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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Foxtrap. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Foxtrap to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Foxtrap, 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 Foxtrap (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 Foxtrap. 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 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 Foxtrap is historic, it would have been located within present day Noxubee 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 Noxubee County: Pickens (AL), Sumter (AL), Kemper, Lowndes, Oktibbeha & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Foxtrap. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Foxtrap:
- Noxubee County (The home county of Foxtrap)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foxtrap, with the one closest to Foxtrap listed first.
- Harlan ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Cooksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cooksville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Cooksville is located in Noxubee County
- Ravine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north) - Deerbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Deerbrook is located in Noxubee County
- Macon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Macon is located in Noxubee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,384 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macon <4>
- Shuqualak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Brooksville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Brooksville is located in Noxubee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,069 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brooksville <4>
- Mashulaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashulaville
- Mashulaville is located in Noxubee County
- Fairport ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Hashuqua ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kemper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foxtrap, with the one closest to Foxtrap listed first.
- Binnsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Binnsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville
- Binnsville is located in Kemper County
- Wahalak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Giles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles
- Giles is located in Kemper County
- Scooba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scooba have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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>
- Electric Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric Mills
- Electric Mills is located in Kemper County
- Sucarnoochee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sucarnoochee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucarnoochee
- Sucarnoochee is located in Kemper County
- Porterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Porterville is located in Kemper County
- De Kalb
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- De Kalb is located in Kemper County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,005 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for De Kalb <4>
- Narkeeta ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lowndes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Foxtrap, with the one closest to Foxtrap listed first.
- Crawford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crawford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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>
- New Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Bent Oak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Oak
- Bent Oak is located in Lowndes County
- Columbus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Lowndes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,307 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <4>
- Artesia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
- Artesia is located in Lowndes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Winston County
- Fearns Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fearns Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearns Springs
- Fearns Springs is located in Winston County
- Fearns Springs
- Greene County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foxtrap, with the one closest to Foxtrap listed first.
- Lewiston
(18 miles [29 km] to the east) - West Greene
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greene
- West Greene is located in Greene County (AL)
- Clinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Clinton is located in Greene County (AL)
- Mantua
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east) - Lizzieville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzieville
- Lizzieville is located in Greene County (AL)
- Boligee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boligee
- Boligee is located in Greene County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 276 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boligee <4>
- Miller
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Eutaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eutaw
- Eutaw is located in Greene County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,558 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eutaw <4>
- Pickens County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foxtrap, with the one closest to Foxtrap listed first.
- Memphis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Garden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Aliceville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceville
- Aliceville is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,231 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aliceville <4>
- Pickensville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickensville
- Pickensville is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 572 people
- Beaver Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Town
- Beaver Town is located in Pickens County (AL)
- McMullen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Archer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Archer is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Olney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east) - Carrollton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carrollton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Carrollton is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
- Benevola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Macedonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Ethelsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ethelsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethelsville
- Ethelsville is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Sumter County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Foxtrap, with the one closest to Foxtrap listed first.
- Panola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
- Panola is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Geiger
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger
- Geiger is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Gainesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gainesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Gainesville is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Emelle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emelle
- Emelle is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Sledge ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Sumterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumterville
- Sumterville is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Epes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Foxtrap, see our County-by-County Page for Foxtrap.
Cemeteries Near Foxtrap ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Foxtrap.
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 Foxtrap covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Foxtrap, with the one closest to Foxtrap listed first.
- Cluster Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cluster Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cluster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hebron Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebron Church Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebron Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Memphis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memphis Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memphis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Dancy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dancy Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dancy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Prairie Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie Ridge Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairie Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Cooksville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cooksville Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cooksville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Adams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adams Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Adams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Brewer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brewer Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brewer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Old Christian Love Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Christian Love Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Christian Love Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (328 more) ...
- Bigbee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bigbee Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bigbee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- McLeod Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McLeod Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McLeod Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- McCaa Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCaa Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCaa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Bigbee Cemetery
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 Foxtrap in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Foxtrap.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Foxtrap, with the one closest to Foxtrap listed first.
- Memphis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Harlan ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Prairie Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Point
- Prairie Point is located in Noxubee County
- Brazelia ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Cooksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cooksville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Cooksville is located in Noxubee County
- Paulette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Vienna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Garden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Cliftonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cliftonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftonville
- Cliftonville is located in Noxubee County
- Bridgeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeville
- Bridgeville is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Bigbee Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bigbee Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbee Valley
- Bigbee Valley is located in Noxubee County
- Binnsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Binnsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville
- Binnsville is located in Kemper County
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Warsaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Deerbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Deerbrook is located in Noxubee County
- Macon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Macon is located in Noxubee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,384 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macon <4>
- Warsaw
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Foxtrap. See our List of 1890's Communities around Foxtrap.
Newspapers Published in Foxtrap ...
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 Foxtrap.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Foxtrap, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Foxtrap.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Foxtrap:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Mississippi Department of Archives & History
- Pages specific to Noxubee County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Kemper County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lowndes County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Winston County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Greene County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Pickens County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sumter County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Kemper County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Noxubee County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Noxubee County
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Foxtrap, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Foxtrap) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Foxtrap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0826, Longitude: -88.3320 In this case, the coordinates for Foxtrap have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |