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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Fouke. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Fouke to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fouke, please Contact Us.

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 Fouke (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 Fouke. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Fouke is historic, it would have been located within present day Jasper 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 Jasper County: Clarke, Jones, Lauderdale, Newton, Scott, Smith & Wayne.

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

  • Jasper County     (The home county of Fouke)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fouke, with the one closest to Fouke listed first.
    • Ras
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Gridley ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • McNeal ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Waldrup ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Waldrup. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrup
      • Waldrup is located in Jasper County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Waldrup
      • From Fouke to Waldrup
    • Acme ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Acme. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
      • Acme is located in Jasper County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Acme
      • From Fouke to Acme
    • Turnerville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Kelona
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Como
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Verba ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Vernon ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vernon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
      • Vernon is located in Jasper County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Vernon
      • From Fouke to Vernon
    • Louin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Montrose
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hamlet ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Clarke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fouke, with the one closest to Fouke listed first.
    • Barnett
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barnett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
      • Barnett is located in Clarke County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Barnett
      • From Fouke to Barnett
    • Pachuta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pachuta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta
      • Pachuta is located in Clarke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
    • Stonewall
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Enterprise
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <4>
    • De Soto
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Quitman
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quitman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <4>
    • Shubuta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shubuta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shubuta
      • Shubuta is located in Clarke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
    • Gin ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin
      • Gin is located in Clarke County
  • Covington County
  • Jones County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fouke, with the one closest to Fouke listed first.
    • Sandersville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Errata
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Errata. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Errata
      • Errata is located in Jones County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Errata
      • From Fouke to Errata
    • Amy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Service
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Service. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service
      • Service is located in Jones County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Service
      • From Fouke to Service
    • Soso
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Laurel
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Antioch
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Ellisville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Lauderdale County
    • Lost Gap
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lost Gap. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Gap
      • Lost Gap is located in Lauderdale County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lost Gap
      • From Fouke to Lost Gap
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fouke, with the one closest to Fouke listed first.
    • Six Towns ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Six Towns have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Towns
      • Six Towns is located in Newton County
    • Hickory
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
      • Hickory is located in Newton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
    • Newton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Chunky
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Bluff
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Decatur
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Conehatta
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Scott County
  • Smith County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fouke, with the one closest to Fouke listed first.
    • Sylvarena
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Mineral Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Taylorsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylorsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
      • Taylorsville is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylorsville <4>
    • Bezer
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bezer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bezer
      • Bezer is located in Smith County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bezer
      • From Fouke to Bezer
    • Raleigh
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Burns
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burns. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
      • Burns is located in Smith County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Burns
      • From Fouke to Burns
    • Mize
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mize have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mize
      • Mize is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mize <4>
  • Wayne County
    • Whistler
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Whistler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistler
      • Whistler is located in Wayne County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Whistler
      • From Fouke to Whistler

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

Cemeteries Near Fouke ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fouke.

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

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

  • Mulberry Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mulberry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mulberry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Read Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Read Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Read Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McCarty Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCarty Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCarty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Enon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Paulding Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paulding Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paulding Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Enanon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Enanon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Enanon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Terry Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Terry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Terry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pisgah Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pisgah Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pisgah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Community Center Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Community Center Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Community Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lake Como Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lake Como Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lake Como Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Palestine Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palestine Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palestine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (328 more) ...

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.

While we didn't find Fouke in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fouke.

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

  • Paulding
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paulding have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulding
    • Paulding is located in Jasper County
  • Acme ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Acme. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
    • Acme is located in Jasper County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Acme
    • From Fouke to Acme
  • Turnerville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lake Como
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Penantly
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Montrose
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hamlet ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jewells Hill ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jewells Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewells Hill
    • Jewells Hill is located in Jasper County
  • Rose Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Garlandsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Heidelberg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Vossburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Barnett
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Barnett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
      • Barnett is located in Clarke County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Barnett
      • From Fouke to Barnett
    • Pachuta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pachuta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta
      • Pachuta is located in Clarke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
    • Fellowship ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • 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.<2>
      • 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
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fellowship
      • From Fouke to Fellowship

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

Newspapers Published in Fouke ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fouke.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fouke, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fouke.

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 Fouke:

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Fouke, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fouke) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fouke. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0286, Longitude: -89.1165       In this case, the coordinates for Fouke have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.




 

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