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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 Elmo (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 Elmo. 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/Parishes ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.

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/parishes 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/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

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

Elmo is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Tensas (LA), Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin & Lincoln.

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

  • Jefferson County     (The home county of Elmo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmo, with the one closest to Elmo listed first.
    • Fayette
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Harriston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Lick
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Red Lick is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lick
    • Rodney
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Rodney is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmo, with the one closest to Elmo listed first.
    • Selma
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Selma is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
    • Jeannette
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jeannette is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
    • Washington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Washington is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
    • Natchez
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Cloverdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Cloverdale is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
    • Carthage
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Carthage is located in Adams County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
  • Amite County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmo, with the one closest to Elmo listed first.
    • O'Neil
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • O'Neil is located in Amite County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil
    • Mount Olive
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Olive is located in Amite County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
    • Crosby
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Brookside
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Brookside is located in Amite County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
    • Bewelcome
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Bewelcome is located in Amite County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bewelcome
    • Gloster
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Thompson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Thompson is located in Amite County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
  • Claiborne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmo, with the one closest to Elmo listed first.
    • Westside
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Westside is located in Claiborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside
    • Port Gibson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Saint Elmo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Saint Elmo is located in Claiborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
    • Carlisle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Carlisle is located in Claiborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
    • Ingleside
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Ingleside is located in Claiborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
    • Willows
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Willows is located in Claiborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows
    • Grand Gulf
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Grand Gulf is located in Claiborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Gulf
  • Copiah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmo, with the one closest to Elmo listed first.
    • Allen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Allen is located in Copiah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
    • Bowerton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Bowerton is located in Copiah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerton
    • Glancy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Glancy is located in Copiah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glancy
    • Myles
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Myles is located in Copiah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myles
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmo, with the one closest to Elmo listed first.
    • Hamburg
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Hamburg is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
    • Meadville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Eddiceton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Eddiceton is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddiceton
    • Roxie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bude
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bude is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bude
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 987 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bude <1>
    • White Apple
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • White Apple is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Apple
    • McCall Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Knoxville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Knoxville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
    • Garden City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Garden City is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmo, with the one closest to Elmo listed first.
    • Caseyville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Caseyville is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
    • Cobbs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Cobbs is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
    • New Sight
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • New Sight is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sight
    • Brookhaven
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Montgomery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Montgomery is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
  • Wilkinson County
    • Rosetta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Rosetta is located in Wilkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosetta
  • Concordia Parish (LA)
    • Vidalia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • 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>
  • Tensas Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Elmo, with the one closest to Elmo listed first.
    • Saint Joseph
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Waterproof
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Elmo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elmo.

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

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

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

  • Owens Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Holly Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Greendale Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Oldenburg Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sixteen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mormon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Sarepta Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Puffel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Armstrong Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Buie Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Seab Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (486 more) ...
    • Byrd Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Cool Springs Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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 Elmo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elmo.

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

  • McNair
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • McNair is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair
  • Hamburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Hamburg is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
  • Union Church
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Union Church is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Church
  • Harriston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Fayette
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Orange
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Orange is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Meadville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Veto
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Veto is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veto
  • Stonington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Stonington is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
  • Roxie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Stampley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Stampley is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stampley
  • Red Lick
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Red Lick is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lick
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • White Apple
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • White Apple is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Apple
    • McBride
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • McBride is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
    • Kennolia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Kennolia is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennolia

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

Newspapers Published in Elmo ...

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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elmo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elmo, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elmo.

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 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 Elmo:

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 Elmo, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elmo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.