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 Fox Island (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 Fox Island. 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 Fox Island ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Fox Island: Fox Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fox Island. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fox Island.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Fox Island is located in Tunica 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 Tunica County: Crittenden (AR), Lee (AR), Phillips (AR), Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman & Tate.
Below are the counties that are near Fox Island. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fox Island:
- Tunica County (The home county of Fox Island)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Island, with the one closest to Fox Island listed first.
- Austin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Austin is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Tunica
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Peyton ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Peyton is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyton
- Evansville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Evansville is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Mhoon Landing ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mhoon Landing is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mhoon Landing
- North Tunica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Tunica is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tunica
- Clayton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clayton is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Banks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Banks is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Coahoma County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Island, with the one closest to Fox Island listed first.
- Powell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Powell is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Lula
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rich
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rich is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich
- Coahoma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Friars Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Friars Point is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Jonestown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Eagles Nest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Eagles Nest is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Clover Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Clover Hill is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- DeSoto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Island, with the one closest to Fox Island listed first.
- Cub Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cub Lake is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Lake
- Eudora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Eudora is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Newport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Lake Cormorant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Memphis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Memphis is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Norfolk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Norfolk is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
- Glover
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Walls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walls is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,441 people
- Former name for Walls:
- Alpika
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walls <1>
- Hernando
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lynchburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Nesbit
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Southhaven
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Aldens
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Island, with the one closest to Fox Island listed first.
- Askew
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Askew is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew
- Crenshaw
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Longtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Longtown is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Ballentine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ballentine is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballentine
- Como
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Quitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Island, with the one closest to Fox Island listed first.
- Sledge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sledge is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Falcon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Falcon is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Marks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tate County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Island, with the one closest to Fox Island listed first.
- Goode
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Goode is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode
- Arkabutla
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Arkabutla is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkabutla
- Coldwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Senatobia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- New Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Island, with the one closest to Fox Island listed first.
- Seyppel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Seyppel is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyppel
- Horseshoe Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Horseshoe Lake is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Pinckney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pinckney is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckney
- Anthonyville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Anthonyville is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthonyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Proctor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Edmondson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Edmondson is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmondson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Lee County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Island, with the one closest to Fox Island listed first.
- Peters
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Peters is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Phillips Bayou
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Phillips Bayou is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Bayou
- Brickeys
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brickeys is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Bledsoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bledsoe is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Winona ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Winona is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- LaGrange
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- LaGrange is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaGrange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Marianna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Felton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Felton is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felton
- Rondo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Rondo is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Haynes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Vineyard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Vineyard is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
- Aubrey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Aubrey is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Phillips County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Island, with the one closest to Fox Island listed first.
- Helena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Helena - West Helena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Helena - West Helena is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena - West Helena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,032 people
- West Helena
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Huma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huma is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huma
- Latour
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Latour is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latour
- Lexa
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lexa is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lexa <1>
- Barton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Barton is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- North Creek ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Creek is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creek
- Tyner ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tyner is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Oneida
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Poplar Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Poplar Grove is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Old Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Lakeview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Saint Francis County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fox Island, with the one closest to Fox Island listed first.
- Hughes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hughes is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,200 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hughes <1>
- Rawlinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
- Heth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bonair
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bonair is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
- Widener
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Widener is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widener
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Madison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Madison is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <1>
- Forrest City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fox Island, see our County-by-County Page for Fox Island.
Cemeteries Near Fox Island ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fox Island.
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 Fox Island - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fox Island covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fox Island, with the one closest to Fox Island listed first.
- Forestdale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Friendship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kyles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fredonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crystal Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bosket Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (234 more) ...
- Walton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whites Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Fox Island in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fox Island.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fox Island, with the one closest to Fox Island listed first.
- Austin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Austin is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Evansville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Evansville is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Tunica
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clayton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clayton is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Hollywood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hollywood is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Dubbs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dubbs is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubbs
- Askew ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Askew is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew
- Peters
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Peters is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Dundee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bowdre
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bowdre is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdre
- Commerce
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Commerce is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
- Phillips Bayou
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Phillips Bayou is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Bayou
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Helena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Robinsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Robinsonville is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
- Southland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Southland is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fox Island. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fox Island.
Newspapers Published in Fox Island ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fox Island.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fox Island, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fox Island.
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 websites either 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 Fox Island:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Tunica County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coahoma County
- DeSoto County
- Panola County
- Quitman County
- Tate County
- Crittenden County
- Lee County
- Phillips County
- Saint Francis 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 Fox Island, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fox Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |