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 Bruce Junction (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 Bruce Junction. 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 Bruce Junction ...
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 Bruce Junction: Bruce Jct. (or less commonly used: Bruce Jctn.)
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Bruce Junction is located in Yalobusha 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 Yalobusha County: Calhoun, Grenada, Lafayette, Panola & Tallahatchie.
Below are the counties that are near Bruce Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bruce Junction:
- Yalobusha County (The home county of Bruce Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce Junction, with the one closest to Bruce Junction listed first.
- Coffeeville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Velma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Velma is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velma
- Tillatoba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Tillatoba is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillatoba
- Population from the 2010 Census: 91 people
- Water Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oakland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce Junction, with the one closest to Bruce Junction listed first.
- Big Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Big Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Bruce
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pittsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pittsboro is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Banner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Slate Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Spring is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Spring
- Slate Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Derma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Derma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 961 people
- Benela
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Benela is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benela
- Sarepta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sarepta is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarepta
- Loyd
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Loyd is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
- Vardaman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Carroll County
- Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Grenada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce Junction, with the one closest to Bruce Junction listed first.
- Memphis Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis Junction is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Junction
- Grenada
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elliott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Elliott is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Turkey Foot Fork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey Foot Fork is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot Fork
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce Junction, with the one closest to Bruce Junction listed first.
- Springdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Springdale is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Taylor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Delay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Delay is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delay
- Alesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- Cornish
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cornish is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Oxford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Altus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Altus is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce Junction, with the one closest to Bruce Junction listed first.
- Duck Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Duck Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,760 people
- Sweatman
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sweatman is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweatman
- Eskridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Eskridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskridge
- Minerva
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Minerva is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce Junction, with the one closest to Bruce Junction listed first.
- Pope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pope is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Courtland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Courtland is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Batesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Terza
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Terza is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terza
- Chapeltown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chapeltown is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapeltown
- Quitman County
- Crowder
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crowder is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Tallahatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruce Junction, with the one closest to Bruce Junction listed first.
- Rosebloom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rosebloom is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebloom
- Charleston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Crevi ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Crevi is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crevi
- Paynes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Paynes is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes
- Leverett
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Leverett is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bruce Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Bruce Junction.
Cemeteries Near Bruce Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bruce Junction.
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 Bruce Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bruce Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bruce Junction, with the one closest to Bruce Junction listed first.
- Hairston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Buntin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bailey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brooms Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Elam Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brooms Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Broadstreet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadstreet Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Broadstreet Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northeast of Coffeeville.
- The Broadstreet Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #58535 <3>
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harbor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (340 more) ...
- Adams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gimble Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbourn 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 Bruce Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bruce Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bruce Junction, with the one closest to Bruce Junction listed first.
- Coffeeville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Velma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Velma is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velma
- Youngs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Pine Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Valley is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
- Water Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oakland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grenada
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rosebloom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rosebloom is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebloom
- Murphreesboro ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Murphreesboro is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphreesboro
- Big Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Big Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Springdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Springdale is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Misterton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Misterton is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misterton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sabougla
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sabougla is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabougla
- Cascilla
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cascilla is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascilla
- Elliott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Elliott is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bruce Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bruce Junction.
Newspapers Published in Bruce Junction ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bruce Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bruce Junction, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bruce Junction.
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 Bruce Junction:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Yalobusha County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Grenada County
- Lafayette County
- Montgomery County
- Panola County
- Quitman County
- Tallahatchie 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 '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- Bruce Junction) 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 Bruce Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |