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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 Hot Coffee (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 Hot Coffee. 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.

Hot Coffee is located in Covington 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 Covington County: Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Simpson & Smith.

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

  • Covington County     (The home county of Hot Coffee)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hot Coffee, with the one closest to Hot Coffee listed first.
    • Collins
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collins have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
      • Collins is located in Covington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,417 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Collins <2>
    • Kola
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Arbo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Arbo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbo
      • Arbo is located in Covington County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Arbo
      • From Hot Coffee to Arbo
    • Seminary
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seminary have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seminary
      • Seminary is located in Covington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seminary <2>
    • Williamsburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Olive
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Olive have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
      • Mount Olive is located in Covington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
    • Lux
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Forrest County
  • Jasper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hot Coffee, with the one closest to Hot Coffee listed first.
    • Stringer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Moss
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Bay Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Springs
      • Bay Springs is located in Jasper County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,650 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay Springs <2>
    • Lake Como
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Vernon ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vernon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
      • Vernon is located in Jasper County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Vernon
      • From Hot Coffee to Vernon
    • Acme ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Acme. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
      • Acme is located in Jasper County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Acme
      • From Hot Coffee to Acme
    • Hamlet ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Stevens ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Turnerville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Louin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Waldrup ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Waldrup. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrup
      • Waldrup is located in Jasper County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Waldrup
      • From Hot Coffee to Waldrup
    • Fouke ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fouke. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fouke
      • Fouke is located in Jasper County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fouke
      • From Hot Coffee to Fouke
    • McNeal ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jefferson Davis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hot Coffee, with the one closest to Hot Coffee listed first.
    • Bassfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bassfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassfield
      • Bassfield is located in Jefferson Davis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
    • Prentiss
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Jones County
  • Lamar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hot Coffee, with the one closest to Hot Coffee listed first.
    • Sumrall
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • West Hattiesburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Hattiesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hattiesburg
      • West Hattiesburg is located in Lamar County
  • Rankin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hot Coffee, with the one closest to Hot Coffee listed first.
    • Galilee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Galilee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galilee
      • Galilee is located in Rankin County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Galilee
      • From Hot Coffee to Galilee
    • Puckett
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Puckett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
      • Puckett is located in Rankin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
  • Simpson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hot Coffee, with the one closest to Hot Coffee listed first.
    • Coats
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Magee
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee
      • Magee is located in Simpson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,094 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Magee <2>
    • Jaynesville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Sanatorium
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Mendenhall
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mendenhall have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendenhall
      • Mendenhall is located in Simpson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,393 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mendenhall <2>
    • Westville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Westville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
      • Westville is located in Simpson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Westville
      • From Hot Coffee to Westville
  • Smith County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hot Coffee, with the one closest to Hot Coffee listed first.
    • Taylorsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylorsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
      • Taylorsville is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylorsville <2>
    • Mize
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mize have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mize
      • Mize is located in Smith County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mize <2>
    • Mineral Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Bezer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bezer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bezer
      • Bezer is located in Smith County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bezer
      • From Hot Coffee to Bezer
    • Sylvarena
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Raleigh
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Burns
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Burns. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
      • Burns is located in Smith County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Burns
      • From Hot Coffee to Burns

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

Cemeteries Near Hot Coffee ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hot Coffee.

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 Hot Coffee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Calhoun Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Old Hopewell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Hopewell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Hopewell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Barnes Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barnes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barnes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Hopewell MB Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Hatton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hatton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hatton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oakohay Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakohay Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakohay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Okahay Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Knight Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knight Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knight Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hebron Lodge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebron Lodge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebron Lodge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jack Knight Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jack Knight Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jack Knight Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (589 more) ...
    • Leaf River Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leaf River Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leaf River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Pickering Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pickering Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pickering Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Center Ridge Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Ridge Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center Ridge 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.<4>

While we didn't find Hot Coffee in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hot Coffee.

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

  • Taylorsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylorsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
    • Taylorsville is located in Smith County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylorsville <2>
  • Bunker Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bunker Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
    • Bunker Hill is located in Smith County
  • Gitano
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gitano have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gitano
    • Gitano is located in Jones County
  • Ora
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
    • Ora is located in Covington County
  • Moscos
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moscos have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscos
    • Moscos is located in Covington County
  • Soso
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Mize
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mize have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mize
    • Mize is located in Smith County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mize <2>
  • Amy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Williamsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Olive
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Olive have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
    • Mount Olive is located in Covington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
  • Bezer
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bezer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bezer
    • Bezer is located in Smith County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Bezer
    • From Hot Coffee to Bezer
  • Ellisville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Laurel
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Moselle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moselle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
      • Moselle is located in Jones County
    • Sylvarena
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Hot Coffee ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hot Coffee.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hot Coffee, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hot Coffee.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Hot Coffee:

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

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>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 Hot Coffee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Hot Coffee) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hot Coffee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7393, Longitude: -89.4459    









 

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