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 Jackson Landing (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 Jackson Landing. 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 Jackson Landing ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Jackson Landing: Jackson Lndg. (or less commonly used: Jackson Lndng.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Jackson Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jackson Landing.
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/Parishes ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest 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 north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties/parishes 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/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Jackson Landing is located in Hancock 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 Hancock County: Saint Tammany (LA), Harrison & Pearl River.
Below are the counties/parishes that are near Jackson Landing. For each of these counties/parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jackson Landing:
- Hancock County (The home county of Jackson Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Landing, with the one closest to Jackson Landing listed first.
- Pearlington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Logtown ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Logtown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
- Lakeshore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lakeshore is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
- Napoleon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Napoleon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Gainesville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gainesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Shoreline Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shoreline Park is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline Park
- Waveland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Saint Louis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kiln
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Diamondhead
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Necaise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Necaise is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necaise
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Landing, with the one closest to Jackson Landing listed first.
- Pass Christian
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Long Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gulfport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Landing, with the one closest to Jackson Landing listed first.
- Nicholson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Nicholson is located in Pearl River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
- Picayune
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Orleans Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Landing, with the one closest to Jackson Landing listed first.
- Lake Catherine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Catherine is located in Orleans Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- Pine Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Village is located in Orleans Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
- Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Landing, with the one closest to Jackson Landing listed first.
- Shell Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shell Beach is located in Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Beach
- Yscloskey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Yscloskey is located in Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yscloskey
- Alluvial City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Alluvial City is located in Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alluvial City
- Verret
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Verret is located in Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verret
- Hopedale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hopedale is located in Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale
- Reggio
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Reggio is located in Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reggio
- Mohawk City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mohawk City is located in Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk City
- Saint Bernard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saxonholm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saxonholm is located in Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxonholm
- Story
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Story is located in Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Toca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Toca is located in Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toca
- Violet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jackson Landing, with the one closest to Jackson Landing listed first.
- Lake Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Bon Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bon Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Village
- Tanglewood Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tanglewood Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood Village
- McClane City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- McClane City is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClane City
- Slidell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Slidell is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slidell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,541 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slidell <1>
- Northwood Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Northwood Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Village
- Eden Isle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Eden Isle is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Isle
- Lake Shore Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lake Shore Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore Village
- Oak Harbor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Oak Harbor is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Harbor
- North Shore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- North Shore is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
- Browns Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Village
- Huntwyck Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Huntwyck Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntwyck Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jackson Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Jackson Landing.
Cemeteries Near Jackson Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jackson Landing.
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 Jackson Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jackson Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jackson Landing, with the one closest to Jackson Landing listed first.
- Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Cemetery
- The Point Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lindsey Cemetery
- The Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bayou Caddy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Logtown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Porter's Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- McKean Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rousseaux Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Napoleon Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gauss Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison Jackson Square Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fields Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (78 more) ...
- Oddfellow Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oddfellow Cemetery
- The Oddfellow Cemetery has also been known as:
- Odd Fellow Cemetery
- Harrison Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Slidell Memorial Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
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 Jackson Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jackson Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jackson Landing, with the one closest to Jackson Landing listed first.
- Pearlington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rigolets
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rigolets is located in Orleans Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigolets
- Logtown ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Logtown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
- Lake Catherine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Catherine is located in Orleans Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- Gainesville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gainesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Waveland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Slidell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Slidell is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slidell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,541 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slidell <1>
- Pearl River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chef Menteur
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chef Menteur is located in Orleans Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chef Menteur
- Bay Saint Louis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kiln
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson Point is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Point
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Pass Christian
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Delisle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Delisle is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delisle
- Florenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Florenville is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florenville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jackson Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jackson Landing.
Newspapers Published in Jackson Landing ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jackson Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jackson Landing, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jackson Landing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Jackson Landing:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Hancock County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Harrison County
- Pearl River County
- Orleans Parish
- Saint Bernard Parish
- Saint Tammany Parish
- 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 Jackson Landing, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jackson Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |