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 Bunkley (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 Bunkley. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Bunkley is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Adams, Amite, Jefferson, Lincoln & Wilkinson.
Below are the counties that are near Bunkley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bunkley:
- Franklin County (The home county of Bunkley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkley, with the one closest to Bunkley listed first.
- Knoxville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Knoxville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- White Apple
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- White Apple is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Apple
- Garden City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Meadville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bude
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roxie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hamburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hamburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Eddiceton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eddiceton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddiceton
- McCall Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkley, with the one closest to Bunkley listed first.
- Jeannette
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jeannette is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Selma
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Selma is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Washington
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Washington is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Cloverdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cloverdale is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Natchez
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carthage
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carthage is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Amite County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkley, with the one closest to Bunkley listed first.
- Crosby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- O'Neil
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- O'Neil is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil
- Bewelcome
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bewelcome is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bewelcome
- Gloster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brookside
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Brookside is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Mount Olive
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Thompson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Thompson is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Glading
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glading is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glading
- McElveen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- McElveen is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElveen
- Huron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Huron is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Gillsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gillsburg is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillsburg
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkley, with the one closest to Bunkley listed first.
- Fayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Harriston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Red Lick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Red Lick is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lick
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkley, with the one closest to Bunkley listed first.
- Cobbs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cobbs is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Caseyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caseyville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
- Wilkinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkley, with the one closest to Bunkley listed first.
- Rosetta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rosetta is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosetta
- Wilkinson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wilkinson is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
- Centreville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Whitaker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Whitaker is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Woodville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Turnbull
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Turnbull is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
- Concordia Parish (LA)
- Vidalia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bunkley, with the one closest to Bunkley listed first.
- Troy ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Troy is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Norwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Norwood is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwood <1>
- Woodland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Woodland is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bunkley, see our County-by-County Page for Bunkley.
Cemeteries Near Bunkley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bunkley.
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 Bunkley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bunkley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bunkley, with the one closest to Bunkley listed first.
- Bunkley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- John Huff Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hammack Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- O'Neal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Marvin Huff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Butler Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Berryhill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Royal Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Campbellite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Vernon Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (675 more) ...
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Bunkley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bunkley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bunkley, with the one closest to Bunkley listed first.
- Coles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Coles is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Rosetta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rosetta is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosetta
- O'Neil
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- O'Neil is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil
- Knoxville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Knoxville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- White Apple
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- White Apple is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Apple
- Garden City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Meadville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bewelcome
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bewelcome is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bewelcome
- Roxie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Zion Hill is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
- Gloster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Orange
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orange is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Darrington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Darrington is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrington
- Tatum
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Tatum is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatum
- Hamburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hamburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bunkley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bunkley.
Newspapers Published in Bunkley ...
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 112 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bunkley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bunkley, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bunkley.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Bunkley:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Franklin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Amite County
- Jefferson County
- Lincoln County
- Wilkinson County
- Concordia Parish
- East Feliciana Parish
- 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 Bunkley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Bunkley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |