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 Dancy (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 Dancy. 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 and doctors 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.
Dancy is located in Webster 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 Webster County: Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Montgomery & Oktibbeha.
Below are the counties that are near Dancy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dancy:
- Webster County (The home county of Dancy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dancy, with the one closest to Dancy listed first.
- Cumberland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cumberland is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Mantee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mantee is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
- Clarkson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clarkson is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson
- Hohenlinden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hohenlinden is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohenlinden
- Fame
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fame is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fame
- Mathiston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Montevista
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Montevista is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevista
- Sapa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sapa is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapa
- Walthall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Walthall is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Eupora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dancy, with the one closest to Dancy listed first.
- Benela
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Benela is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benela
- Vardaman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Derma
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Derma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 961 people
- Slate Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Slate Spring is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Spring
- Slate Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Slate Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Calhoun City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Loyd
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Loyd is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
- Big Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Big Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Pittsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsboro is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Bruce
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chickasaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dancy, with the one closest to Dancy listed first.
- Woodland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Woodland is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Anchor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Anchor is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Houston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sycamore ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Thelma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Thelma is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
- Van Vleet
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Van Vleet is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Vleet
- Egypt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Egypt is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- New Houlka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- New Houlka is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Houlka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 601 people
- Former names for New Houlka:
- Houlka
- Old Houlka
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Houlka <1>
- Okolona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Choctaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dancy, with the one closest to Dancy listed first.
- Reform
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Reform is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Williams
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Williams is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Ackerman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Bankston ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bankston is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dancy, with the one closest to Dancy listed first.
- Beasley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Beasley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
- Montpelier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montpelier is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
- Pheba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Griffith
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Griffith is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
- Cedar Bluff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Bluff is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
- Abbott
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Abbott is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- Una
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Una is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Una
- Siloam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Siloam is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Mhoons Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mhoons Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mhoons Valley
- West Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Whites
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Whites is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites
- Vinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Vinton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
- Holmes County
- Egypt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Egypt is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Lowndes County
- Artesia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Artesia is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dancy, with the one closest to Dancy listed first.
- Muldon
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Muldon is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muldon
- Gibson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gibson is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Montgomery County
- Sweatman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sweatman is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweatman
- Oktibbeha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dancy, with the one closest to Dancy listed first.
- Maben
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Maben is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 817 people
- Double Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Double Springs is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
- Adaton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Adaton is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaton
- Longview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Longview is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Bradley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bradley is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Starkville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sturgis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Clayton Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton Village is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Village
- Sessums
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dancy, see our County-by-County Page for Dancy.
Cemeteries Near Dancy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dancy.
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 Dancy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dancy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dancy, with the one closest to Dancy listed first.
- Wake Forest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Old Cumberland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marvin Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Bluff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clarkson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Clarkson Cemetery is located in Clarkson.
- The Clarkson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clarkston Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2699657 <2>
- Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (328 more) ...
- New Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Prairie Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prairie Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Dancy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dancy.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dancy, with the one closest to Dancy listed first.
- Cumberland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cumberland is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Clarkson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clarkson is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson
- Congress ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Congress is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
- Beasley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Beasley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
- Montpelier
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montpelier is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
- Woodland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Woodland is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
- Hohenlinden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hohenlinden is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohenlinden
- Maben
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Maben is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maben
- Population from the 2020 Census: 817 people
- Pheba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sparta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sparta is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Mathiston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cairo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cairo is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Atlanta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Atlanta is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
- Montevista
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Montevista is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevista
- Sapa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sapa is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapa
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dancy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dancy.
Newspapers Published in Dancy ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dancy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dancy, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dancy.
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 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 Dancy:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Webster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Chickasaw County
- Choctaw County
- Clay County
- Holmes County
- Lowndes County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Oktibbeha 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Dancy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Dancy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |