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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Harrs Place. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Harrs Place to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Harrs Place, 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 Harrs Place (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 Harrs Place. 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.
Name Variations for Harrs Place ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Harrs Place: Harrs Pl. (or less commonly used: Harrs Plc.)
- While the name of this community is Harrs Place, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Harrs Place may originally have been Harr's Place.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Harrs Place might be written as Harr Place.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Harrs Place is historic, it would have been located within present day Coahoma 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 Coahoma County: Phillips (AR), Bolivar, Quitman, Tallahatchie & Tunica.
Below are the counties that are near Harrs Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harrs Place:
- Coahoma County (The home county of Harrs Place)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrs Place, with the one closest to Harrs Place listed first.
- Clarksdale
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Clarksdale is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,470 people
- Hopson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hopson is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Lyon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lyon is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Claremont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Claremont is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Clover Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clover Hill is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Dublin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dublin is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Africa ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Africa is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Eagles Nest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eagles Nest is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Roundaway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Roundaway is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- Jonestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sunflower Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sunflower Landing is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower Landing
- Coahoma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Friars Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Friars Point is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Bolivar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrs Place, with the one closest to Harrs Place listed first.
- Alligator
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alligator is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alligator
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Duncan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Duncan is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Hushpuckena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hushpuckena is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hushpuckena
- Round Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Round Lake is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake
- Shelby
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Deeson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Deeson is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deeson
- Winstonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Winstonville is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Mound Bayou
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Perthshire
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Perthshire is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perthshire
- Merigold
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gunnison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gunnison is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunnison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Renova
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Renova is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Waxhaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Waxhaw is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waxhaw
- Panola County
- Mims
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mims is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mims
- Quitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrs Place, with the one closest to Harrs Place listed first.
- Vance
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vance is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Lambert
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lambert is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,325 people
- Yarbrough
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Yarbrough is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarbrough
- Marks
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Falcon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Falcon is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Bobo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bobo is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
- Crowder
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Crowder is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Sledge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sledge is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Sunflower County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrs Place, with the one closest to Harrs Place listed first.
- Rome
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rome is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Whitney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Whitney is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Drew
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ruleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tallahatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrs Place, with the one closest to Harrs Place listed first.
- Tutwiler
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sumner
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sumner is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Webb
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Webb is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Albin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Albin is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albin
- Swan Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Glendora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tunica County
- Clayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clayton is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Desha County (AR)
- Snow Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Snow Lake is located in Desha County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Lake
- Phillips County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harrs Place, with the one closest to Harrs Place listed first.
- Old Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Elaine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wabash
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wabash is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Lakeview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Mellwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mellwood is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellwood
- Oneida
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oneida is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Crumrod
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Crumrod is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumrod
- Helena - West Helena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Helena - West Helena is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena - West Helena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,032 people
- Helena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lambrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lambrook is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambrook
- Huma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Huma is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huma
- West Helena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Barton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barton is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harrs Place, see our County-by-County Page for Harrs Place.
Cemeteries Near Harrs Place ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harrs Place.
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 Harrs Place - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harrs Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harrs Place, with the one closest to Harrs Place listed first.
- Hackberry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pawpaw Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bobo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Oakridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beth Israel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Morning Glory Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shufordville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shufordville Cemetery
- The Shufordville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shuffordsville Cemetery
- Shuffordville Cemetery
- Shufordsville Cemetery
- St. James Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clarksdale Mennonite Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Horeb Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Coahoma County Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (200 more) ...
- True Vine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pee Dee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Harrs Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Harrs Place.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harrs Place, with the one closest to Harrs Place listed first.
- Clarksdale
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Clarksdale is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,470 people
- Lyon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lyon is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Bobo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bobo is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
- Clover Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clover Hill is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Sherard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sherard is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherard
- Dublin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dublin is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Alligator
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alligator is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alligator
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Stovall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stovall is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Dickerson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dickerson is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickerson
- Eagles Nest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eagles Nest is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Green Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Green Grove is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Jonestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sunflower Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sunflower Landing is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower Landing
- Duncan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Duncan is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Friars Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Friars Point is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Harrs Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harrs Place.
Newspapers Published in Harrs Place ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harrs Place.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harrs Place, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harrs Place.
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 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 Harrs Place:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Coahoma County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bolivar County
- Panola County
- Quitman County
- Sunflower County
- Tallahatchie County
- Tunica County
- Desha County
- Phillips 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 Harrs Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Harrs Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |