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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Hatchette. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hatchette to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hatchette, 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 Hatchette (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 Hatchette. 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 Hatchette is historic, it would have been located within present day Kemper 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 Kemper County: Sumter (AL), Lauderdale, Neshoba, Noxubee & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Hatchette. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hatchette:
- Kemper County (The home county of Hatchette)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatchette, with the one closest to Hatchette listed first.
- Scooba
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Electric Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Electric Mills is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric Mills
- Giles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Giles is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles
- Sucarnoochee
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sucarnoochee is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucarnoochee
- Wahalak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wahalak is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahalak
- Binnsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Binnsville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville
- Porterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Porterville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Narkeeta ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Narkeeta is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narkeeta
- De Kalb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lynville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lynville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynville
- Spinks ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Spinks is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
- Rio
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rio is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatchette, with the one closest to Hatchette listed first.
- Daleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Daleville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- Lockhart
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lockhart is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
- Smith
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Smith is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Marion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bailey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Martin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Martin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Russell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Russell is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Neshoba County
- Bogue Chitto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
- Noxubee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatchette, with the one closest to Hatchette listed first.
- Cooksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cooksville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Shuqualak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Harlan ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Harlan is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
- Macon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hashuqua ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hashuqua is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashuqua
- Mashulaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mashulaville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashulaville
- Ravine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ravine is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
- Deerbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Deerbrook is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Brooksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatchette, with the one closest to Hatchette listed first.
- Fearns Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fearns Springs is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearns Springs
- Handle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Handle is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
- Greene County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatchette, with the one closest to Hatchette listed first.
- Miller
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Miller is located in Greene County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- West Greene
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- West Greene is located in Greene County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greene
- Boligee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lizzieville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lizzieville is located in Greene County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzieville
- Clinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Clinton is located in Greene County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Lewiston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lewiston is located in Greene County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Pickens County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatchette, with the one closest to Hatchette listed first.
- Memphis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Memphis is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Aliceville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Garden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Garden is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden
- McMullen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- McMullen is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
- Pickensville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pickensville is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickensville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 572 people
- Beaver Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Town is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Town
- Sumter County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hatchette, with the one closest to Hatchette listed first.
- Geiger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Geiger is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Emelle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Emelle is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Sledge ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sledge is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Panola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Panola is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
- Sumterville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sumterville is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumterville
- Boyd
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Boyd is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Gainesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gainesville is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Epes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Epes is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Livingston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- York
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- York is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,218 people
- Former names for York:
- New York Station
- York Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <2>
- Cuba
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cuba is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hatchette, see our County-by-County Page for Hatchette.
Cemeteries Near Hatchette ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hatchette.
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 Hatchette - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hatchette covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hatchette, with the one closest to Hatchette listed first.
- Old Scooba Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Blue Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cedar Lawn Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Giles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cherry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wahalak Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Old Wahalak Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Twin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bethany Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Robbins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (324 more) ...
- Binnsville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Felton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.
While we didn't find Hatchette in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hatchette.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hatchette, with the one closest to Hatchette listed first.
- Scooba
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Giles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Giles is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles
- Sucarnoochee
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sucarnoochee is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucarnoochee
- Wahalak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wahalak is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahalak
- Porterville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Porterville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Binnsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Binnsville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville
- Narkeeta ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Narkeeta is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narkeeta
- Enondale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Enondale is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enondale
- Hamner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hamner is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamner
- Paulette
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Paulette is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paulette
- Shuqualak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Cooksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cooksville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Sumterville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sumterville is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumterville
- Tamola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Tamola is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamola
- Mount Nebo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Nebo is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Nebo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hatchette. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hatchette.
Newspapers Published in Hatchette ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hatchette.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hatchette, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hatchette.
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 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 Hatchette:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Kemper County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lauderdale County
- Neshoba County
- Noxubee County
- Winston County
- Greene 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 Hatchette, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hatchette) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |