna
- Nola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nola is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nola
- Monticello
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosella
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rosella is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosella
- Tilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tilton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Tryus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tryus is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryus
- Arm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Arm is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arm
- Hooker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hooker is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Silver Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marion County
- Kokomo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blueberry Hill, with the one closest to Blueberry Hill listed first.
- Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- McComb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bear Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bear Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Town
- Topisaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Topisaw is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topisaw
- Bacots
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bacots is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacots
- Holmesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holmesville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- Magnolia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chatawa
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Chatawa is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatawa
- Osyka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Smithburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Smithburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithburg
- Walthall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blueberry Hill, with the one closest to Blueberry Hill listed first.
- Sartinville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sartinville is located in Walthall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartinville
- Tylertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blueberry Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Blueberry Hill.
Cemeteries Near Blueberry Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blueberry Hill.
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 Blueberry Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blueberry Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blueberry Hill, with the one closest to Blueberry Hill listed first.
- Price Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Missionary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dickerson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Johnstons Station Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Montgomery Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Henry D. Berry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry D. Berry Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Henry D. Berry Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the north of Summit.
- The Henry D. Berry Cemetery has also been known as:
- Berry Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57966 <3>
- Wells Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Friendship Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rollins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Moak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brister Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Covington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (666 more) ...
- Springfield MB Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Blueberry Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blueberry Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blueberry Hill, with the one closest to Blueberry Hill listed first.
- Norfield
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Norfield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfield
- Bogue Chitto
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bogue Chitto is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
- Johnstons Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Johnstons Station is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstons Station
- Wellman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wellman is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
- Ruth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ruth is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Auburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- McComb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Topisaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Topisaw is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topisaw
- Brookhaven
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Smithdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Smithdale is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithdale
- Fair River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fair River is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair River
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Thompson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Fernwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fernwood is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- Holmesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holmesville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blueberry Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blueberry Hill.
Newspapers Published in Blueberry Hill ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blueberry Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blueberry Hill, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blueberry Hill.
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 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 Blueberry Hill:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amite County
- Copiah County
- Franklin County
- Jefferson Davis County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Pike County
- Walthall 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 from Point A (ie- Blueberry Hill) 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 Blueberry Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |