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 Hurley (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 Hurley. 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.
Hurley is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Mobile (AL), George, Harrison & Stone.
Below are the counties that are near Hurley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hurley:
- Jackson County (The home county of Hurley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurley, with the one closest to Hurley listed first.
- Wade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
- Big Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Big Point is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Point
- Americus ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Americus is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Brewton ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Brewton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewton
- Brewton has also been known as:
- Brewer's Bluff
- Coll Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Coll Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coll Town
- Helena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Helena is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Vancleave
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Escatawpa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Escatawpa is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
- Moss Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Orange Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Orange Grove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Hickory Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Martin Bluff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Martin Bluff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Bluff
- Fort Bayou ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Bayou is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bayou
- George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurley, with the one closest to Hurley listed first.
- Howell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Howell is located in George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Agricola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lucedale
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bexley
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bexley is located in George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexley
- Greene County
- Brown Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Brown Town is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Town
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurley, with the one closest to Hurley listed first.
- D'Iberville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Biloxi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mobile County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurley, with the one closest to Hurley listed first.
- Wilmer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Bay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Semmes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Elmo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Irvington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Country Club Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Country Club Village is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Village
- Tillmans Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tillmans Corner is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillmans Corner
- Theodore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Eight Mile
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bayou La Batre
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Prichard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Coden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bellefontaine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bellefontaine is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hurley, see our County-by-County Page for Hurley.
Cemeteries Near Hurley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hurley.
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 Hurley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hurley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hurley, with the one closest to Hurley listed first.
- Bethany Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tanners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Davis Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Big Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Roberts Chapel UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Caswell Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Three Rivers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Steede Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Movella Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Movella Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Coleman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (262 more) ...
- Joyner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midway Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wolf Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Hurley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hurley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hurley, with the one closest to Hurley listed first.
- Three Rivers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Three Rivers is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
- Americus ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Americus is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Vancleave
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Escatawpa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Escatawpa is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
- Grand Bay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Moss Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Orange Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Orange Grove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Fernland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fernland is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernland
- Saint Elmo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Fort Bayou ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Bayou is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bayou
- Pascagoula
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Theodore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Spring Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Bayou La Batre
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kushla
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kushla is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kushla
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hurley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hurley.
Newspapers Published in Hurley ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hurley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hurley, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hurley.
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 helpful 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 Hurley:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- George County
- Greene County
- Harrison County
- Mobile 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Hurley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hurley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |