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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Chalk Bluff. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Chalk Bluff to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Chalk Bluff, please Contact Us.
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 Chalk Bluff (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 Chalk Bluff. 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.
Name Variations for Chalk Bluff ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Chalk Bluff: Chalk Blf. (or less commonly used: Chalk Bluf.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Chalk Bluff. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Chalk Bluff.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Although our information shows that the community of Chalk Bluff is historic, it would have been located within present day Chickasaw 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 Chickasaw County: Calhoun, Clay, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Chalk Bluff. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chalk Bluff:
- Chickasaw County (The home county of Chalk Bluff)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Bluff, with the one closest to Chalk Bluff listed first.
- Egypt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Egypt is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Okolona
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sycamore ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sycamore is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Van Vleet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Van Vleet is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Vleet
- Houston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Thelma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Thelma is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
- New Houlka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Houlka is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Houlka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 601 people
- Former names for New Houlka:
- Houlka
- Old Houlka
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Houlka <2>
- Anchor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Anchor is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Woodland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Bluff, with the one closest to Chalk Bluff listed first.
- Vardaman
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Loyd
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Loyd is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
- Benela
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Benela is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benela
- Derma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Derma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 961 people
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Bluff, with the one closest to Chalk Bluff listed first.
- Una
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Una is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Una
- Abbott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Abbott is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Montpelier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Montpelier is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
- Beasley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Beasley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
- Griffith
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Griffith is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
- Siloam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Siloam is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Whites
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whites is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites
- Cedar Bluff
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Mhoons Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mhoons Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mhoons Valley
- West Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Vinton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Vinton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
- Pheba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holmes County
- Egypt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Egypt is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Itawamba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Bluff, with the one closest to Chalk Bluff listed first.
- Carolina
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carolina is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina
- Abney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Abney is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abney
- Ballardsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ballardsville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballardsville
- Greenwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwood is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Bluff, with the one closest to Chalk Bluff listed first.
- Shannon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Verona
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Plantersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bissell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bissell is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
- Richmond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Tupelo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mooreville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mooreville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreville
- Indian Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Indian Hills is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Lowndes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Bluff, with the one closest to Chalk Bluff listed first.
- Kolola Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kolola Springs is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kolola Springs
- Caledonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Bluff, with the one closest to Chalk Bluff listed first.
- Gibson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- New Wren
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Wren is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Wren
- Wren
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wren is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Cotton Gin Port ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cotton Gin Port is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Gin Port
- Nettleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Aberdeen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Muldon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Muldon is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muldon
- Acker ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Acker is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acker
- Amory
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hatley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hatley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Ales ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ales is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ales
- Floyton ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Floyton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyton
- Pontotoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Bluff, with the one closest to Chalk Bluff listed first.
- Goodford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Goodford is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodford
- Algoma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pannell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pannell is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pannell
- Pontotoc
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Sherman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Bluff, with the one closest to Chalk Bluff listed first.
- Mantee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mantee is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Hohenlinden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hohenlinden is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohenlinden
- Cumberland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Clarkson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarkson is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson
- Fame
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fame is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fame
- Montevista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Montevista is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevista
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chalk Bluff, see our County-by-County Page for Chalk Bluff.
Cemeteries Near Chalk Bluff ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chalk Bluff.
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 Chalk Bluff - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chalk Bluff covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chalk Bluff, with the one closest to Chalk Bluff listed first.
- Snow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pulliam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Confederate Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Citizens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Thornton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Soul Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (327 more) ...
- McKinnon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Word Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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.
While we didn't find Chalk Bluff in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chalk Bluff.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chalk Bluff, with the one closest to Chalk Bluff listed first.
- Egypt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Egypt is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Buena Vista
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Buena Vista is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Okolona
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sycamore ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sycamore is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Gibson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- McCondy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McCondy is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCondy
- Van Vleet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Van Vleet is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Vleet
- Una
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Una is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Una
- Coleville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coleville is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleville
- Neals ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Neals is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neals
- Central Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Central Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
- Nettleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Shannon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Holladay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Holladay is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holladay
- Houston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chalk Bluff. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chalk Bluff.
Newspapers Published in Chalk Bluff ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chalk Bluff.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chalk Bluff, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chalk Bluff.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Chalk Bluff:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Chickasaw County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Holmes County
- Itawamba County
- Lee County
- Lowndes County
- Monroe County
- Pontotoc County
- Webster County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Chalk Bluff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Chalk Bluff) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |