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 Hollywood (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 Hollywood. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Hollywood is located in Tunica 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 Tunica County: Crittenden (AR), Lee (AR), Phillips (AR), Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman & Tate.
Below are the counties that are near Hollywood. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hollywood:
- Tunica County (The home county of Hollywood)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- North Tunica
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Tunica is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tunica
- Tunica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mhoon Landing ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mhoon Landing is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mhoon Landing
- Evansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Evansville is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Austin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Austin is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Banks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Banks is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Clayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Clayton is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Peyton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Peyton is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyton
- Coahoma County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Powell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Powell is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Lula
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rich
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rich is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich
- Coahoma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Jonestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Friars Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Friars Point is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- DeSoto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Cub Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cub Lake is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Lake
- Newport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Eudora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eudora is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Lake Cormorant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Memphis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Memphis is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Norfolk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norfolk is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
- Glover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Walls
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Walls is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,441 people
- Former name for Walls:
- Alpika
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walls <1>
- Hernando
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lynchburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Nesbit
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Southhaven
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Askew
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Askew is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew
- Crenshaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Longtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Longtown is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Ballentine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ballentine is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballentine
- Como
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Quitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Sledge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sledge is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Falcon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Falcon is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Tate County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Arkabutla
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Arkabutla is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkabutla
- Goode
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Goode is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode
- Coldwater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Senatobia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Antioch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Antioch is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Poagville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Poagville is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poagville
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Horseshoe Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Horseshoe Lake is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Seyppel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Seyppel is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyppel
- Pinckney
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pinckney is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckney
- Anthonyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Anthonyville is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthonyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Edmondson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Edmondson is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmondson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Proctor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Amanca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Amanca is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanca
- Hulbert
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Jennette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jennette is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- West Memphis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lee County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Peters
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Peters is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Bledsoe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bledsoe is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Winona ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Winona is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Brickeys
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brickeys is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Phillips Bayou
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Phillips Bayou is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Bayou
- LaGrange
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- LaGrange is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaGrange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Marianna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Felton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Felton is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felton
- Haynes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Haynes is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Rondo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rondo is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Vineyard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Vineyard is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
- Aubrey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Aubrey is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Phillips County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Helena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Helena - West Helena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- West Helena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huma
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Huma is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huma
- Latour
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Latour is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latour
- Lexa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lexa is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lexa <1>
- Barton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barton is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- North Creek ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Creek is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creek
- Tyner ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Tyner is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Saint Francis County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Hughes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hughes is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,200 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hughes <1>
- Rawlinson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
- Heth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Widener
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Widener is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widener
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Madison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Madison is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <1>
- Bonair
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bonair is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
- Forrest City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hollywood, see our County-by-County Page for Hollywood.
Cemeteries Near Hollywood ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hollywood.
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 Hollywood - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hollywood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Macedonia Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rainey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fredonia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Crystal Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Corinth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clear Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Forestdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (249 more) ...
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Belmont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hollywood had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hollywood, with the one closest to Hollywood listed first.
- Bowdre
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bowdre is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowdre
- Tunica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Robinsonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Robinsonville is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
- Commerce
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Commerce is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
- Evansville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Evansville is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Austin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Austin is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Peters
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Peters is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Penton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Penton is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Clayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Clayton is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Seyppel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Seyppel is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyppel
- Askew ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Askew is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew
- Dubbs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dubbs is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubbs
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cub Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cub Lake is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Lake
- Arkabutla
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Arkabutla is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkabutla
- Eudora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eudora is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hollywood. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hollywood.
Newspapers Published in Hollywood ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hollywood.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hollywood, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hollywood.
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 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 Hollywood:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Tunica County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coahoma County
- DeSoto County
- Panola County
- Quitman County
- Tate County
- Crittenden County
- Lee County
- Phillips County
- Saint Francis 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 Hollywood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hollywood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |