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 Cowanville (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 Cowanville. 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 northeast 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 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.
Cowanville is located in 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 Cowanville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cowanville:
- Copiah County (The home county of Cowanville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cowanville, with the one closest to Cowanville listed first.
- Georgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Georgetown is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Sardis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sardis is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Hopewell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Beauregard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Beauregard is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Martinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Martinsville is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Wesson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hazlehurst
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Glancy
(20 miles [32.2 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
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Allen is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Covington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cowanville, with the one closest to Cowanville listed first.
- Mount Olive
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Arbo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Arbo is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbo
- Hinds County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cowanville, with the one closest to Cowanville listed first.
- Terry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Thompsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thompsonville is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Bear Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Creek is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Byram
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cowanville, with the one closest to Cowanville listed first.
- Prentiss
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Vale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Vale is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Vale
- Bassfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bassfield is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cowanville, with the one closest to Cowanville listed first.
- Tryus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tryus is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryus
- New Hebron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rosella
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rosella is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosella
- Hooker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hooker is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Nola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nola is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nola
- Grange ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grange is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange
- Silver Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Monticello
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Arm
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Arm is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arm
- Tilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tilton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Verna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Verna is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verna
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cowanville, with the one closest to Cowanville listed first.
- Montgomery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- New Sight
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Sight is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sight
- Brookhaven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wellman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Wellman is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
- Cobbs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cobbs is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Caseyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Caseyville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
- Norfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Norfield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfield
- Rankin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cowanville, with the one closest to Cowanville listed first.
- Alonzo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Alonzo is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alonzo
- Clear Branch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Clear Branch is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch
- King
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- King is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Whites
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Whites is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites
- Florence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cato
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cato is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cowanville, with the one closest to Cowanville 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Braxton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Braxton is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Jaynesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jaynesville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaynesville
- D'Lo
(22 miles [35.4 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sanatorium
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sanatorium is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanatorium
- Magee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Coats
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Coats is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Walthall County
- Sartinville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sartinville is located in Walthall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartinville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cowanville, see our County-by-County Page for Cowanville.
Cemeteries Near Cowanville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cowanville.
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 Cowanville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cowanville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cowanville, with the one closest to Cowanville listed first.
- Lowe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Norman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Galilee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Providence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fair Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Taylor Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lily Mae Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Armstrong - Buckley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (430 more) ...
- Stronghope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Stringer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Cowanville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cowanville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cowanville, with the one closest to Cowanville listed first.
- Rockport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rockport is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Tryus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tryus is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryus
- Ashley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashley is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Georgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Georgetown is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Hooker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hooker is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Shivers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shivers is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shivers
- Grange ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grange is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange
- Beauregard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Beauregard is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Silver Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wesson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Monticello
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Westville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Martinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Martinsville is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Fair River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fair River is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair River
- Harrisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Harrisville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cowanville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cowanville.
Newspapers Published in Cowanville ...
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 Cowanville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cowanville, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cowanville.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Cowanville:
- 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
- Walthall 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 Cowanville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cowanville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |