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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 Doloroso (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 Doloroso. 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 Parishes/Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes/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 parishes/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 parishes/counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Doloroso is located in Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson County: Concordia (LA), East Feliciana (LA), West Feliciana (LA), Adams, Amite & Franklin.

Below are the parishes/counties that are near Doloroso. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Doloroso:

  • Wilkinson County     (The home county of Doloroso)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doloroso, with the one closest to Doloroso listed first.
    • Wilkinson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Wilkinson is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
    • Woodville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Rosetta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Rosetta is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosetta
    • Artonish
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Artonish is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artonish
    • Turnbull
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Turnbull is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
    • Centreville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Whitaker
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Whitaker is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doloroso, with the one closest to Doloroso listed first.
    • Cloverdale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Cloverdale is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
    • Jeannette
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jeannette is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
    • Carthage
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Carthage is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
    • Natchez
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Washington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Washington is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
    • Selma
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Selma is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
  • Amite County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doloroso, with the one closest to Doloroso listed first.
    • Crosby
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Gloster
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Bewelcome
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Bewelcome is located in Amite County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bewelcome
    • O'Neil
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • O'Neil is located in Amite County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doloroso, with the one closest to Doloroso listed first.
    • Garden City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Garden City is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
    • Knoxville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Knoxville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
    • White Apple
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • White Apple is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Apple
    • Roxie
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Hamburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Hamburg is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
    • Meadville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Catahoula Parish (LA)
    • Parhams
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Parhams is located in Catahoula Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parhams
  • Concordia Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doloroso, with the one closest to Doloroso listed first.
    • Fairview
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Fairview is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Bougere
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Bougere is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bougere
    • Vidalia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Vidalia is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vidalia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,667 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vidalia <1>
    • Ridgecrest
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Ridgecrest is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
    • Monterey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Monterey is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
    • Sycamore
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Sycamore is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Armagh
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Armagh is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armagh
    • Ferriday
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Ferriday is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferriday
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,188 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ferriday <1>
    • West Ferriday
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • West Ferriday is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ferriday
    • Acme
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Clayton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Clayton is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 623 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clayton <1>
    • Athlone
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Athlone is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athlone
  • East Feliciana Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doloroso, with the one closest to Doloroso listed first.
    • Norwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Norwood is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwood <1>
    • Wilson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Wilson is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 546 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilson <1>
  • West Feliciana Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Doloroso, with the one closest to Doloroso listed first.
    • Weyanoke
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Rogillioville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Rogillioville is located in West Feliciana Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogillioville
    • Angola
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Wakefield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Tunica
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Converse ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Converse is located in West Feliciana Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Doloroso, see our County-by-County Page for Doloroso.

Cemeteries Near Doloroso ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Doloroso.

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 Doloroso - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Doloroso covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Doloroso, with the one closest to Doloroso listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Doloroso had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Doloroso, with the one closest to Doloroso listed first.

  • Darrington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Darrington is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrington
  • Kingston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Kingston is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
  • Wilkinson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Wilkinson is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
  • Fairview
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Fairview is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
  • Woodville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Garden City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Garden City is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
  • Jeannette
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jeannette is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
  • Arnot
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Arnot is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnot
  • Kienstra
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Kienstra is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kienstra
  • Artonish
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Artonish is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artonish
  • Rosetta
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Rosetta is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosetta
  • Knoxville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Knoxville is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Bougere
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Bougere is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bougere
    • Morville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Morville is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morville
    • Natchez
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Doloroso. See our List of 1890's Communities around Doloroso.

Newspapers Published in Doloroso ...

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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Doloroso.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Doloroso, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Doloroso.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Doloroso:

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 Doloroso, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Doloroso) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.