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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Hashuqua. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hashuqua to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hashuqua, 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 Hashuqua (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 Hashuqua. 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 hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Hashuqua is historic, it would have been located within present day Noxubee 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 Noxubee County: Pickens (AL), Sumter (AL), Kemper, Lowndes, Oktibbeha & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Hashuqua. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hashuqua:
- Noxubee County (The home county of Hashuqua)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hashuqua, with the one closest to Hashuqua listed first.
- Mashulaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mashulaville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashulaville
- Shuqualak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Macon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairport ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fairport is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Brooksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harlan ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Harlan is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
- Deerbrook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Deerbrook is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Cooksville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cooksville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Ravine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ravine is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
- Choctaw County
- Ackerman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kemper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hashuqua, with the one closest to Hashuqua listed first.
- Lynville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lynville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynville
- Wahalak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wahalak is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahalak
- De Kalb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Spinks ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Spinks is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
- Scooba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Binnsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Binnsville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville
- Electric Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Electric Mills is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric Mills
- Rio
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Rio is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Sucarnoochee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sucarnoochee is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucarnoochee
- Giles
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Giles is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles
- Porterville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Porterville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Narkeeta ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Narkeeta is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narkeeta
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hashuqua, with the one closest to Hashuqua listed first.
- Daleville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Daleville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- Martin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Martin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Lowndes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hashuqua, with the one closest to Hashuqua listed first.
- Crawford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Artesia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Artesia is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Neshoba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hashuqua, with the one closest to Hashuqua listed first.
- Bogue Chitto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
- Ocobla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
- Philadelphia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tucker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tucker is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- House
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- House is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Pearl River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl River is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
- Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Oktibbeha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hashuqua, with the one closest to Hashuqua listed first.
- Sturgis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bradley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bradley is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Longview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Longview is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Sessums
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hashuqua, with the one closest to Hashuqua listed first.
- Fearns Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fearns Springs is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearns Springs
- Handle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Handle is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
- Randalls Bluff ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Randalls Bluff is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalls Bluff
- Noxapater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Louisville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plattsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Plattsburg is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Hinze
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hinze is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinze
- Vowell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Vowell is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
- Pickens County (AL)
- Memphis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Memphis is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Sumter County (AL)
- Geiger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Geiger is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hashuqua, see our County-by-County Page for Hashuqua.
Cemeteries Near Hashuqua ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hashuqua.
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 Hashuqua - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hashuqua covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hashuqua, with the one closest to Hashuqua listed first.
- Higginbotham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Butler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mt. Nebo Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Field Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Choctaw Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Warr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hailey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (288 more) ...
- Tubb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Vernon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ruff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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.
Hashuqua itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 17 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hashuqua, with the one closest to Hashuqua listed first.
- Fearns Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fearns Springs is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearns Springs
- Handle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Handle is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
- Gholson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gholson is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
- Preston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Preston is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Mashulaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mashulaville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashulaville
- Randalls Bluff ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Randalls Bluff is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalls Bluff
- Perkinsville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Perkinsville is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkinsville
- Peden ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Peden is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peden
- North Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Bend is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- Singleton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Singleton is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleton
- Shuqualak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Noxapater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Macon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Louisville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wahalak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wahalak is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahalak
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hashuqua. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hashuqua.
Newspapers Published in Hashuqua ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hashuqua.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hashuqua, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hashuqua.
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 Hashuqua:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Noxubee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Choctaw County
- Kemper County
- Lauderdale County
- Lowndes County
- Neshoba County
- Oktibbeha County
- Winston County
- Pickens County
- Sumter 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 Hashuqua, 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' (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- Hashuqua) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |