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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 Boyette (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 Boyette. 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 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.

Boyette is located in Attala 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 Attala County: Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Montgomery, Neshoba, Winston & Yazoo.

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

  • Attala County     (The home county of Boyette)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boyette, with the one closest to Boyette listed first.
    • Sallis
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Newport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Newport is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Zemuly
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Zemuly is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemuly
    • Possumneck
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Possumneck is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumneck
    • Rocky Point
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Rocky Point is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
    • Kosciusko
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Hesterville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Hesterville is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesterville
    • Auris ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Auris is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auris
    • Langley ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Langley is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
    • Ethel
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Ethel is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
    • Gregory ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Gregory is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • McCool
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • McCool is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
  • Carroll County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boyette, with the one closest to Boyette listed first.
    • Vaiden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Coila
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Coila is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
  • Holmes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boyette, with the one closest to Boyette listed first.
    • Durant
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Goodman
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Richland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Richland is located in Holmes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
    • West
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Pickens
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Lexington
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jones Crossing
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jones Crossing is located in Holmes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
    • Acona
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Acona is located in Holmes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acona
    • Ituma
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Ituma is located in Holmes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ituma
    • Coxburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Coxburg is located in Holmes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
    • Tolarville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Tolarville is located in Holmes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
    • Gwin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Gwin is located in Holmes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwin
  • Leake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boyette, with the one closest to Boyette listed first.
    • Saint Ann
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Ann is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ann
    • Redwater
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Redwater is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
    • Carthage
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Coosa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Coosa is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boyette, with the one closest to Boyette listed first.
    • Camden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Sharpsburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sharpsburg is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
    • Sharon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Sharon is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
    • Davis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Davis is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
    • Cobbville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Cobbville is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbville
    • Maris Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Maris Town is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maris Town
    • Mill Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Mill Town is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
    • Canton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Winston County
    • Vowell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Vowell is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
  • Yazoo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boyette, with the one closest to Boyette listed first.
    • Fordyke
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Fordyke is located in Yazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyke
    • Vaughan
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Vaughan is located in Yazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
    • Evans
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Evans is located in Yazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
    • Eden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Eden is located in Yazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
    • Nod
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Nod is located in Yazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nod
    • Pearce ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Pearce is located in Yazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce

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

Cemeteries Near Boyette ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boyette.

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 Boyette - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bunker Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Stump Ridge Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Ables Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Pisgah Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Dickerson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mizpah Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Durant Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sallis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Holeman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (442 more) ...
    • Durant Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Damascus Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Gulledge Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)

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

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

  • Durant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Sallis
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Goodman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Newport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Newport is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
  • McAdams
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • McAdams is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAdams
  • Richland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Richland is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
  • Shrock ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Shrock is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrock
  • Franklin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Franklin is located in Holmes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Pickens
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cameron
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Cameron is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
  • McVille
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • McVille is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
  • Thomastown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Thomastown is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Kosciusko
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Hesterville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Hesterville is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesterville
    • Lexington
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Boyette ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boyette.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boyette, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boyette.

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 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 Boyette:

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 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.
<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 Boyette, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Boyette) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.