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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 Hookston (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 Hookston. 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 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.

Hookston is located in Lauderdale County.

To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lauderdale County: Choctaw (AL), Sumter (AL), Clarke, Kemper & Newton.

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

  • Lauderdale County     (The home county of Hookston)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hookston, with the one closest to Hookston listed first.
    • Suqualena
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Nellieburg
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nellieburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellieburg
      • Nellieburg is located in Lauderdale County
    • Bailey
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Collinsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
      • Collinsville is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Collinsville <2>
    • Lost Gap
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lost Gap. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Gap
      • Lost Gap is located in Lauderdale County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lost Gap
      • From Hookston to Lost Gap
    • Meridian
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Marion
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marion have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
      • Marion is located in Lauderdale County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,482 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <2>
    • Martin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Russell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Daleville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lockhart
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lockhart. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
      • Lockhart is located in Lauderdale County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lockhart
      • From Hookston to Lockhart
    • Vimville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Increase
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Clarke County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hookston, with the one closest to Hookston listed first.
    • Enterprise
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enterprise have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
      • Enterprise is located in Clarke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enterprise <2>
    • Stonewall
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Pachuta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pachuta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta
      • Pachuta is located in Clarke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
    • Quitman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quitman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
      • Quitman is located in Clarke County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quitman <2>
  • Jasper County
  • Kemper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hookston, with the one closest to Hookston listed first.
    • Rio
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rio have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
      • Rio is located in Kemper County
    • Spinks ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spinks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
      • Spinks is located in Kemper County
    • De Kalb
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Narkeeta ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Narkeeta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narkeeta
      • Narkeeta is located in Kemper County
    • Porterville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sucarnoochee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lynville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Electric Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Neshoba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hookston, with the one closest to Hookston listed first.
    • House
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Neshoba
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Tucker
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tucker. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
      • Tucker is located in Neshoba County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tucker
      • From Hookston to Tucker
    • Ocobla
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ocobla. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
      • Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ocobla
      • From Hookston to Ocobla
    • Bogue Chitto
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bogue Chitto have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
      • Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
    • Dixon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dixon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
      • Dixon is located in Neshoba County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dixon
      • From Hookston to Dixon
    • Philadelphia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hookston, with the one closest to Hookston listed first.
    • Chunky
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
      • Hickory is located in Newton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
    • Decatur
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Stamper ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stamper. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamper
      • Stamper is located in Newton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Stamper
      • From Hookston to Stamper
    • Union
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Newton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Pine Bluff
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Lucern
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Six Towns ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Six Towns have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Towns
      • Six Towns is located in Newton County
    • Conehatta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Choctaw County (AL)
  • Sumter County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hookston, with the one closest to Hookston listed first.
    • Cuba
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Kinterbish
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • York
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Ward
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ward have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward
      • Ward is located in Sumter County (AL)

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

Cemeteries Near Hookston ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hookston.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Lad Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lad Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lad Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Suqualena Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • West Mt. Moriah Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Mt. Moriah Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Mt. Moriah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Springs Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gordon Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gordon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gordon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stenis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stenis Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stenis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hamrick Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Semmes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (257 more) ...
    • Collinsville Church Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Collinsville Church Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Collinsville Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Cedar Grove Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Fairchild Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairchild Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairchild Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hookston had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Bailey
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Collinsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
    • Collinsville is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Collinsville <2>
  • Lost Gap
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lost Gap. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Gap
    • Lost Gap is located in Lauderdale County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Lost Gap
    • From Hookston to Lost Gap
  • Graham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
    • Graham is located in Lauderdale County
  • Meridian
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lizelia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lizelia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizelia
    • Lizelia is located in Lauderdale County
  • Oktibbeha ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oktibbeha have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oktibbeha
    • Oktibbeha is located in Kemper County
  • Russell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Topton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Topton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topton
    • Topton is located in Lauderdale County
  • Daleville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Prismatic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prismatic have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prismatic
    • Prismatic is located in Kemper County
  • Battlefield ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Battlefield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
    • Battlefield is located in Newton County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Roscoe ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roscoe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
      • Roscoe is located in Newton County
    • Rio
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rio have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
      • Rio is located in Kemper County
    • Lockhart
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lockhart. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
      • Lockhart is located in Lauderdale County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lockhart
      • From Hookston to Lockhart

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

Newspapers Published in Hookston ...

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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hookston.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hookston, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hookston.

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 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 Hookston:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hookston. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lauderdale County: www.lauderdalecounty.org/

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Hookston, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hookston) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hookston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4347, Longitude: -88.7958       In this case, the coordinates for Hookston have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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