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 Cotton Plant (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 Cotton Plant. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Cotton Plant is located in Tippah 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 Tippah County: Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Union & Hardeman (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Cotton Plant. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cotton Plant:
- Tippah County (The home county of Cotton Plant)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cotton Plant, with the one closest to Cotton Plant listed first.
- Blue Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Lowrey
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lowrey is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey
- Clarysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clarysville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarysville
- Dumas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Ripley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gravestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gravestown is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravestown
- Whitten Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Whitten Town is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten Town
- Falkner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tiplersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tiplersville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiplersville
- Walnut
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Alcorn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cotton Plant, with the one closest to Cotton Plant listed first.
- Hightown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Kossuth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Allentown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Rienzi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Biggersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cotton Plant, with the one closest to Cotton Plant listed first.
- Hickory Flat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Ashland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Lake Shores
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Lake Shores is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Lake Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Canaan
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Canaan is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Michigan City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cotton Plant, with the one closest to Cotton Plant listed first.
- Lafayette Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lafayette Springs is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Springs
- Altus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Altus is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Abbeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cornish
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cornish is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cotton Plant, with the one closest to Cotton Plant listed first.
- Corrona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Corrona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrona
- Jug Fork
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jug Fork is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jug Fork
- Boggan Bend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boggan Bend is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggan Bend
- Birmingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Guntown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saltillo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Hills is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Bissell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bissell is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
- Tupelo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cotton Plant, with the one closest to Cotton Plant listed first.
- Cornersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cornersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersville
- Potts Camp
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Holly Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hudsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hudsonville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsonville
- Atway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Atway is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atway
- Pontotoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cotton Plant, with the one closest to Cotton Plant listed first.
- Cherry Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cherry Creek is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Ecru
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sherman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nixon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Nixon is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Possum Trot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Possum Trot is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- Turnpike
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Turnpike is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike
- Thaxton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pontotoc
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Toccopola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Toccopola is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toccopola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Algoma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Prentiss County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cotton Plant, with the one closest to Cotton Plant listed first.
- Geeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Geeville is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
- Blackland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Jumpertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Baldwyn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Wheeler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Wheeler is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Pisgah
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pisgah is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Booneville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lake City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cotton Plant, with the one closest to Cotton Plant listed first.
- Molino
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Molino is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Glenfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Glenfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- New Albany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Myrtle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mound City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Graham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Darden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Darden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Ingomar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ingomar is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Alpine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alpine is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Ellistown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ellistown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellistown
- Fairview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Blue Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hardeman County (TN)
- Essary Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Essary Springs is located in Hardeman County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essary Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cotton Plant, see our County-by-County Page for Cotton Plant.
Cemeteries Near Cotton Plant ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cotton Plant.
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 Cotton Plant - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cotton Plant covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cotton Plant, with the one closest to Cotton Plant listed first.
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Guyton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- McAllister Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Academy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gray's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wells Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- White Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Beulah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (482 more) ...
- Blue Mtn. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fellowship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cotton Plant had a population of 103 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cotton Plant, with the one closest to Cotton Plant listed first.
- Lowrey
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lowrey is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey
- Blue Mountain
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Keownville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Keownville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keownville
- Molino
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Molino is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Myrtle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Albany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Baker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Baker is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Dumas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Ripley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hickory Flat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Poolville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Poolville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poolville
- Wallerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wallerville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallerville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mitchell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchell is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Darden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Darden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Graham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cotton Plant. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cotton Plant.
Newspapers Published in Cotton Plant ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cotton Plant.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cotton Plant, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cotton Plant.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Cotton Plant:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Tippah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alcorn County
- Benton County
- Lafayette County
- Lee County
- Marshall County
- Pontotoc County
- Prentiss County
- Union County
- Hardeman 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cotton Plant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Cotton Plant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |