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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 Carlos (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 Carlos. 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 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 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.

Carlos is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Amite, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Pike & Walthall.

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

  • Lincoln County     (The home county of Carlos)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlos, with the one closest to Carlos listed first.
    • Montgomery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Montgomery is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
    • New Sight
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • New Sight is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sight
    • Brookhaven
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Wellman
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Wellman is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
    • Cobbs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Cobbs is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
    • Norfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Norfield is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfield
    • Caseyville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Caseyville is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
  • Amite County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlos, with the one closest to Carlos listed first.
    • Mount Olive
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Olive is located in Amite County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
    • Thompson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Thompson is located in Amite County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
  • Copiah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlos, with the one closest to Carlos listed first.
    • Wesson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Beauregard
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Beauregard is located in Copiah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
    • Martinsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Martinsville is located in Copiah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
    • Sardis
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Sardis is located in Copiah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
    • Bowerton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Bowerton is located in Copiah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerton
    • Glancy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Glancy is located in Copiah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glancy
    • Hazlehurst
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Allen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Allen is located in Copiah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
    • Georgetown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Georgetown is located in Copiah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
    • Hopewell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Hopewell is located in Copiah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
    • Crystal Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlos, with the one closest to Carlos listed first.
    • McCall Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Eddiceton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Eddiceton is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddiceton
    • Bude
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Bude is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bude
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 987 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bude <1>
  • Hinds County
    • Thompsonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Thompsonville is located in Hinds County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
  • Jefferson Davis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlos, with the one closest to Carlos listed first.
    • Oak Vale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Vale is located in Jefferson Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Vale
    • Prentiss
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Prentiss is located in Jefferson Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentiss
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prentiss <1>
  • Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlos, with the one closest to Carlos listed first.
    • Nola
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Nola is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nola
    • Tryus
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Tryus is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryus
    • Rosella
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Rosella is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosella
    • Monticello
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Verna
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Verna is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verna
    • Hooker
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Hooker is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
    • Arm
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Arm is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arm
    • Silver Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Grange ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Grange is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange
    • New Hebron
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Tilton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Tilton is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
  • Pike County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlos, with the one closest to Carlos listed first.
    • Summit
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Topisaw
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Topisaw is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topisaw
    • McComb
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Bear Town
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Bear Town is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Town
    • Bacots
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Bacots is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacots
    • Holmesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Holmesville is located in Pike County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
  • Simpson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carlos, with the one closest to Carlos listed first.
    • Shivers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Shivers is located in Simpson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shivers
    • Westville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Westville is located in Simpson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
  • Walthall County
    • Sartinville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sartinville is located in Walthall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartinville

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

Cemeteries Near Carlos ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carlos.

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

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

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

  • Friendship MB Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Union Hall Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Little Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hillcrest Church of Christ Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Brookhaven Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Easthaven Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • St. John Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (464 more) ...

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

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

  • Montgomery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Montgomery is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
  • Brookhaven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Wesson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Beauregard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Beauregard is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
  • Fair River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Fair River is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair River
  • Wellman
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Wellman is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
  • Tryus
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Tryus is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryus
  • Browns Wells
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Browns Wells is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Wells
  • Martinsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Martinsville is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Bogue Chitto
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Bogue Chitto is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
  • Ashley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ashley is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
  • Bowerton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bowerton is located in Copiah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerton
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Norfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Norfield is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfield
    • Gallatin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Gallatin is located in Copiah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatin
    • Ruth
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Ruth is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth

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

Newspapers Published in Carlos ...

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 Carlos.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carlos, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carlos.

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 Carlos:

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