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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 Boon (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 Boon. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Boon is located in Winston County.

To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Winston County: Attala, Choctaw, Kemper, Leake, Neshoba, Noxubee & Oktibbeha.

Below are the counties that are near Boon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boon:

  • Winston County     (The home county of Boon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boon, with the one closest to Boon listed first.
    • Louisville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Noxapater
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noxapater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxapater
      • Noxapater is located in Winston County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noxapater <1>
    • Handle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Handle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
      • Handle is located in Winston County
    • Plattsburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
      • Plattsburg is located in Winston County
    • Hinze
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinze
      • Hinze is located in Winston County
    • Vowell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
      • Vowell is located in Winston County
  • Attala County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boon, with the one closest to Boon listed first.
    • McCool
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
      • McCool is located in Attala County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
    • Ethel
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
      • Ethel is located in Attala County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
  • Choctaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boon, with the one closest to Boon listed first.
    • Ackerman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Weir
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weir have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
      • Weir is located in Choctaw County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weir <1>
    • Williams
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
      • Williams is located in Choctaw County
    • Reform
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reform have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
      • Reform is located in Choctaw County
    • French Camp
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Camp
      • French Camp is located in Choctaw County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for French Camp <1>
  • Kemper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boon, with the one closest to Boon listed first.
    • Lynville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynville
      • Lynville is located in Kemper County
    • De Kalb
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lowndes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boon, with the one closest to Boon listed first.
    • Crawford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crawford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
      • Crawford is located in Lowndes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 655 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crawford <1>
    • Artesia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
      • Artesia is located in Lowndes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
  • Neshoba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boon, with the one closest to Boon listed first.
    • Bogue Chitto
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bogue Chitto have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
      • Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
    • Philadelphia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Pearl River
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
      • Pearl River is located in Neshoba County
    • Tucker
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tucker have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
      • Tucker is located in Neshoba County
  • Noxubee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boon, with the one closest to Boon listed first.
    • Mashulaville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashulaville
      • Mashulaville is located in Noxubee County
    • Macon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
      • Macon is located in Noxubee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,384 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macon <1>
    • Shuqualak
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shuqualak have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
      • Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
    • Brooksville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Deerbrook
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
      • Deerbrook is located in Noxubee County
  • Oktibbeha County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boon, with the one closest to Boon listed first.
    • Sturgis
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sturgis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgis
      • Sturgis is located in Oktibbeha County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sturgis <1>
    • Bradley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
      • Bradley is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Longview
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
      • Longview is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Starkville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Adaton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaton
      • Adaton is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Double Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Double Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
      • Double Springs is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Clayton Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clayton Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Village
      • Clayton Village is located in Oktibbeha County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boon, see our County-by-County Page for Boon.

Newspapers Published in Boon ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boon, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boon.

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 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 Boon:

Cemeteries Near Boon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boon.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boon, with the one closest to Boon listed first.

  • New Hope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hope Cemetery
  • Choctaw Christian Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Murphy Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Murphy Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murphy Creek Cemetery
  • Crystal Ridge Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Macedonia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Macedonia Cemetery
  • Kirk Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kirk Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kirk Cemetery
  • Oliver Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oliver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oliver Cemetery
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Cemetery
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
  • Ellison Ridge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellison Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellison Ridge Cemetery
  • Perkinsville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perkinsville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perkinsville Cemetery
  • Mt. Bell MB Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (335 more) ...
    • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    • Masonic Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Masonic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery
    • Louisville Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Louisville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Louisville Cemetery

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 Boon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boon.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Boon, with the one closest to Boon listed first.

  • Randalls Bluff ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randalls Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalls Bluff
    • Randalls Bluff is located in Winston County
  • Perkinsville ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perkinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkinsville
    • Perkinsville is located in Winston County
  • Louisville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Webster
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Webster have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
    • Webster is located in Winston County
  • Singleton ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Singleton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleton
    • Singleton is located in Winston County
  • Betheden
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Betheden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betheden
    • Betheden is located in Winston County
  • Noxapater
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noxapater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxapater
    • Noxapater is located in Winston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noxapater <1>
  • Fearns Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fearns Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearns Springs
    • Fearns Springs is located in Winston County
  • Handle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Handle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
    • Handle is located in Winston County
  • Loakfoma
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loakfoma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loakfoma
    • Loakfoma is located in Winston County
  • Hashuqua ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hashuqua have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashuqua
    • Hashuqua is located in Noxubee County
  • Mashulaville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashulaville
    • Mashulaville is located in Noxubee County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Lynn Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynn Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Creek
      • Lynn Creek is located in Noxubee County
    • North Bend
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
      • North Bend is located in Neshoba County
    • Preston
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Preston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
      • Preston is located in Kemper County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boon.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Boon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>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- Boon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Boon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1007, Longitude: -88.9564       In this case, the coordinates for Boon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Boon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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