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 Doddsville (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 Doddsville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Doddsville is located in Sunflower 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 Sunflower County: Bolivar, Coahoma, Humphreys, Leflore, Tallahatchie & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Doddsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Doddsville:
- Sunflower County (The home county of Doddsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddsville, with the one closest to Doddsville listed first.
- Quiver ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Quiver is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiver
- Ruleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Halstead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Halstead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halstead
- White City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Sunflower
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sunflower is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Roundaway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roundaway is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- Drew
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Faisonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Faisonia is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faisonia
- Whitney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Whitney is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Moorhead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Moorhead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Baird
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Baird is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
- Indianola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heathman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Heathman is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathman
- Bolivar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddsville, with the one closest to Doddsville listed first.
- Boyle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cleveland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Renova
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Renova is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Shaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Shaw is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Merigold
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Choctaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mound Bayou
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Victor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Victor is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Pace
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pace is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Winstonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Winstonville is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Longshot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Longshot is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longshot
- Shelby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mound City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mound City is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddsville, with the one closest to Doddsville listed first.
- Avalon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Teoc
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Teoc is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teoc
- Coahoma County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddsville, with the one closest to Doddsville listed first.
- Roundaway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Roundaway is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- Africa ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Africa is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Dublin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dublin is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Holmes County
- Cruger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cruger is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddsville, with the one closest to Doddsville listed first.
- Isola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Isola is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Jaketown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jaketown is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaketown
- Leflore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddsville, with the one closest to Doddsville listed first.
- McNutt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McNutt is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Schlater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Schlater is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- Sunnyside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Minter City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Minter City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter City
- Shellmound
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Shellmound is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellmound
- Itta Bena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Money
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Money is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money
- Fort Loring
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Loring is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Loring
- Greenwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Roebuck
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roebuck is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roebuck
- Browning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Browning is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Sidon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sidon is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Quitman County
- Vance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Vance is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Tallahatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddsville, with the one closest to Doddsville listed first.
- Glendora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Albin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Albin is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albin
- Swan Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Webb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Webb is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Sumner
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sumner is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Tutwiler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Leverett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leverett is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Doddsville, with the one closest to Doddsville listed first.
- Helm
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Helm is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helm
- Napanee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Napanee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napanee
- Dunleith
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dunleith is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunleith
- Leland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stoneville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stoneville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Doddsville, see our County-by-County Page for Doddsville.
Cemeteries Near Doddsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Doddsville.
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 Doddsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Doddsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Doddsville, with the one closest to Doddsville listed first.
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sixteenth Section Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hillhouse Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lehrton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Marlow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Moorehouse Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Willing Worker Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- O'Neal Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rock of Ages Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (206 more) ...
- McNutt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Marshall Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Humphrey Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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 Doddsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Doddsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Doddsville, with the one closest to Doddsville listed first.
- Quiver ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Quiver is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiver
- Lehrton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lehrton is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehrton
- McNutt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McNutt is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Rixwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rixwood is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixwood
- O'Reilly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- O'Reilly is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Reilly
- Faisonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Faisonia is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faisonia
- Boyle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Cleveland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Shaw is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Moorhead
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Moorhead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Minter City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Minter City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter City
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Renova
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Renova is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Shellmound
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Shellmound is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellmound
- Indianola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Doddsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Doddsville.
Newspapers Published in Doddsville ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Doddsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Doddsville, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Doddsville.
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 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 Doddsville:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Sunflower County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bolivar County
- Carroll County
- Coahoma County
- Holmes County
- Humphreys County
- Leflore County
- Quitman County
- Tallahatchie County
- Washington 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 Doddsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Doddsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |