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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 Fearns Springs (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 Fearns Springs. 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 Fearns Springs ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Fearns Springs: Fearns Spgs. (or less commonly used: Fearns Spngs. or Fearns Sprngs.)
  • While the name of this community is Fearns Springs, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Fearns Springs may originally have been Fearn's Springs.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Fearns Springs might be written as Fearn Springs.

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.

Fearns Springs is located in Winston 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 Winston County: Attala, Choctaw, Kemper, Leake, Neshoba, Noxubee & Oktibbeha.

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

  • Winston County     (The home county of Fearns Springs)
  • Choctaw County
  • Kemper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fearns Springs, with the one closest to Fearns Springs listed first.
    • Lynville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Wahalak
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wahalak. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahalak
      • Wahalak is located in Kemper County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wahalak
      • From Fearns Springs to Wahalak
    • De Kalb
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Spinks ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spinks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
      • Spinks is located in Kemper County
    • Scooba
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scooba have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scooba
      • Scooba is located in Kemper County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 680 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scooba <4>
    • Binnsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Rio
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rio have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
      • Rio is located in Kemper County
    • Electric Mills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sucarnoochee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Giles
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Porterville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lowndes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fearns Springs, with the one closest to Fearns Springs listed first.
    • Crawford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crawford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
      • Crawford is located in Lowndes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 655 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crawford <4>
    • Artesia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Neshoba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fearns Springs, with the one closest to Fearns Springs listed first.
    • Bogue Chitto
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bogue Chitto have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
      • Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
    • Ocobla
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ocobla. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
      • Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ocobla
      • From Fearns Springs to Ocobla
    • Philadelphia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Tucker
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tucker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
      • Tucker is located in Neshoba County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tucker
      • From Fearns Springs to Tucker
    • House
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Pearl River
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
      • Pearl River is located in Neshoba County
    • Hope
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hope. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
      • Hope is located in Neshoba County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hope
      • From Fearns Springs to Hope
  • Noxubee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fearns Springs, with the one closest to Fearns Springs listed first.
    • Hashuqua ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hashuqua have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashuqua
      • Hashuqua is located in Noxubee County
    • Mashulaville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Shuqualak
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shuqualak. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
      • Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Shuqualak
      • From Fearns Springs to Shuqualak
    • Macon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairport ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fairport. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
      • Fairport is located in Noxubee County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fairport
      • From Fearns Springs to Fairport
    • Brooksville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Harlan ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harlan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
      • Harlan is located in Noxubee County
    • Deerbrook
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cooksville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Oktibbeha County

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

Cemeteries Near Fearns Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fearns Springs.

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 Fearns Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Good Hope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Good Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Good Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Higginbotham Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Higginbotham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Higginbotham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Nebo Methodist Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • White Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Hebron Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hebron Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hebron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lee Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sardis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sardis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sardis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmony Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harmony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jackson Field Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Field Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Field Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Butler Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Butler Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Butler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ellison Ridge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellison Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellison Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (295 more) ...
    • Warr Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Warr Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Warr Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Whitehead Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitehead Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitehead Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Vernon Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vernon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vernon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Fearns Springs had a population of 129 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Hashuqua ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hashuqua have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashuqua
    • Hashuqua is located in Noxubee County
  • Handle
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Handle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
    • Handle is located in Winston County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Handle
    • From Fearns Springs to Handle
  • Randalls Bluff ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randalls Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalls Bluff
    • Randalls Bluff is located in Winston County
  • Perkinsville ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perkinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkinsville
    • Perkinsville is located in Winston County
  • Mashulaville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Preston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Preston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
    • Preston is located in Kemper County
  • Gholson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gholson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
    • Gholson is located in Noxubee County
  • North Bend
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
    • North Bend is located in Neshoba County
  • Singleton ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Singleton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleton
    • Singleton is located in Winston County
  • Noxapater
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noxapater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxapater
    • Noxapater is located in Winston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noxapater <4>
  • Peden ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peden
    • Peden is located in Kemper County
  • Louisville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Betheden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Betheden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betheden
      • Betheden is located in Winston County
    • Shuqualak
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shuqualak. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
      • Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Shuqualak
      • From Fearns Springs to Shuqualak
    • Webster
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Webster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
      • Webster is located in Winston County

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

Newspapers Published in Fearns Springs ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fearns Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fearns Springs, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fearns Springs.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Fearns Springs:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fearns Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>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.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Fearns Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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 from Point A (ie- Fearns Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fearns Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0073, Longitude: -88.8456       In this case, the coordinates for Fearns Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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