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 Catahoula (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 Catahoula. 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/Parishes ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties/parishes 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 south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Catahoula is located in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Saint Tammany (LA), Harrison & Pearl River.
Below are the counties/parishes that are near Catahoula. For each of these counties/parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Catahoula:
- Hancock County (The home county of Catahoula)
- The following are listed by their distance from Catahoula, with the one closest to Catahoula listed first.
- Kiln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Necaise
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Necaise is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necaise
- Diamondhead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shoreline Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shoreline Park is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline Park
- Gainesville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gainesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Napoleon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Napoleon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Bay Saint Louis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waveland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Logtown ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Logtown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
- Lakeshore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lakeshore is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
- Pearlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catahoula, with the one closest to Catahoula listed first.
- Pass Christian
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lyman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lyman is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Wortham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wortham is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortham
- Long Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saucier
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Gulfport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Gulfport is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gulfport
- Howison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Howison is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howison
- Gulfport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mississippi City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
- Lorraine Community ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lorraine Community is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine Community
- Coalville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coalville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Wool Market
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wool Market is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
- Wool Market has also been known as:
- Woolmarket
- Pearl River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catahoula, with the one closest to Catahoula listed first.
- Nicholson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Nicholson is located in Pearl River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
- Picayune
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Juniper Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Juniper Grove is located in Pearl River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Grove
- Poplarville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hillsdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hillsdale is located in Pearl River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catahoula, with the one closest to Catahoula listed first.
- Smith Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Town is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- McHenry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- McHenry is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Orleans Parish (LA)
- Lake Catherine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Catherine is located in Orleans Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Catahoula, with the one closest to Catahoula listed first.
- Pearl River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hickory is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Lake Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Northwood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Northwood Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Village
- Tanglewood Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tanglewood Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood Village
- Bon Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bon Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Village
- Browns Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Village
- Slidell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Slidell is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slidell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,541 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slidell <1>
- Talisheek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Huntwyck Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Huntwyck Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntwyck Village
- McClane City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- McClane City is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClane City
- Lake Shore Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Shore Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore Village
- Washington Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Catahoula, with the one closest to Catahoula listed first.
- Lees Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lees Creek is located in Washington Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Bogalusa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Catahoula, see our County-by-County Page for Catahoula.
Cemeteries Near Catahoula ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Catahoula.
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 Catahoula - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Catahoula covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Catahoula, with the one closest to Catahoula listed first.
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Gipson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pearson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bayou Coco Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Anner Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Necaise Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necaise Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Necaise Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Necaise.
- Turtleskin Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Little Rotten Bayou Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf River Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Spiers Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (200 more) ...
- Shaw Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Steep Hollow Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Thigpen Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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 Catahoula in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Catahoula.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Catahoula, with the one closest to Catahoula listed first.
- Kiln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gainesville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gainesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Waveland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bay Saint Louis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Delisle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Delisle is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delisle
- Logtown ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Logtown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
- Pearl River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson Point is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Point
- Pearlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pass Christian
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Florenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Florenville is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florenville
- Long Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Slidell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Slidell is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slidell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,541 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slidell <1>
- Talisheek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Chinquapin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Chinquapin is located in Pearl River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Catahoula. See our List of 1890's Communities around Catahoula.
Newspapers Published in Catahoula ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Catahoula.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Catahoula, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Catahoula.
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 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 Catahoula:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Hancock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Harrison County
- Pearl River County
- Stone County
- Orleans Parish
- Saint Tammany Parish
- Washington 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 Catahoula, 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- Catahoula) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |