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 Hurricane Creek (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 Hurricane Creek. 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.
Name Variations for Hurricane Creek ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Hurricane Creek: Hurricane Crk. (or less commonly used: Hurricane Ck. or Hurricane Cr.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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.
Hurricane Creek is located in Clarke 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 Clarke County: Choctaw (AL), Jasper, Lauderdale & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Hurricane Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hurricane Creek:
- Clarke County (The home county of Hurricane Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurricane Creek, with the one closest to Hurricane Creek listed first.
- Junction City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Junction City is located in Clarke County
- Quitman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- 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>
- Stonewall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Enterprise
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- 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>
- De Soto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- De Soto is located in Clarke County
- Gin ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Pachuta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Shubuta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Barnett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurricane Creek, with the one closest to Hurricane Creek listed first.
- Fellowship ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fellowship. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Fellowship is located in Jasper County
- Former name for Fellowship:
- Masengale
- Fellowship has also been known as:
- Old Fellowship
- Orange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Orange is located in Jasper County
- Kemper County
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurricane Creek, with the one closest to Hurricane Creek listed first.
- Whynot
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
- Whynot is located in Lauderdale County
- Increase
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Increase
- Increase is located in Lauderdale County
- Increase has also been known as:
- Causeyville
- Vimville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vimville
- Vimville is located in Lauderdale County
- Smith
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith
- Smith is located in Lauderdale County
- Russell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Russell is located in Lauderdale County
- Meridian
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Meridian is located in Lauderdale County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,011 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meridian <2>
- Marion
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- 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>
- Lockhart
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - Lost Gap
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Bailey
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey is located in Lauderdale County
- Nellieburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- 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
- Hookston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Newton County
- Chunky
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunky
- Chunky is located in Newton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chunky <2>
- Chunky
- Wayne County
- Matherville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Matherville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matherville
- Matherville is located in Wayne County
- Matherville
- Choctaw County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurricane Creek, with the one closest to Hurricane Creek listed first.
- Pushmataha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pushmataha
- Pushmataha is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Cromwell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Lisman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisman
- Lisman is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
- Jachin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Butler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Butler is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <2>
- Needham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Red Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Red Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- Red Springs is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Okatuppa
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Melvin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Pelham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Choctaw City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Choctaw City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw City
- Choctaw City is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Lavaca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Marengo County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurricane Creek, with the one closest to Hurricane Creek listed first.
- Barrons ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Putnam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
- Putnam is located in Marengo County (AL)
- Nanafalia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanafalia
- Nanafalia is located in Marengo County (AL)
- Myrtlewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Myrtlewood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtlewood
- Myrtlewood is located in Marengo County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- Griffins ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sumter County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hurricane Creek, with the one closest to Hurricane Creek listed first.
- Kinterbish
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinterbish
- Kinterbish is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Ward
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Cuba
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Cuba is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
- Derby
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Derby is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Intercourse
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intercourse
- Intercourse is located in Sumter County (AL)
- York
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- York is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,218 people
- Former names for York:
- New York Station
- York Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <2>
- Whitfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Bellamy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellamy
- Bellamy is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Arrington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Boyd
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Brewersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville
- Brewersville is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Coatopa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatopa
- Coatopa is located in Sumter County (AL)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hurricane Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Hurricane Creek.
Cemeteries Near Hurricane Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hurricane Creek.
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 Hurricane Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hurricane Creek, with the one closest to Hurricane Creek listed first.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Tims Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tims Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tims Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- McLendon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McLendon Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McLendon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Concord Cemetery
- The Concord Cemetery has also been known as:
- Concord Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2296460 <4>
- Episcopal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Episcopal Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Episcopal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Sardis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sardis Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sardis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Martin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martin Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Martin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Scott Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scott Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<5> to the northwest of Meridian.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2247115 <4>
- Hays Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hays Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hays Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (256 more) ...
- Antioch Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- McMurry Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McMurry Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McMurry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- McRae Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McRae Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McRae Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Antioch Cemetery
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.<6>
While we didn't find Hurricane Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hurricane Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hurricane Creek, with the one closest to Hurricane Creek listed first.
- Energy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Whynot
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
- Whynot is located in Lauderdale County
- Pushmataha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pushmataha
- Pushmataha is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Hinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Vimville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vimville
- Vimville is located in Lauderdale County
- Kinterbish
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinterbish
- Kinterbish is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Kewanee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Russell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Russell is located in Lauderdale County
- Cuba
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Cuba is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
- Roy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - Butler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Butler is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <2>
- Gaston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Meridian
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Meridian is located in Lauderdale County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36,011 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meridian <2>
- Mount Sterling
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Sterling have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Mount Sterling is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Quitman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- 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>
- Meridian
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hurricane Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hurricane Creek.
Newspapers Published in Hurricane Creek ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hurricane Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hurricane Creek, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hurricane Creek.
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 Hurricane Creek:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Mississippi Department of Archives & History
- Pages specific to Clarke County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jasper County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Kemper County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lauderdale County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Newton County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Wayne County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Choctaw County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marengo County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sumter County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jasper County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Clarke County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Clarke County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hurricane Creek. 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hurricane Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hurricane Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2110, Longitude: -88.4545 In this case, the coordinates for Hurricane Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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 Hurricane Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |