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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Haw Pond. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Haw Pond to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Haw Pond, 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 Haw Pond (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 Haw Pond. 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 and 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Haw Pond is historic, it would have been located within present day Jefferson Davis 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 Jefferson Davis County: Covington, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion & Simpson.

Below are the counties that are near Haw Pond. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Haw Pond:

  • Jefferson Davis County     (The home county of Haw Pond)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haw Pond, with the one closest to Haw Pond listed first.
    • Bassfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Bassfield is located in Jefferson Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
    • Prentiss
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Prentiss is located in Jefferson Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentiss
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prentiss <2>
    • Melba
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Melba is located in Jefferson Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melba
    • Oak Vale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Oak Vale is located in Jefferson Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Vale
  • Copiah County
    • Georgetown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Georgetown is located in Copiah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
  • Covington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haw Pond, with the one closest to Haw Pond listed first.
    • Williamsburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Williamsburg is located in Covington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • Collins
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Arbo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Arbo is located in Covington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbo
    • Kola
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Kola is located in Covington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kola
    • Mount Olive
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Mount Olive is located in Covington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
    • Seminary
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Sanford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Sanford is located in Covington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
    • Hot Coffee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hot Coffee is located in Covington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Coffee
    • Lux
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Lux is located in Covington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lux
  • Jones County
    • Soso
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Soso is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soso
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
  • Lamar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haw Pond, with the one closest to Haw Pond listed first.
    • Sumrall
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • West Hattiesburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • West Hattiesburg is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hattiesburg
  • Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haw Pond, with the one closest to Haw Pond listed first.
    • Silver Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Grange ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Grange is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange
    • New Hebron
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Arm
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Arm is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arm
    • Hooker
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Hooker is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
    • Tilton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Tilton is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
    • Monticello
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Rosella
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Rosella is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosella
    • Tryus
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Tryus is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryus
    • Nola
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Nola is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nola
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haw Pond, with the one closest to Haw Pond listed first.
    • Goss
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Goss is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
    • Expose
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Expose is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Expose
    • Columbia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Kokomo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Simpson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haw Pond, with the one closest to Haw Pond listed first.
    • Jaynesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jaynesville is located in Simpson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaynesville
    • Coats
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Coats is located in Simpson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
    • Shivers
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Shivers is located in Simpson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shivers
    • Magee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Magee is located in Simpson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,094 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Magee <2>
    • Sanatorium
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Sanatorium is located in Simpson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanatorium
    • Westville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Westville is located in Simpson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
    • Mendenhall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • D'Lo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • D'Lo is located in Simpson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Lo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
  • Smith County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haw Pond, with the one closest to Haw Pond listed first.
    • Mize
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Taylorsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Walthall County
    • Sartinville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Sartinville is located in Walthall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartinville

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Haw Pond, see our County-by-County Page for Haw Pond.

Cemeteries Near Haw Pond ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Haw Pond.

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 Haw Pond - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Haw Pond covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Haw Pond, with the one closest to Haw Pond listed first.

  • Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Holloway Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Santee Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Saulters - McRaney Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Terrell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Antioch Memorial Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • McPhail Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Blount Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Sweet Water Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Graves Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Graves Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Price Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (538 more) ...
    • Polk Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hollisday Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Adams Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)

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 Haw Pond in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Haw Pond.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Haw Pond, with the one closest to Haw Pond listed first.

  • Williamsburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Williamsburg is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
  • Ora
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Ora is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
  • Jaynesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jaynesville is located in Simpson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaynesville
  • Mount Olive
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Olive is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
  • Silver Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Oak Vale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Vale is located in Jefferson Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Vale
  • Grange ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Grange is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange
  • Moscos
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Moscos is located in Covington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscos
  • Goss
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Goss is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
  • Hooker
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Hooker is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
  • Tilton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Tilton is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
  • Shivers
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Shivers is located in Simpson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shivers
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Magee
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Magee is located in Simpson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,094 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Magee <2>
    • Monticello
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Bunker Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Bunker Hill is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Haw Pond. See our List of 1890's Communities around Haw Pond.

Newspapers Published in Haw Pond ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Haw Pond.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Haw Pond, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Haw Pond.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Haw Pond:

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 Haw Pond, 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- Haw Pond) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.