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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Gin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Gin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gin, 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 Gin (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 Gin. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Gin is historic, it would have been located within present day Clarke 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 Clarke County: Choctaw (AL), Jasper, Lauderdale & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Gin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gin:
- Clarke County (The home county of Gin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gin, with the one closest to Gin listed first.
- Junction City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Junction City is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Shubuta
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shubuta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shubuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- De Soto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- De Soto is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Quitman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Barnett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Barnett is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Pachuta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pachuta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Stonewall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Enterprise
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gin, with the one closest to Gin listed first.
- Stafford Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Stafford Springs is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Springs
- Vossburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Vossburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vossburg
- Heidelberg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Orange
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Orange is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Kelona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kelona is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelona
- Fellowship ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fellowship is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Former name for Fellowship:
- Masengale
- Fellowship has also been known as:
- Old Fellowship
- Rose Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Waldrup ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Waldrup is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrup
- Penantly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Penantly is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penantly
- Fouke ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fouke is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fouke
- Gridley ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gridley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley
- Ras
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ras is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ras
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gin, with the one closest to Gin listed first.
- Sandersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sandersville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Errata
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Errata is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Errata
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gin, with the one closest to Gin listed first.
- Increase
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Increase is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Increase
- Increase has also been known as:
- Causeyville
- Whynot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Whynot is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
- Vimville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Vimville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vimville
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gin, with the one closest to Gin listed first.
- Matherville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Matherville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matherville
- Waynesboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Whistler
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Whistler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistler
- Clara
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clara is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Robinsons Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Robinsons Junction is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Junction
- Chicora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chicora is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicora
- Choctaw County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gin, with the one closest to Gin listed first.
- Melvin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Melvin is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Emory
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Emory is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
- Okatuppa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Okatuppa is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okatuppa
- Isney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Isney is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isney
- Needham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Needham is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Gilbertown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Souwilpa
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Souwilpa is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Souwilpa
- Toxey
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Toxey is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toxey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Aquilla
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Aquilla is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Bolinger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bolinger is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolinger
- Silas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Red Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Red Springs is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- Cullomburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cullomburg is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullomburg
- Clarke County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gin, with the one closest to Gin listed first.
- Fakit Chipunta ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fakit Chipunta is located in Clarke County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fakit Chipunta
- West Bend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- West Bend is located in Clarke County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
- Washington County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gin, with the one closest to Gin listed first.
- Mehaffey ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mehaffey is located in Washington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mehaffey
- Healing Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Healing Springs is located in Washington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healing Springs
- Copeland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Copeland is located in Washington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
- Millry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barlow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barlow is located in Washington County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gin, see our County-by-County Page for Gin.
Cemeteries Near Gin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gin.
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 Gin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gin, with the one closest to Gin listed first.
- White Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jehu Oscar Everitt Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bethea Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Heard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Andrews Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Levy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Berry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Providence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shubuta Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chaparral Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (259 more) ...
- Matherville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stagg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scotch Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Gin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gin, with the one closest to Gin listed first.
- Carmichael
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carmichael is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmichael
- Shubuta
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shubuta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shubuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Matherville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Matherville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matherville
- De Soto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- De Soto is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Melvin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Melvin is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Quitman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Boice is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boice
- Tokio
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tokio is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokio
- Emory
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Emory is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
- Isney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Isney is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isney
- Eucutta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eucutta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eucutta
- Waynesboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hinton is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton
- Barnett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Barnett is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Stonewall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gin.
Newspapers Published in Gin ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gin, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gin.
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 Gin:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Clarke County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jasper County
- Jones County
- Lauderdale County
- Wayne County
- Choctaw County
- Clarke County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
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 Gin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |