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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 Gravestown (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 Gravestown. 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 southeast 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 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.

Gravestown is located in Tippah 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 Tippah County: Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Union & Hardeman (TN).

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

  • Tippah County     (The home county of Gravestown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gravestown, with the one closest to Gravestown listed first.
    • Whitten Town
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitten Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten Town
      • Whitten Town is located in Tippah County
    • Lowrey
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowrey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey
      • Lowrey is located in Tippah County
    • Blue Mountain
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ripley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Falkner
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Clarysville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Tiplersville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Dumas
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dumas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
      • Dumas is located in Tippah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
    • Walnut
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Alcorn County
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gravestown, with the one closest to Gravestown listed first.
    • Pine Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ashland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
      • Ashland is located in Benton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashland <2>
    • Snow Lake Shores
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Snow Lake Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Lake Shores
      • Snow Lake Shores is located in Benton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
    • Hickory Flat
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
      • Hickory Flat is located in Benton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hickory Flat <2>
    • Canaan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Michigan City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Michigan City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan City
      • Michigan City is located in Benton County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Michigan City <2>
  • Lafayette County
    • Abbeville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeville
      • Abbeville is located in Lafayette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Abbeville <2>
  • Lee County
  • Marshall County
  • Pontotoc County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gravestown, with the one closest to Gravestown listed first.
    • Ecru
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Cherry Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Possum Trot
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Thaxton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thaxton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thaxton
      • Thaxton is located in Pontotoc County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 695 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thaxton <2>
    • Sherman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sherman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
      • Sherman is located in Pontotoc County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 703 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sherman <2>
  • Prentiss County
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gravestown, with the one closest to Gravestown listed first.
    • Myrtle
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Glenfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glenfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
      • Glenfield is located in Union County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Glenfield
      • From Gravestown to Glenfield
    • Molino
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Molino. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
      • Molino is located in Union County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Molino
      • From Gravestown to Molino
    • Darden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • New Albany
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Graham
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mound City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mound City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
      • Mound City is located in Union County
    • Ingomar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Alpine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairview
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fairview. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Fairview is located in Union County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fairview
      • From Gravestown to Fairview
    • Ellistown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Blue Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
      • Blue Springs is located in Union County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Springs <2>
  • Fayette County (TN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gravestown, with the one closest to Gravestown listed first.
    • Grand Junction
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Junction
      • Grand Junction is located in Fayette County (TN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Junction <2>
    • La Grange
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Forty Five
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Moscow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
      • Moscow is located in Fayette County (TN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <2>
  • Hardeman County (TN)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gravestown, with the one closest to Gravestown listed first.
    • Saulsbury
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saulsbury have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsbury
      • Saulsbury is located in Hardeman County (TN)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
    • Rogers Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Essary Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Middleton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Hickory Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • McNairy County (TN)

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

Cemeteries Near Gravestown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gravestown.

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

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

  • Beech Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beech Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beech Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Duncan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duncan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Duncan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Minter Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Minter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Minter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shady Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shady Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Curtis Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Curtis Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Curtis Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shelby Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shelby Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shelby Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Whitten Town Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitten Town Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitten Town Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Collins Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Collins Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Collins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ormans Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ormans Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ormans Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Smith Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Embry Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Embry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Embry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (474 more) ...
    • Marvin Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marvin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marvin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Union Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hudspeth Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hudspeth Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hudspeth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Gravestown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gravestown.

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

  • Lowrey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowrey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey
    • Lowrey is located in Tippah County
  • Pine Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Blue Mountain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ripley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Ashland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
    • Ashland is located in Benton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashland <2>
  • Falkner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Hickory Flat
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Flat
    • Hickory Flat is located in Benton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hickory Flat <2>
  • Cotton Plant
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Plant have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
    • Cotton Plant is located in Tippah County
  • Canaan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Myrtle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Mitchell
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
    • Mitchell is located in Tippah County
  • Potts Camp
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Spring Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
      • Spring Hill is located in Benton County
    • Tiplersville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Colbert ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colbert have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colbert
      • Colbert is located in Marshall County

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

Newspapers Published in Gravestown ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gravestown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gravestown, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gravestown.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Gravestown:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Gravestown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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 Gravestown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gravestown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gravestown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7490, Longitude: -89.0835    









 

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