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 Highlandale (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 Highlandale. 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 and 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.
Highlandale is located in Leflore 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 Leflore County: Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Sunflower & Tallahatchie.
Below are the counties that are near Highlandale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Highlandale:
- Leflore County (The home county of Highlandale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Highlandale, with the one closest to Highlandale listed first.
- Schlater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Schlater is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- McNutt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McNutt is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Sunnyside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Minter City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Minter City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter City
- Shellmound
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shellmound is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellmound
- Money
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Money is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money
- Itta Bena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fort Loring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Loring is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Loring
- Greenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Roebuck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Roebuck is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roebuck
- Browning
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Browning is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Morgan City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Morgan City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Bolivar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highlandale, with the one closest to Highlandale listed first.
- Boyle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Cleveland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Renova
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Renova is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Merigold
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mound Bayou
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shaw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shaw is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Winstonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winstonville is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Choctaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Victor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Victor is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Shelby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pace is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highlandale, with the one closest to Highlandale listed first.
- Avalon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Avalon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Teoc
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Teoc is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teoc
- Jefferson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- North Carrollton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Carrollton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coila
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coila is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Coahoma County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highlandale, with the one closest to Highlandale listed first.
- Roundaway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Roundaway is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- Dublin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dublin is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Grenada County
- Turkey Foot Fork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Turkey Foot Fork is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot Fork
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highlandale, with the one closest to Highlandale listed first.
- Cruger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cruger is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Keirn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Keirn is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keirn
- Humphreys County
- Jaketown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jaketown is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaketown
- Quitman County
- Vance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Vance is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Sunflower County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highlandale, with the one closest to Highlandale listed first.
- Quiver ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Quiver is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiver
- Doddsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Doddsville is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doddsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Ruleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Drew
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sunflower
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunflower is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Whitney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whitney is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Roundaway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roundaway is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- White City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Halstead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Halstead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halstead
- Moorhead
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Moorhead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Rome
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Faisonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Faisonia is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faisonia
- Tallahatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Highlandale, with the one closest to Highlandale listed first.
- Glendora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Swan Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Albin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Albin is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albin
- Webb
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Webb is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Sumner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sumner is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Leverett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leverett is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
- Tutwiler
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Paynes
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Paynes is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes
- Rosebloom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rosebloom is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebloom
- Charleston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crevi ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crevi is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crevi
- Washington County
- Helm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Helm is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helm
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Highlandale, see our County-by-County Page for Highlandale.
Cemeteries Near Highlandale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Highlandale.
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 Highlandale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Highlandale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Highlandale, with the one closest to Highlandale listed first.
- Humphrey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- McNutt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lanes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Plantation Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jacobs Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sweet Home Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scott Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- St. Mark Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bernander Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Majet Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Highlandale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Highlandale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Highlandale, with the one closest to Highlandale listed first.
- McNutt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McNutt is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Sunnyside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Rixwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rixwood is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixwood
- Minter City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Minter City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter City
- Shellmound
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shellmound is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellmound
- Quiver ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Quiver is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiver
- Black Bayou
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Black Bayou is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bayou
- Glendora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Itta Bena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Runnymede
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Runnymede is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
- Fort Loring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Loring is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Loring
- Swan Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lehrton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lehrton is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehrton
- Greenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leflore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Leflore is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leflore
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Highlandale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Highlandale.
Newspapers Published in Highlandale ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Highlandale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Highlandale, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Highlandale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Highlandale:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Leflore County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bolivar County
- Carroll County
- Coahoma County
- Grenada County
- Holmes County
- Humphreys County
- Quitman County
- Sunflower County
- Tallahatchie County
- Washington 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> | 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 Highlandale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Highlandale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |