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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Coaler. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Coaler to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Coaler, 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 Coaler (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 Coaler. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 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 south 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 Coaler is historic, it would have been located within present day Copiah 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 Copiah County: Claiborne, Hinds, Lawrence, Lincoln, Rankin & Simpson.
Below are the counties that are near Coaler. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coaler:
- Copiah County (The home county of Coaler)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coaler, with the one closest to Coaler listed first.
- Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Georgetown is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Hopewell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Sardis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sardis is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Hazlehurst
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Crystal Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Martinsville is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Beauregard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beauregard is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Wesson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glancy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Glancy is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glancy
- Bowerton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bowerton is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerton
- Allen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Allen is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Covington County
- Mount Olive
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Hinds County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coaler, with the one closest to Coaler listed first.
- Terry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Thompsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thompsonville is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Byram
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bear Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Creek is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Midway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Choctaw Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Choctaw Village is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Village
- Palestine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Palestine is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Jefferson Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coaler, with the one closest to Coaler listed first.
- Prentiss
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Vale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Vale is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Vale
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coaler, with the one closest to Coaler listed first.
- Tryus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tryus is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryus
- New Hebron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grange ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grange is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange
- Nola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Nola is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nola
- Hooker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hooker is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Rosella
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rosella is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosella
- Silver Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Monticello
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Arm
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Arm is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arm
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coaler, with the one closest to Coaler listed first.
- Montgomery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- New Sight
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Sight is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sight
- Brookhaven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wellman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wellman is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
- Rankin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coaler, with the one closest to Coaler listed first.
- Alonzo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Alonzo is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alonzo
- Clear Branch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Clear Branch is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch
- King
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- King is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Whites
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Whites is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites
- Florence
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cato
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cato is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Richland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pearson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pearson is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Puckett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Puckett is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Greenfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Greenfield is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Galilee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Galilee is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galilee
- Pearl
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Brandon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coaler, with the one closest to Coaler listed first.
- Shivers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shivers is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shivers
- Westville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Westville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Braxton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Braxton is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- D'Lo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- D'Lo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Lo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Mendenhall
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sanatorium
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sanatorium is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanatorium
- Jaynesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jaynesville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaynesville
- Magee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Coats
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Coats is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coaler, see our County-by-County Page for Coaler.
Cemeteries Near Coaler ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coaler.
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 Coaler - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coaler covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coaler, with the one closest to Coaler listed first.
- Lily Mae Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Georgetown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Providence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Galilee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Armstrong - Buckley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Taylor Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ashley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (396 more) ...
- Lowe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Norman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brushy Creek Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brushy Creek Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Hopewell.
- The Brushy Creek Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brushy Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #58313 <4>
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 Coaler in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coaler.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coaler, with the one closest to Coaler listed first.
- Georgetown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Georgetown is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Rockport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rockport is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Ashley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ashley is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Harrisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
- Pearl
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pearl is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Shivers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shivers is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shivers
- Tryus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tryus is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryus
- Beech Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Grove is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Westville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Westville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Hazlehurst
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Martinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Martinsville is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Crystal Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Gallman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gallman is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallman
- Beauregard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beauregard is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Grange ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Grange is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coaler. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coaler.
Newspapers Published in Coaler ...
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 Coaler.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coaler, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coaler.
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 Coaler:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Copiah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Covington County
- Hinds County
- Jefferson Davis County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Rankin County
- Simpson 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 Coaler, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coaler) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |