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 Bogue Chitto (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 Bogue Chitto. 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 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.
Bogue Chitto 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 Bogue Chitto. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bogue Chitto:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Bogue Chitto)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bogue Chitto, with the one closest to Bogue Chitto listed first.
- Norfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Norfield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfield
- Wellman
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wellman is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
- Brookhaven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cobbs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cobbs is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Montgomery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Montgomery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- New Sight
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- New Sight is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sight
- Caseyville
(20 miles [32.2 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 Bogue Chitto, with the one closest to Bogue Chitto listed first.
- Mount Olive
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Thompson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- McElveen
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- McElveen is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElveen
- Brookside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brookside is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Glading
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Glading is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glading
- Huron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huron is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- O'Neil
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- O'Neil is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil
- Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Gillsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gillsburg is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillsburg
- Copiah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bogue Chitto, with the one closest to Bogue Chitto listed first.
- Wesson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Beauregard
(19 miles [30.6 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bowerton is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerton
- Martinsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Martinsville is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Allen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Allen is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Glancy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Glancy is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glancy
- Sardis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sardis is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Hazlehurst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bogue Chitto, with the one closest to Bogue Chitto listed first.
- McCall Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Eddiceton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Eddiceton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddiceton
- Bude
(23 miles [37 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 Bogue Chitto, with the one closest to Bogue Chitto listed first.
- Verna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Verna is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verna
- Nola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nola is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nola
- Monticello
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rosella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosella is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosella
- Tryus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tryus is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryus
- Tilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tilton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Arm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Arm is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arm
- Hooker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hooker is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Silver Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bogue Chitto, with the one closest to Bogue Chitto listed first.
- Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- McComb
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bear Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bear Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Town
- Topisaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Topisaw is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topisaw
- Bacots
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bacots is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacots
- Holmesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Holmesville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- Magnolia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Chatawa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chatawa is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatawa
- Osyka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Smithburg
(29 miles [46.7 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 Bogue Chitto, with the one closest to Bogue Chitto listed first.
- Sartinville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sartinville is located in Walthall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartinville
- Tylertown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bogue Chitto, see our County-by-County Page for Bogue Chitto.
Cemeteries Near Bogue Chitto ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bogue Chitto.
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 Bogue Chitto - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bogue Chitto covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bogue Chitto, with the one closest to Bogue Chitto listed first.
- Missionary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Price Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Springfield MB Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rawls Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stewarts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brister Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Burns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Moak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Montgomery Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dickerson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Moak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (634 more) ...
- Brister Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dunn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill MB Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bogue Chitto had a population of 300 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bogue Chitto, with the one closest to Bogue Chitto listed first.
- Norfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Norfield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfield
- Wellman
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wellman is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
- Johnstons Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Johnstons Station is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstons Station
- Ruth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Brookhaven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Auburn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- McComb
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fair River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fair River is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair River
- Topisaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Topisaw is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topisaw
- Montgomery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Montgomery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Smithdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Smithdale is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithdale
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Thompson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Kennolia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kennolia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennolia
- Little Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Little Springs is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bogue Chitto. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bogue Chitto.
Newspapers Published in Bogue Chitto ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bogue Chitto.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bogue Chitto, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bogue Chitto.
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 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 Bogue Chitto:
- 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
- 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> | 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 Bogue Chitto, 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' (or 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- Bogue Chitto) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |