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 Eulogy (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 Eulogy. 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 and hospitals 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.
Eulogy is located in Holmes 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 Holmes County: Attala, Carroll, Humphreys, Leflore, Madison & Yazoo.
Below are the counties that are near Eulogy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eulogy:
- Holmes County (The home county of Eulogy)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eulogy, with the one closest to Eulogy listed first.
- Tolarville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Coxburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coxburg is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Jones Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jones Crossing is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Mileston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mileston is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mileston
- Lexington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Good Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Bee Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bee Lake is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lake
- Bee Lake has also been known as:
- Bee Lake Plantation
- Gwin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gwin is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwin
- Tchula
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tchula is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Richland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Richland is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Pluto
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pluto is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto
- Ituma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ituma is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ituma
- Wyatt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wyatt is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Attala County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eulogy, with the one closest to Eulogy listed first.
- Sallis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Newport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Possumneck
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Possumneck is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumneck
- Zemuly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Zemuly is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemuly
- Rocky Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rocky Point is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Auris ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Auris is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auris
- Carroll County
- Coila
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coila is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eulogy, with the one closest to Eulogy listed first.
- Lake City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Silver City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Belzoni
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jaketown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jaketown is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaketown
- Louise
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Louise is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Gooden Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gooden Lake is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooden Lake
- Isola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Isola is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Leflore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eulogy, with the one closest to Eulogy listed first.
- Sidon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sidon is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Morgan City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Roebuck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Roebuck is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roebuck
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eulogy, with the one closest to Eulogy listed first.
- Sharpsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
- Davis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Davis is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Cobbville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cobbville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbville
- Camden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mill Town is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
- Maris Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Maris Town is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maris Town
- Sharon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Canton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sharkey County
- Auter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Auter is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auter
- Yazoo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eulogy, with the one closest to Eulogy listed first.
- Fordyke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fordyke is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyke
- Eden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Dover ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Evans
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Evans is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
- Crump
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Crump is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Vaughan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughan is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Yazoo City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Yazoo City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yazoo City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
- Former names for Yazoo City:
- Hannan's Bluff
- Manchester
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yazoo City <1>
- Nod
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Nod is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nod
- Jonestown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Anding
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Anding is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anding
- Oil City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Bentonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eulogy, see our County-by-County Page for Eulogy.
Cemeteries Near Eulogy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eulogy.
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 Eulogy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eulogy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eulogy, with the one closest to Eulogy listed first.
- Watson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Malone Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tredwell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brantley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Harlands Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Coxburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meggs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Methodist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hebron Methodist Church Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southwest of Lexington.
- The Hebron Methodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hebron Cemetery
- Piney Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tolar Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (338 more) ...
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Spoll Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stigler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Eulogy had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eulogy, with the one closest to Eulogy listed first.
- Tolarville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Coxburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coxburg is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Zeiglerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Zeiglerville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeiglerville
- Ebenezer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Howard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Howard is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Mileston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mileston is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mileston
- Free Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Free Run is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Run
- Lexington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Good Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Bee Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bee Lake is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lake
- Bee Lake has also been known as:
- Bee Lake Plantation
- Eden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Fordyke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fordyke is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyke
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Marcella
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marcella is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcella
- Thornton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Thornton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Tchula
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tchula is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eulogy. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eulogy.
Newspapers Published in Eulogy ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eulogy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eulogy, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eulogy.
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 Eulogy:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Holmes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Attala County
- Carroll County
- Humphreys County
- Leflore County
- Madison County
- Sharkey 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> | 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- Eulogy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Eulogy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |