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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Greenfield. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Greenfield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Greenfield, 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 Greenfield (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 Greenfield. 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 and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Greenfield is historic, it would have been located within present day Newton 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 Newton County: Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba, Scott & Smith.
Below are the counties that are near Greenfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greenfield:
- Newton County (The home county of Greenfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenfield, with the one closest to Greenfield listed first.
- Lucern
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lucern is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucern
- Conehatta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Conehatta is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conehatta
- Stamper ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stamper is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamper
- Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pine Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Bluff is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
- Decatur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Six Towns ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Six Towns is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Towns
- Hickory
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
- Chunky
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenfield, with the one closest to Greenfield listed first.
- Success ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Success is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Garlandsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Garlandsville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlandsville
- Baxter ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Baxter is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Montrose
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Montrose is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Verba ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Verba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verba
- Penantly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Penantly is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penantly
- Fellowship ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Kemper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenfield, with the one closest to Greenfield listed first.
- Rio
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rio is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Spinks ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spinks is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenfield, with the one closest to Greenfield listed first.
- Collinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Martin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Martin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Suqualena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Suqualena is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suqualena
- Hookston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hookston is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookston
- Leake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenfield, with the one closest to Greenfield listed first.
- High Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- High Hill is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Walnut Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Pine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Pine is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
- Tuscola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tuscola is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
- Lena
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Carthage
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Redwater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Redwater is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
- Coosa
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Coosa is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
- Saint Ann
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Ann is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ann
- Neshoba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenfield, with the one closest to Greenfield listed first.
- Dixon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Dowdville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dowdville is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowdville
- Neshoba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Neshoba is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshoba
- Laurel Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Pearl River
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pearl River is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
- House
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- House is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Tucker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tucker is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Philadelphia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ocobla
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
- Bogue Chitto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenfield, with the one closest to Greenfield listed first.
- Sebastopol
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harperville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Harperville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperville
- Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Forest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cash
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cash is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Clifton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Raworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Raworth is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raworth
- Kalem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kalem is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalem
- Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Beach is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
- Hunter Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter Town is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Town
- Morton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Branch is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- Ludlow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ludlow is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greenfield, with the one closest to Greenfield listed first.
- Burns
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burns is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Trenton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Trenton is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Winston County
- Plattsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Plattsburg is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greenfield, see our County-by-County Page for Greenfield.
Cemeteries Near Greenfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greenfield.
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 Greenfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greenfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greenfield, with the one closest to Greenfield listed first.
- Amis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Milldale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Summers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Damascus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Abney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lay Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Britt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (272 more) ...
- High Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Futchs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bufkin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufkin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bufkin Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the west of Decatur.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #58333 <4>
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 Greenfield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greenfield.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greenfield, with the one closest to Greenfield listed first.
- Prospect
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Prospect is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Sebastopol
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hays
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hays is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Piketown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Piketown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piketown
- Conehatta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Conehatta is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conehatta
- Lucern
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lucern is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucern
- Damascus
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Damascus is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- High Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- High Hill is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Stamper ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stamper is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamper
- Dixon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Walnut Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Madden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Madden is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madden
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Harperville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Harperville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperville
- Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greenfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greenfield.
Newspapers Published in Greenfield ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greenfield, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greenfield.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Greenfield:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Newton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jasper County
- Kemper County
- Lauderdale County
- Leake County
- Neshoba County
- Scott County
- Smith County
- Winston 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 Greenfield, 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> | 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- Greenfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |