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 Butler (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 Butler. 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.
Butler is located in Holmes 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 Holmes County: Attala, Carroll, Humphreys, Leflore, Madison & Yazoo.
Below are the counties that are near Butler. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Butler:
- Holmes County (The home county of Butler)
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler, with the one closest to Butler listed first.
- Wyatt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wyatt is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Keirn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Keirn is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keirn
- Gwin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gwin is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwin
- Tchula
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tchula is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Cruger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cruger is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Good Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Good Hope is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Mileston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mileston is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mileston
- Ituma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ituma is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ituma
- Bee Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bee Lake is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lake
- Bee Lake has also been known as:
- Bee Lake Plantation
- Pluto
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pluto is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto
- Jones Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Crossing is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Tolarville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler, with the one closest to Butler listed first.
- Coila
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coila is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Teoc
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Teoc is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teoc
- Carrollton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Carrollton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Hinds County
- Delta City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Delta City is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta City
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler, with the one closest to Butler listed first.
- Jaketown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jaketown is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaketown
- Belzoni
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Silver City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Isola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Isola is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Gooden Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gooden Lake is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooden Lake
- Lake City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Louise
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Louise is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Leflore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler, with the one closest to Butler listed first.
- Morgan City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Morgan City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Sidon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sidon is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Roebuck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Roebuck is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roebuck
- Itta Bena
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fort Loring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fort Loring is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Loring
- Greenwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Browning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Browning is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Shellmound
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Shellmound is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellmound
- Schlater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Schlater is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- McNutt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- McNutt is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Money
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Money is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money
- Sharkey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler, with the one closest to Butler listed first.
- Auter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Auter is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auter
- Richey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Richey is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richey
- Sunflower County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler, with the one closest to Butler listed first.
- Inverness
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Inverness is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Population from the 2020 Census: 852 people
- Moorhead
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moorhead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Baird
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baird is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
- Indianola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunflower
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunflower is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- New Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- New Town is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Faisonia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Faisonia is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faisonia
- Heathman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Heathman is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathman
- Roundaway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roundaway is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler, with the one closest to Butler listed first.
- Murphy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Murphy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Willet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Willet is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- Yazoo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Butler, with the one closest to Butler listed first.
- Eden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Crump
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Crump is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Dover ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
- Fordyke
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fordyke is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyke
- Evans
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Evans is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Yazoo City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Yazoo City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yazoo City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
- Former names for Yazoo City:
- Hannan's Bluff
- Manchester
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yazoo City <1>
- Jonestown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jonestown is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Butler, see our County-by-County Page for Butler.
Cemeteries Near Butler ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Butler.
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 Butler - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Butler covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Butler, with the one closest to Butler listed first.
- Albino Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- New Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mathena Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lennard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Marcella Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Graves Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pinecrest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wyatt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cunliff Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rose Bank Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Holly Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (283 more) ...
- Fullilove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Butler in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Butler.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Butler, with the one closest to Butler listed first.
- Tchula
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tchula is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Keirn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Keirn is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keirn
- Marcella
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Marcella is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcella
- Cruger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cruger is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Good Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Good Hope is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Mileston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mileston is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mileston
- Howard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Howard is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Thornton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Thornton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Ituma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ituma is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ituma
- Sheppardtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sheppardtown is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppardtown
- Pluto
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pluto is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto
- Bee Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bee Lake is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lake
- Bee Lake has also been known as:
- Bee Lake Plantation
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Tolarville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Sidon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sidon is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Eulogy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eulogy is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulogy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Butler. See our List of 1890's Communities around Butler.
Newspapers Published in Butler ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Butler.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Butler, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Butler.
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 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 Butler:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Holmes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Hinds County
- Humphreys County
- Leflore County
- Sharkey County
- Sunflower County
- Washington County
- Yazoo 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> | 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 Butler, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Butler) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |