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 Carter (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 Carter. 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 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.
Carter is located in Yazoo 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 Yazoo County: Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Madison, Sharkey & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Carter. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carter:
- Yazoo County (The home county of Carter)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carter, with the one closest to Carter listed first.
- Crump
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Crump is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Dover ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Eden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Yazoo City
(9 miles [14.5 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>
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
- Jonestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jonestown is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Evans
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Evans is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Fordyke
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fordyke is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyke
- Anding
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Anding is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anding
- Oil City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Oil City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Nod
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nod is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nod
- Satartia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Satartia is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satartia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Hinds County
- Delta City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Delta City is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta City
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carter, with the one closest to Carter listed first.
- Pluto
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pluto is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto
- Bee Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Good Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Good Hope is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Coxburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Coxburg is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Tolarville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Mileston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mileston is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mileston
- Gwin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gwin is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwin
- Tchula
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tchula is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Jones Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Crossing is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Wyatt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wyatt is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Keirn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Keirn is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keirn
- Lexington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carter, with the one closest to Carter listed first.
- Lake City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Silver City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Silver City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Louise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Louise is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Belzoni
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Gooden Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gooden Lake is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooden Lake
- Jaketown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jaketown is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaketown
- Isola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Isola is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Issaquena County
- Booth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Booth is located in Issaquena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Leflore County
- Morgan City
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Madison County
- Kearney Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kearney Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney Park
- Sharkey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carter, with the one closest to Carter listed first.
- Auter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Auter is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auter
- Richey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Richey is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richey
- Anguilla
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mont Helena
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mont Helena is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Helena
- Nitta Yuma
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Nitta Yuma is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitta Yuma
- Panther Burn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Panther Burn is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Burn
- Riverside Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Riverside Junction is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Junction
- Rolling Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lorenzen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lorenzen is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenzen
- Cary
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cary is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Sunflower County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carter, with the one closest to Carter listed first.
- Inverness
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Inverness is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Population from the 2020 Census: 852 people
- New Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carter, with the one closest to Carter listed first.
- Murphy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Murphy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Willet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Willet is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- Overby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Overby is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overby
- Hollandale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Forrest City ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forrest City is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carter, see our County-by-County Page for Carter.
Cemeteries Near Carter ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carter.
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 Carter - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carter, with the one closest to Carter listed first.
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Phillips Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wolf Lake Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pluto Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bellewood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Huddleston Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Balup Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Goshen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mayday Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Thornton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (212 more) ...
- John Roberson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Banks Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hardshell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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 Carter in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Carter.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carter, with the one closest to Carter listed first.
- Crump
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Crump is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Belle Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Belle Prairie is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Prairie
- Dover ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dover is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Lake City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Pluto
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pluto is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto
- Eden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Bee Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Yazoo City
(9 miles [14.5 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>
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
- Thornton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Thornton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Free Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Free Run is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Run
- Good Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Good Hope is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hilton ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hilton is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton
- Coxburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Coxburg is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Tolarville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carter. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carter.
Newspapers Published in Carter ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carter.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carter, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carter.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Carter:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Yazoo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hinds County
- Holmes County
- Humphreys County
- Issaquena County
- Leflore County
- Madison County
- Sharkey County
- Sunflower County
- Washington 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 Carter, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carter) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |