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 Carmack (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 Carmack. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Carmack 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 Carmack. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carmack:
- Attala County (The home county of Carmack)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmack, with the one closest to Carmack listed first.
- Auris ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Auris is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auris
- Hesterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hesterville is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesterville
- Rocky Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Point is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Langley ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Langley is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
- Possumneck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Possumneck is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumneck
- Kosciusko
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ethel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ethel is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
- Gregory ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gregory is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Sallis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- McCool
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- McCool is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Zemuly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Zemuly is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemuly
- Newport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Newport is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmack, with the one closest to Carmack listed first.
- Vaiden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coila
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coila is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Carrollton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- North Carrollton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Choctaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmack, with the one closest to Carmack listed first.
- French Camp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bankston ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bankston is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Weir
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ackerman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Williams
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Williams is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmack, with the one closest to Carmack listed first.
- West
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Durant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Acona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Acona is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acona
- Goodman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lexington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ituma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ituma is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ituma
- Richland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Richland is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Jones Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jones Crossing is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Pickens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leake County
- Coosa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coosa is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmack, with the one closest to Carmack listed first.
- Kilmichael
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kilmichael is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilmichael
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Sibleyton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sibleyton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibleyton
- Sibleyton has also been known as:
- Sibleton
- Winona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Minerva
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Minerva is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
- Eskridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Eskridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskridge
- Duck Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Duck Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,760 people
- Sweatman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sweatman is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweatman
- Webster County
- Eupora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carmack, with the one closest to Carmack listed first.
- Hinze
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hinze is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinze
- Vowell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vowell is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carmack, see our County-by-County Page for Carmack.
Cemeteries Near Carmack ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carmack.
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 Carmack - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carmack covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carmack, with the one closest to Carmack listed first.
- Providence Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mayo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Daniel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Plank Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Thornton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brister Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (511 more) ...
- Palmer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Carmack in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Carmack.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carmack, with the one closest to Carmack listed first.
- Chita ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chita is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chita
- Beatty
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beatty is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
- Hesterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hesterville is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesterville
- Vaiden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Kosciusko
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ethel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ethel is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
- Huntsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Foltz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Foltz is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foltz
- Kilmichael
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Kilmichael is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilmichael
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Durant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- McAdams
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- McAdams is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAdams
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- French Camp
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Emory
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Emory is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
- Sallis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carmack. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carmack.
Newspapers Published in Carmack ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carmack.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carmack, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carmack.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Carmack:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Attala County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Choctaw County
- Holmes County
- Leake County
- Montgomery County
- Webster County
- Winston 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> | 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 Carmack, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Carmack) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |