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 Cross Roads (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 Cross Roads. 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 Cross Roads ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Cross Roads: Cross Rds.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cross Roads. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cross Roads.
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 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.
Cross Roads is located in Tishomingo 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 Tishomingo County: Colbert (AL), Franklin (AL), Lauderdale (AL), Alcorn, Itawamba, Prentiss & Hardin (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Cross Roads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cross Roads:
- Tishomingo County (The home county of Cross Roads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Roads, with the one closest to Cross Roads listed first.
- Short
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Burnsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Iuka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Oldham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Holcut
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Midway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Paden
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Tishomingo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Dennis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Belmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Golden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Alcorn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Roads, with the one closest to Cross Roads listed first.
- Glens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Glen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Farmington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Jacinto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Corinth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Searcy Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Rienzi
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Biggersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Allentown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Kossuth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hightown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Prentiss County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Roads, with the one closest to Cross Roads listed first.
- Burton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Altitude
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Pisgah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Booneville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- New Site
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Jumpertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Blackland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Wheeler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Roads, with the one closest to Cross Roads listed first.
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Bishop
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Cherokee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Red Rock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Denton ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Denton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Franklin County (AL)
- Pleasant Site
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Roads, with the one closest to Cross Roads listed first.
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Waterloo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Threet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Cloverdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- McGee Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- McGee Town is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Town
- Cypress Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cypress Creek is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek
- Hardin County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Roads, with the one closest to Cross Roads listed first.
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Nash Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Bruton Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- Pyburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Hamburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Nixon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Shiloh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
- Lowryville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lowryville is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowryville
- McNairy County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Roads, with the one closest to Cross Roads listed first.
- Tulu
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Michie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Caffey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Guys
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Guys is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Stantonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Eastview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Adamsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ramer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chewalla
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Chewalla is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewalla
- Falcon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Falcon is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Selmer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Purdy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Purdy is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Wayne County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cross Roads, with the one closest to Cross Roads listed first.
- Lutts
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cypress Inn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Whittens Stand ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Whittens Stand is located in Wayne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittens Stand
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cross Roads, see our County-by-County Page for Cross Roads.
Cemeteries Near Cross Roads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cross Roads.
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 Cross Roads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cross Roads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cross Roads, with the one closest to Cross Roads listed first.
- North Cross Roads Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Patrick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Curtis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north of Iuka.
- The Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Poplar Springs Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery
- Popular Springs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #62132 <3>
- Mulberry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Short Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Ground Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (668 more) ...
- Beall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hubbard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Cross Roads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cross Roads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cross Roads, with the one closest to Cross Roads listed first.
- Short
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Burnsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Kendrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kendrick is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
- Iuka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Glens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Riverton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Waterloo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Hamburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Nixon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Michie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jacinto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Corinth
(14 miles [22.5 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 Cross Roads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cross Roads.
Newspapers Published in Cross Roads ...
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 Cross Roads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cross Roads, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cross Roads.
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 Cross Roads:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Tishomingo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alcorn County
- Prentiss County
- Colbert County
- Franklin County
- Lauderdale County
- Hardin County
- McNairy County
- Wayne 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cross Roads) 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 Cross Roads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |