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 Fairhaven (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 Fairhaven. 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 Fairhaven ...
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.
Another variation: Fair Haven.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fairhaven. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fairhaven.
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 northeast 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 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.
Fairhaven is located in DeSoto 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 DeSoto County: Crittenden (AR), Marshall, Tate, Tunica & Shelby (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Fairhaven. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fairhaven:
- DeSoto County (The home county of Fairhaven)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairhaven, with the one closest to Fairhaven listed first.
- Olive Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ingrams Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ingrams Mill is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingrams Mill
- Bright
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bright is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Southaven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Alphaba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Alphaba is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alphaba
- De Soto Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Aldens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- Nesbit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hernando
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Horn Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lynchburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Southhaven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Lafayette County
- Harmontown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Harmontown is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairhaven, with the one closest to Fairhaven listed first.
- Barton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Barton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Byhalia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cayce
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cayce is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Victoria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Taska
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Taska is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taska
- Red Banks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Marianna
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Marianna is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marianna
- Slayden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Slayden is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Chulahoma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chulahoma is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulahoma
- Atway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Atway is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atway
- Holly Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Panola County
- Como
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tate County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairhaven, with the one closest to Fairhaven listed first.
- Antioch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Antioch is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Poagville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Poagville is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poagville
- Coldwater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Aiken
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Aiken is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Wyatte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wyatte is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatte
- Looxahoma
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Looxahoma is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looxahoma
- New Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- New Town is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Tyro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tyro is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Arkabutla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arkabutla is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkabutla
- Senatobia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tunica County
- Banks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Banks is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairhaven, with the one closest to Fairhaven listed first.
- Mound City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Hulbert
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Amanca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Amanca is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanca
- West Memphis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Horseshoe Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Horseshoe Lake is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Pinckney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pinckney is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckney
- Seyppel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Seyppel is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyppel
- Marion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marion is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,290 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <1>
- Sunset
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Edmondson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Edmondson is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmondson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Fayette County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairhaven, with the one closest to Fairhaven listed first.
- Piperton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Piperton is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piperton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,128 people
- Rossville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Elba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elba is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- New Bethel
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- New Bethel is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,324 people
- Canadaville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Macon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Macon is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Moscow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hickory Withe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Oakland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,669 people
- Gallaway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Williston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Williston is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Forty Five
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Forty Five is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Five
- Shelby County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairhaven, with the one closest to Fairhaven listed first.
- Bailey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Capleville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Capleville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capleville
- Forest Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Germantown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Collierville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Parkway Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Parkway Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
- Oakville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- The Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Cordova
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Binghampton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- Bartlett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hunt Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hunt Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fairhaven, see our County-by-County Page for Fairhaven.
Cemeteries Near Fairhaven ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairhaven.
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 Fairhaven - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fairhaven covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fairhaven, with the one closest to Fairhaven listed first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Botts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blocker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clemonts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bass Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cowan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kelsey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wiggins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Castleberry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McGehee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (478 more) ...
- Halliburton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Center Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Woods Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woods Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Woods Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Memphis (TN).
- The South Woods Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Southwoods Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1983707 <2>
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.<3>
While we didn't find Fairhaven in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fairhaven.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fairhaven, with the one closest to Fairhaven listed first.
- Cedarview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarview is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarview
- Miller
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Miller is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Olive Branch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Barton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Barton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Ingrams Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ingrams Mill is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingrams Mill
- Byhalia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bright
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bright is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Bailey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Capleville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Capleville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capleville
- Cockrum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cockrum is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrum
- Forest Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Plum Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Plum Point is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Point
- Cayce
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cayce is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Collierville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fairhaven. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairhaven.
Newspapers Published in Fairhaven ...
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 206 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairhaven.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fairhaven, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fairhaven.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Fairhaven:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to DeSoto County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lafayette County
- Marshall County
- Panola County
- Tate County
- Tunica County
- Crittenden County
- Fayette County
- Shelby 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> | 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 Fairhaven, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fairhaven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |