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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 Ebenezer (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 Ebenezer. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Ebenezer is located in Leake 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 Leake County: Attala, Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Scott & Winston.

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

  • Leake County     (The home county of Ebenezer)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ebenezer, with the one closest to Ebenezer listed first.
    • Coosa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Coosa is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
    • Standing Pine
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Standing Pine is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
    • High Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • High Hill is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
    • Carthage
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Redwater
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Redwater is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
    • Walnut Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Tuscola
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Tuscola is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
    • Lena
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Ann
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Saint Ann is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ann
  • Attala County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ebenezer, with the one closest to Ebenezer listed first.
    • Kosciusko
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Zemuly
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Zemuly is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemuly
    • Ethel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Ethel is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
    • Gregory ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Gregory is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • Newport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Newport is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • McCool
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • McCool is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
    • Sallis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Kemper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ebenezer, with the one closest to Ebenezer listed first.
    • Spinks ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Spinks is located in Kemper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
    • Rio
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Rio is located in Kemper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
  • Madison County
  • Neshoba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ebenezer, with the one closest to Ebenezer listed first.
    • Laurel Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
    • Dowdville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Dowdville is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowdville
    • Hope
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Hope is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Pearl River
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Pearl River is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
    • Dixon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Dixon is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Philadelphia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Neshoba
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Neshoba is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshoba
    • Tucker
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Tucker is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
    • Ocobla
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
    • House
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • House is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
    • Bogue Chitto
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ebenezer, with the one closest to Ebenezer listed first.
    • Lucern
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lucern is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucern
    • Union
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Stamper ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Stamper is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamper
    • Conehatta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Conehatta is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conehatta
    • Decatur
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Bluff
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Pine Bluff is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ebenezer, with the one closest to Ebenezer listed first.
    • Sebastopol
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Cash
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Cash is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
    • Harperville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Harperville is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperville
    • Clifton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Clifton is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Ludlow
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Ludlow is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
    • Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Beach is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
    • Forest
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Branch
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Branch is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
    • Raworth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Raworth is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raworth
  • Winston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ebenezer, with the one closest to Ebenezer listed first.
    • Vowell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Vowell is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
    • Plattsburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Plattsburg is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
    • Hinze
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Hinze is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinze
    • Noxapater
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Handle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Handle is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
    • Louisville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Ebenezer ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ebenezer.

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

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

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

  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Laurel Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Galilee Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Carolina Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Stewart Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Shackolo Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Springfield Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mars Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunrise Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (328 more) ...
    • Gray Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Barnett Memorial Garden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hope Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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 Ebenezer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ebenezer.

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

  • Laurel Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
  • Edinburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Edinburg is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
  • Williston
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Williston is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
  • Free Trade
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Free Trade is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Trade
  • Madden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Madden is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madden
  • Hope
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hope is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
  • Standing Pine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Standing Pine is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
  • Coosa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Coosa is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
  • Freeny
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Freeny is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeny
  • Marydell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Marydell is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell
  • High Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • High Hill is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
  • Dixon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Dixon is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Renfroe
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Renfroe is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfroe
    • Carthage
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Alice
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Alice is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice

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

Newspapers Published in Ebenezer ...

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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ebenezer.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ebenezer, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ebenezer.

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 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 Ebenezer:

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 Ebenezer, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ebenezer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.