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 Energy (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 Energy. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Energy is located in Clarke County.
To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Clarke County: Choctaw (AL), Jasper, Lauderdale & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Energy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Energy:
- Clarke County (The home county of Energy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Energy, with the one closest to Energy listed first.
- Quitman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quitman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Quitman is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quitman <2>
- Stonewall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Junction City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Junction City is located in Clarke County
- Enterprise
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <2>
- De Soto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- De Soto is located in Clarke County
- Gin ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Pachuta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Shubuta
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Barnett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Energy, with the one closest to Energy listed first.
- Orange
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Orange is located in Jasper County
- Fellowship ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fellowship. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Fellowship is located in Jasper County
- Former name for Fellowship:
- Masengale
- Fellowship has also been known as:
- Old Fellowship
- Rose Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Vossburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vossburg
- Vossburg is located in Jasper County
- Stafford Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Springs
- Stafford Springs is located in Jasper County
- Penantly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penantly
- Penantly is located in Jasper County
- Kelona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelona
- Kelona is located in Jasper County
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Energy, with the one closest to Energy listed first.
- Increase
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Increase
- Increase is located in Lauderdale County
- Increase has also been known as:
- Causeyville
- Whynot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
- Whynot is located in Lauderdale County
- Vimville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vimville
- Vimville is located in Lauderdale County
- Russell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Russell is located in Lauderdale County
- Meridian
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Meridian is located in Lauderdale County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,011 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meridian <2>
- Smith
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Smith is located in Lauderdale County
- Marion
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in Lauderdale County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,482 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <2>
- Lost Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest) - Nellieburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nellieburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellieburg
- Nellieburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Lockhart
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Bailey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey is located in Lauderdale County
- Hookston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Suqualena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suqualena
- Suqualena is located in Lauderdale County
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Energy, with the one closest to Energy listed first.
- Chunky
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunky
- Chunky is located in Newton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chunky <2>
- Hickory
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wayne County
- Matherville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Matherville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matherville
- Matherville is located in Wayne County
- Matherville
- Choctaw County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Energy, with the one closest to Energy listed first.
- Pushmataha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pushmataha
- Pushmataha is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Lisman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Lisman is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Cromwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Melvin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Needham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Okatuppa
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Red Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- Red Springs is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Butler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Butler is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <2>
- Jachin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - Toxey
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast) - Gilbertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertown
- Gilbertown is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilbertown <2>
- Choctaw City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Choctaw City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw City
- Choctaw City is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Emory
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sumter County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Energy, with the one closest to Energy listed first.
- Kinterbish
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinterbish
- Kinterbish is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Cuba
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Cuba is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
- Ward
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Intercourse
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intercourse
- Intercourse is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Derby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Derby is located in Sumter County (AL)
- York
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- York is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,218 people
- Former names for York:
- New York Station
- York Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <2>
- Whitfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Bellamy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Bellamy is located in Sumter County (AL)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Energy, see our County-by-County Page for Energy.
Cemeteries Near Energy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Energy.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Energy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Energy, with the one closest to Energy listed first.
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martin Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Martin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- McRae Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McRae Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McRae Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hays Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hays Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hays Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Tims Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tims Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tims Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Devoe Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Devoe Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Devoe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Crossroads Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crossroads Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crossroads Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- McLendon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McLendon Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McLendon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<4> to the northwest of Meridian.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2247115 <5>
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (265 more) ...
- Antioch Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Concord Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Concord Cemetery
- The Concord Cemetery has also been known as:
- Concord Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2296460 <5>
- Antioch Cemetery
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.<6>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Energy had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Energy, with the one closest to Energy listed first.
- Hinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Whynot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
- Whynot is located in Lauderdale County
- Roy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west) - Vimville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vimville
- Vimville is located in Lauderdale County
- Pushmataha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pushmataha
- Pushmataha is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Quitman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quitman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Quitman is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quitman <2>
- Stonewall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Carmichael
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carmichael have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmichael
- Carmichael is located in Clarke County
- Meridian
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Meridian is located in Lauderdale County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,011 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meridian <2>
- Enterprise
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Enterprise is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <2>
- Russell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Russell is located in Lauderdale County
- De Soto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- De Soto is located in Clarke County
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kinterbish
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinterbish
- Kinterbish is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Melvin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Kewanee
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kinterbish
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Energy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Energy.
Newspapers Published in Energy ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Energy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Energy, 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 Energy.
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 either 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 Energy:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Mississippi Department of Archives & History
- Pages specific to Clarke County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jasper County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lauderdale County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Newton County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wayne County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Choctaw County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sumter County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jasper County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Clarke County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Clarke County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Energy. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Energy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Energy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1796, Longitude: -88.5498 In this case, the coordinates for Energy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Energy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |