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 Fairhill (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 Fairhill. 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.
Fairhill is located in Noxubee 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 Noxubee County: Pickens (AL), Sumter (AL), Kemper, Lowndes, Oktibbeha & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Fairhill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fairhill:
- Noxubee County (The home county of Fairhill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairhill, with the one closest to Fairhill listed first.
- Shuqualak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Hashuqua ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hashuqua is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashuqua
- Mashulaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mashulaville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashulaville
- Macon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cooksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cooksville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Harlan ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harlan is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
- Brooksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Deerbrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Deerbrook is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Fairport ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fairport is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Ravine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ravine is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
- Kemper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairhill, with the one closest to Fairhill listed first.
- Wahalak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wahalak is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahalak
- Lynville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lynville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynville
- De Kalb
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Scooba
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Binnsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Binnsville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville
- Electric Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Electric Mills is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric Mills
- Giles
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Giles is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles
- Sucarnoochee
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sucarnoochee is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucarnoochee
- Porterville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Porterville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Spinks ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spinks is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
- Narkeeta ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Narkeeta is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narkeeta
- Rio
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rio is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairhill, with the one closest to Fairhill listed first.
- Daleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Daleville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- Martin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Martin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Lowndes County
- Crawford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Neshoba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairhill, with the one closest to Fairhill listed first.
- Bogue Chitto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
- Ocobla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
- Tucker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tucker is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Philadelphia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- House
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- House is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairhill, with the one closest to Fairhill listed first.
- Fearns Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fearns Springs is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearns Springs
- Handle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Handle is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
- Randalls Bluff ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Randalls Bluff is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalls Bluff
- Noxapater
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Louisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plattsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Plattsburg is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Pickens County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairhill, with the one closest to Fairhill listed first.
- Memphis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Memphis is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Pickensville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pickensville is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickensville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 572 people
- Sumter County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairhill, with the one closest to Fairhill listed first.
- Geiger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Geiger is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Panola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Panola is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
- Emelle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Emelle is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Sledge ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sledge is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Sumterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sumterville is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumterville
- Gainesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Gainesville is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Boyd
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boyd is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fairhill, see our County-by-County Page for Fairhill.
Cemeteries Near Fairhill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairhill.
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 Fairhill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fairhill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fairhill, with the one closest to Fairhill listed first.
- Poorhouse Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pine Turkey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Van Devender Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cotton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gholson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shuqualak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Slaughter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Vernon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tubb Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (283 more) ...
- Martin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Choctaw Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Butler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Fairhill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fairhill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fairhill, with the one closest to Fairhill listed first.
- Gholson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gholson is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
- Shuqualak
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Wahalak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wahalak is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahalak
- Hashuqua ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hashuqua is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashuqua
- Preston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Preston is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Peden ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peden is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peden
- Mashulaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mashulaville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashulaville
- Fearns Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fearns Springs is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearns Springs
- Handle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Handle is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
- Scooba
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Macon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Paulette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Paulette is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Perkinsville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Perkinsville is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkinsville
- Mount Nebo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Nebo is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
- Binnsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Binnsville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fairhill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairhill.
Newspapers Published in Fairhill ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairhill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fairhill, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fairhill.
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 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 Fairhill:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Noxubee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Kemper County
- Lauderdale County
- Lowndes County
- Neshoba County
- Winston County
- Pickens County
- Sumter 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> | 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 Fairhill, 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- Fairhill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |