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 Gums (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 Gums. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Gums is located in Yalobusha 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 Yalobusha County: Calhoun, Grenada, Lafayette, Panola & Tallahatchie.
Below are the counties that are near Gums. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gums:
- Yalobusha County (The home county of Gums)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gums, with the one closest to Gums listed first.
- Coffeeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Velma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Velma is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velma
- Tillatoba
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tillatoba is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillatoba
- Population from the 2010 Census: 91 people
- Water Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Oakland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gums, with the one closest to Gums listed first.
- Big Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Big Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Bruce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pittsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pittsboro is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Banner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Slate Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Spring is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Spring
- Slate Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Slate Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Derma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Derma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 961 people
- Benela
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Benela is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benela
- Loyd
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Loyd is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
- Sarepta
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sarepta is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarepta
- Vardaman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Carroll County
- Jefferson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Grenada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gums, with the one closest to Gums listed first.
- Memphis Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis Junction is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Junction
- Grenada
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elliott
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Elliott is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Turkey Foot Fork
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Turkey Foot Fork is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot Fork
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gums, with the one closest to Gums listed first.
- Springdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Springdale is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Taylor
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Delay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Delay is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delay
- Cornish
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cornish is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Alesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- Oxford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gums, with the one closest to Gums listed first.
- Duck Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Duck Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,760 people
- Sweatman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sweatman is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweatman
- Eskridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Eskridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskridge
- Minerva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Minerva is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gums, with the one closest to Gums listed first.
- Pope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pope is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Courtland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Courtland is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Tallahatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gums, with the one closest to Gums listed first.
- Rosebloom
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rosebloom is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebloom
- Charleston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Crevi ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Crevi is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crevi
- Leverett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Leverett is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
- Paynes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Paynes is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gums, with the one closest to Gums listed first.
- Montevista
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montevista is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevista
- Hohenlinden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hohenlinden is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohenlinden
- Walthall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Walthall is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Fame
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fame is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fame
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gums, see our County-by-County Page for Gums.
Cemeteries Near Gums ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gums.
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 Gums - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gums covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gums, with the one closest to Gums listed first.
- Elm Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Elam Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Clear Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hairston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brooms Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- York Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Brooms Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Haven Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Broadstreet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadstreet Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Broadstreet Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northeast of Coffeeville.
- The Broadstreet Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #58535 <3>
- Continue List (370 more) ...
- Stephons Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bornard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rohnsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Gums in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gums.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gums, with the one closest to Gums listed first.
- Coffeeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Youngs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Youngs is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Velma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Velma is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velma
- Pine Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Valley is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
- Big Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Big Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Grenada
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sabougla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sabougla is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabougla
- Misterton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Misterton is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misterton
- Water Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pittsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pittsboro is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Banner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosebloom
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rosebloom is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebloom
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Elliott
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Elliott is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Cadaretta
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cadaretta is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadaretta
- Oakland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gums. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gums.
Newspapers Published in Gums ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gums.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gums, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gums.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Gums:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Yalobusha County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Grenada County
- Lafayette County
- Montgomery County
- Panola County
- Tallahatchie County
- Webster 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 '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- Gums) 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 Gums, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |