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 Prentiss (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 Prentiss. 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 Prentiss ...
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 Prentiss: E. Prentiss
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 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.
East Prentiss is located in Prentiss 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 Prentiss County: Alcorn, Itawamba, Tippah, Tishomingo & Union.
Below are the counties that are near East Prentiss. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Prentiss:
- Prentiss County (The home county of East Prentiss)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Prentiss, with the one closest to East Prentiss listed first.
- New Site
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Marietta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Burton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Altitude
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Lake City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Wheeler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wheeler is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Booneville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Baldwyn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Blackland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Geeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Geeville is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
- Jumpertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Pisgah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Alcorn County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Prentiss, with the one closest to East Prentiss listed first.
- Jacinto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Rienzi
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Searcy Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Glen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Glens
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Biggersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Allentown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Hightown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Farmington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Kossuth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Itawamba County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Prentiss, with the one closest to East Prentiss listed first.
- Kirkville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Eastman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eastman is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Mantachie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bounds Crossroads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bounds Crossroads is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds Crossroads
- Clay
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Clay is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Fulton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Oakland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Tremont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Abney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Abney is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abney
- Greenwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Ballardsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ballardsville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballardsville
- Carolina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Carolina is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Prentiss, with the one closest to East Prentiss listed first.
- Guntown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mooreville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mooreville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreville
- Saltillo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Boggan Bend
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Boggan Bend is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggan Bend
- Indian Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Hills is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Corrona
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Corrona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrona
- Birmingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Birmingham is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Richmond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Jug Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jug Fork is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jug Fork
- Plantersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tupelo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bissell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bissell is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
- Verona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pontotoc County
- Sherman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tippah County
- Dumas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Tishomingo County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Prentiss, with the one closest to East Prentiss listed first.
- Dennis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Belmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Golden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Paden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Tishomingo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Holcut
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Midway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Burnsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Iuka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Oldham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Short
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Prentiss, with the one closest to East Prentiss listed first.
- Alpine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Alpine is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Graham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Graham is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Ellistown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ellistown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellistown
- Blue Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Molino
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Molino is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Prentiss, with the one closest to East Prentiss listed first.
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Bishop
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Denton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Denton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Cherokee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Franklin County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Prentiss, with the one closest to East Prentiss listed first.
- Red Bay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Site
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Burntout
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Burntout is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout
- Burntout has also been known as:
- Burn Out
- Burnout
- Burnt Out
- Vina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Vina is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Belgreen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Hodges
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Prentiss, see our County-by-County Page for East Prentiss.
Cemeteries Near East Prentiss ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Prentiss.
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 Prentiss - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Prentiss covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Prentiss, with the one closest to East Prentiss listed first.
- Friendship Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- East Prentiss Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Caveness Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brumley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Mackeys Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Trollinger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rhoads Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Siloam Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- East Marietta Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (560 more) ...
- Saucer Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Allen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 East Prentiss in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Prentiss.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Prentiss, with the one closest to East Prentiss listed first.
- Hazeldell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hazeldell is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldell
- New Site
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Marietta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Burton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Kirkville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Belmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Altitude
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Ratliff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ratliff is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratliff
- Red Bay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Booneville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mantachie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eastman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eastman is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Baldwyn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jacinto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Prentiss. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Prentiss.
Newspapers Published in East Prentiss ...
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 East Prentiss.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Prentiss, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Prentiss.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Prentiss:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Prentiss County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alcorn County
- Itawamba County
- Lee County
- Pontotoc County
- Tippah County
- Tishomingo County
- Union County
- Colbert County
- Franklin 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 East Prentiss, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Prentiss) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |