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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Davisville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Davisville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Davisville, please Contact Us.
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 Davisville (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 Davisville. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Davisville is historic, it would have been located within present day Jasper 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 Jasper County: Clarke, Jones, Lauderdale, Newton, Scott, Smith & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Davisville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Davisville:
- Jasper County (The home county of Davisville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Davisville, with the one closest to Davisville listed first.
- Kelona
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kelona is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelona
- Vossburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vossburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vossburg
- Stafford Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stafford Springs is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Springs
- Heidelberg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Waldrup ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Waldrup is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrup
- Orange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Orange is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Fouke ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fouke is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fouke
- Gridley ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gridley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- McNeal ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- McNeal is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeal
- Ras
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ras is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ras
- Acme ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Acme is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Rose Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Davisville, with the one closest to Davisville listed first.
- Barnett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barnett is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Pachuta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pachuta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- De Soto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- De Soto is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Quitman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stonewall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Enterprise
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shubuta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shubuta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shubuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Gin ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Gin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin
- Junction City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Junction City is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Davisville, with the one closest to Davisville listed first.
- Sandersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sandersville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Errata
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Errata is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Errata
- Amy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Amy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amy
- Laurel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Service
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Service is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service
- Soso
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Soso is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Antioch
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Antioch is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Ellisville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lauderdale County
- Lost Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lost Gap is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Gap
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Davisville, with the one closest to Davisville listed first.
- Hickory
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hickory is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
- Chunky
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Six Towns ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Six Towns is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Towns
- Newton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Davisville, with the one closest to Davisville listed first.
- Sylvarena
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sylvarena is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvarena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Mineral Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mineral Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Taylorsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bezer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bezer is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bezer
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Davisville, with the one closest to Davisville listed first.
- Whistler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whistler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistler
- Matherville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Matherville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matherville
- Waynesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clara
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clara is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Choctaw County (AL)
- Melvin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Melvin is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Davisville, see our County-by-County Page for Davisville.
Cemeteries Near Davisville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Davisville.
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 Davisville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Davisville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Davisville, with the one closest to Davisville listed first.
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Peter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Philadelphia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vossburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heidelberg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Heidelberg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Goodwater Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Paulding Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goodwater Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (285 more) ...
- McFarland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pachuta Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Herrington Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.
While we didn't find Davisville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Davisville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Davisville, with the one closest to Davisville listed first.
- Vossburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vossburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vossburg
- Barnett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barnett is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Heidelberg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Paulding
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Paulding is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulding
- Pachuta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pachuta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Acme ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Acme is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Sandersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sandersville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Eucutta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eucutta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eucutta
- Rose Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Lake Como
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lake Como is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como
- Errata
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Errata is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Errata
- Penantly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Penantly is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penantly
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Turnerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Turnerville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville
- De Soto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- De Soto is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Quitman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Davisville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Davisville.
Newspapers Published in Davisville ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Davisville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Davisville, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Davisville.
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 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 Davisville:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Jasper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Jones County
- Lauderdale County
- Newton County
- Smith County
- Wayne County
- Choctaw County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Davisville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Davisville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |