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 Frankstown (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 Frankstown. 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 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.
Frankstown is located in Prentiss 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 Prentiss County: Alcorn, Itawamba, Tippah, Tishomingo & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Frankstown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Frankstown:
- Prentiss County (The home county of Frankstown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frankstown, with the one closest to Frankstown listed first.
- Wheeler
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wheeler is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Geeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Geeville is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
- Blackland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Baldwyn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Booneville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Jumpertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Marietta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Pisgah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pisgah is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- New Site
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Altitude
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Burton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Alcorn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frankstown, with the one closest to Frankstown listed first.
- Rienzi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Hightown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Jacinto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Biggersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Searcy Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Allentown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Kossuth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Glen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Glens
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Corinth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Farmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Itawamba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frankstown, with the one closest to Frankstown listed first.
- Kirkville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Mantachie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ballardsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ballardsville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballardsville
- Greenwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Fulton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Abney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Abney is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abney
- Clay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Clay is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Eastman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eastman is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Bounds Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bounds Crossroads is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds Crossroads
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frankstown, with the one closest to Frankstown listed first.
- Guntown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Corrona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Corrona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrona
- Boggan Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boggan Bend is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggan Bend
- Saltillo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Birmingham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Jug Fork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jug Fork is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jug Fork
- Indian Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Indian Hills is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Mooreville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mooreville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreville
- Tupelo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bissell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bissell is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
- Plantersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Richmond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Richmond is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Pontotoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frankstown, with the one closest to Frankstown listed first.
- Sherman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Creek is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Ecru
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nixon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nixon is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Tippah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frankstown, with the one closest to Frankstown listed first.
- Dumas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Clarysville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Clarysville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarysville
- Ripley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Mountain
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Lowrey
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lowrey is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey
- Falkner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tiplersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tiplersville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiplersville
- Gravestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gravestown is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravestown
- Whitten Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whitten Town is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten Town
- Walnut
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tishomingo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frankstown, with the one closest to Frankstown listed first.
- Paden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Holcut
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Dennis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Tishomingo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Belmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Golden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Burnsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Midway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Iuka
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frankstown, with the one closest to Frankstown listed first.
- Graham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Graham is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Alpine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alpine is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Ellistown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ellistown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellistown
- Molino
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Molino is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Blue Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- New Albany
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Glenfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Glenfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Ingomar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ingomar is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Myrtle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fairview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frankstown, with the one closest to Frankstown listed first.
- Bishop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Franklin County (AL)
- Red Bay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- McNairy County (TN)
- Chewalla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Chewalla is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewalla
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Frankstown, see our County-by-County Page for Frankstown.
Cemeteries Near Frankstown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frankstown.
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 Frankstown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Frankstown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Frankstown, with the one closest to Frankstown listed first.
- Prentiss County Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Asbury Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rubens Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Prospect Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sheppard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carrollville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the East Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Baldwyn.
- The East Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #59092 <3>
- Hodges Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Osborne Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (556 more) ...
- Hopewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Frankstown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Frankstown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Frankstown, with the one closest to Frankstown listed first.
- Geeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Geeville is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
- Baldwyn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Blackland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Booneville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Graham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Graham is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Guntown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Corrona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Corrona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrona
- Marietta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Kirkville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- New Site
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Altitude
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dumas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Ratliff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ratliff is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratliff
- Ellistown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ellistown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellistown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Frankstown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Frankstown.
Newspapers Published in Frankstown ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Frankstown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Frankstown, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Frankstown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Frankstown:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Prentiss County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alcorn County
- Itawamba County
- Lee County
- Pontotoc County
- Tippah County
- Tishomingo County
- Union County
- Colbert County
- Franklin County
- McNairy 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Frankstown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Frankstown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |