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 East Manor Estates (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 East Manor Estates. 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 East Manor Estates ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Manor Estates: E. Manor Ests.
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 southeast 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 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.
East Manor Estates is located in Hinds 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 Hinds County: Claiborne, Copiah, Madison, Rankin, Simpson, Warren & Yazoo.
Below are the counties that are near East Manor Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Manor Estates:
- Hinds County (The home county of East Manor Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Manor Estates, with the one closest to East Manor Estates listed first.
- North Town Plaza
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- North Town Plaza is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Town Plaza
- Jackson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Choctaw Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Choctaw Village is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Village
- Clinton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Byram
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Raymond
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Midway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Bolton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bolton is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Brownsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Brownsville is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Palestine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Terry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oakley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oakley is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Copiah County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Manor Estates, with the one closest to East Manor Estates listed first.
- Hopewell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Crystal Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Manor Estates, with the one closest to East Manor Estates listed first.
- Ridgeland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Madison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Twelve Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Twelve Oaks is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Oaks
- Mannsdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mannsdale is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsdale
- Madisonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Madisonville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
- Flora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Maris Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Maris Town is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maris Town
- Adelle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Adelle is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelle
- Mill Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mill Town is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
- Kearney Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kearney Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney Park
- Cobbville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cobbville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbville
- Rankin County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Manor Estates, with the one closest to East Manor Estates listed first.
- Flowood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pearson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pearson is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Brandon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Richland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fannin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fannin is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fannin
- Florence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Goshen Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen Springs is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Springs
- Sand Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Hill is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- King
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- King is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Whites
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Whites is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Manor Estates, with the one closest to East Manor Estates listed first.
- Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Branch is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- Cooperville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cooperville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperville
- Morton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ludlow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ludlow is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Beach is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
- Kalem
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kalem is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalem
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Manor Estates, with the one closest to East Manor Estates listed first.
- Braxton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Braxton is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- D'Lo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- D'Lo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Lo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Mendenhall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Manor Estates, with the one closest to East Manor Estates listed first.
- Polkville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Polkville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
- Daniel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Daniel is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
- Yazoo County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Manor Estates, with the one closest to East Manor Estates listed first.
- Bentonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nod
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Nod is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nod
- Anding
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Anding is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anding
- Oil City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oil City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Manor Estates, see our County-by-County Page for East Manor Estates.
Cemeteries Near East Manor Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Manor Estates.
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 East Manor Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Manor Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Manor Estates, with the one closest to East Manor Estates listed first.
- St. Matthew Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Drakes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beth Israel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greater Richmond Grove MB Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Russel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tougaloo Garden Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Charity MB Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (303 more) ...
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Flora Hills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 East Manor Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Manor Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Manor Estates, with the one closest to East Manor Estates listed first.
- Tougaloo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pearson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pearson is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Van Winkle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Van Winkle is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Winkle
- Greenfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Brandon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cynthia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cynthia is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthia
- Fannin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fannin is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fannin
- Green Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Crossing is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Crossing
- Monterey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Monterey is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- McRaven
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- McRaven is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRaven
- Mannsdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mannsdale is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsdale
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Clinton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rankin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rankin is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Thomasville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Thomasville is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Manor Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Manor Estates.
Newspapers Published in East Manor Estates ...
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 149 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Manor Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Manor Estates, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Manor Estates.
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 East Manor Estates:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Hinds County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Copiah County
- Madison County
- Rankin County
- Scott County
- Simpson County
- Smith County
- Yazoo 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 East Manor Estates, 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- East Manor Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |