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 Coldwater (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 Coldwater. 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 Coldwater ...
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.
Another variation: Cold Water.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Coldwater. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Coldwater.
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 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.
Coldwater is located in Neshoba 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 Neshoba County: Attala, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Newton, Scott & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Coldwater. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Coldwater:
- Neshoba County (The home county of Coldwater)
- The following are listed by their distance from Coldwater, with the one closest to Coldwater listed first.
- Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hope is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Dixon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Pearl River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pearl River is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
- Dowdville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dowdville is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowdville
- Philadelphia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Neshoba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Neshoba is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshoba
- Tucker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tucker is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Ocobla
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
- House
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- House is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Bogue Chitto
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
- Kemper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coldwater, with the one closest to Coldwater listed first.
- Spinks ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Spinks is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
- Rio
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rio is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Lynville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lynville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynville
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coldwater, with the one closest to Coldwater listed first.
- Martin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Martin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Collinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Suqualena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Suqualena is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suqualena
- Leake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coldwater, with the one closest to Coldwater listed first.
- High Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- High Hill is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Standing Pine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Standing Pine is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
- Coosa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coosa is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
- Walnut Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carthage
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Redwater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Redwater is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
- Tuscola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tuscola is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
- Lena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Saint Ann
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Ann is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ann
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coldwater, with the one closest to Coldwater listed first.
- Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lucern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lucern is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucern
- Stamper ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Stamper is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamper
- Conehatta
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Conehatta is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conehatta
- Decatur
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pine Bluff
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pine Bluff is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
- Newton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hickory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
- Noxubee County
- Hashuqua ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hashuqua is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashuqua
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coldwater, with the one closest to Coldwater listed first.
- Sebastopol
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harperville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harperville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperville
- Cash
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cash is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Clifton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Forest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beach is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
- Ludlow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ludlow is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Coldwater, with the one closest to Coldwater listed first.
- Plattsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Plattsburg is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Vowell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Vowell is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
- Noxapater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hinze
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hinze is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinze
- Handle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Handle is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
- Louisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fearns Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fearns Springs is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearns Springs
- Randalls Bluff ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Randalls Bluff is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalls Bluff
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Coldwater, see our County-by-County Page for Coldwater.
Cemeteries Near Coldwater ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coldwater.
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 Coldwater - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Coldwater covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Coldwater, with the one closest to Coldwater listed first.
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- McNeill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dixon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Morrow Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carolina Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Bethany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Black Jack Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Philadelphia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (308 more) ...
- Harmony Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Neshoba Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Coldwater in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coldwater.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Coldwater, with the one closest to Coldwater listed first.
- Hope
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hope is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Dixon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Philadelphia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Madden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Madden is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madden
- High Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- High Hill is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Tucker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tucker is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Edinburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edinburg is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Williston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Williston is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Prospect
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Prospect is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ocobla
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Free Trade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Free Trade is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Trade
- Sebastopol
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Standing Pine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Standing Pine is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Coldwater. See our List of 1890's Communities around Coldwater.
Newspapers Published in Coldwater ...
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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coldwater.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coldwater, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coldwater.
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 either 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 Coldwater:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Neshoba County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Kemper County
- Lauderdale County
- Leake County
- Newton County
- Noxubee County
- Scott 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 Coldwater, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Coldwater) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |