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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 James Minter Ferry (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 James Minter Ferry. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
James Minter Ferry is located in Leflore 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 Leflore County: Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Sunflower & Tallahatchie.
Below are the counties that are near James Minter Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to James Minter Ferry:
- Leflore County (The home county of James Minter Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from James Minter Ferry, with the one closest to James Minter Ferry listed first.
- Minter City
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Minter City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter City
- Sunnyside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Schlater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Schlater is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- McNutt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McNutt is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Money
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Money is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money
- Shellmound
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shellmound is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellmound
- Fort Loring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fort Loring is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Loring
- Itta Bena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Greenwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Browning
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Browning is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Roebuck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Roebuck is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roebuck
- Sidon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sidon is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Morgan City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Morgan City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Bolivar County
- The following are listed by their distance from James Minter Ferry, with the one closest to James Minter Ferry listed first.
- Boyle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cleveland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Renova
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Renova is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Merigold
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mound Bayou
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Winstonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Winstonville is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Shaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Shaw is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Shelby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Victor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Victor is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from James Minter Ferry, with the one closest to James Minter Ferry listed first.
- Avalon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Avalon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Teoc
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Teoc is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teoc
- Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Carrollton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Carrollton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Coila
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coila is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Coahoma County
- The following are listed by their distance from James Minter Ferry, with the one closest to James Minter Ferry listed first.
- Dublin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dublin is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Roundaway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Roundaway is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- Claremont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Claremont is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Africa ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Africa is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Grenada County
- The following are listed by their distance from James Minter Ferry, with the one closest to James Minter Ferry listed first.
- Turkey Foot Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Turkey Foot Fork is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot Fork
- Grenada
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Memphis Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Memphis Junction is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Junction
- Holmes County
- Cruger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cruger is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Quitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from James Minter Ferry, with the one closest to James Minter Ferry listed first.
- Vance
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Vance is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Yarbrough
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Yarbrough is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarbrough
- Sunflower County
- The following are listed by their distance from James Minter Ferry, with the one closest to James Minter Ferry listed first.
- Quiver ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Quiver is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiver
- Doddsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Doddsville is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doddsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Drew
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Whitney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitney is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Ruleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rome
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rome is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Sunflower
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sunflower is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Halstead
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Halstead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halstead
- White City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Roundaway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roundaway is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- Moorhead
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Moorhead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Faisonia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Faisonia is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faisonia
- Baird
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Baird is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
- Tallahatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from James Minter Ferry, with the one closest to James Minter Ferry listed first.
- Glendora
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Swan Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Albin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Albin is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albin
- Webb
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Webb is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Sumner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sumner is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Leverett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leverett is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
- Paynes
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Paynes is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes
- Tutwiler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rosebloom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosebloom is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebloom
- Charleston
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Crevi ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crevi is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crevi
- Yalobusha County
- Tillatoba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tillatoba is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillatoba
- Population from the 2010 Census: 91 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to James Minter Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for James Minter Ferry.
Cemeteries Near James Minter Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of James Minter Ferry.
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 James Minter Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for James Minter Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from James Minter Ferry, with the one closest to James Minter Ferry listed first.
- Jacobs Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Watkins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Humphrey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Plantation Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jones Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Peter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lanes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Clare Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (256 more) ...
- Jones Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- McNutt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find James Minter Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of James Minter Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from James Minter Ferry, with the one closest to James Minter Ferry listed first.
- Minter City
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Minter City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter City
- Sunnyside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Black Bayou
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Black Bayou is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bayou
- Glendora
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McNutt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McNutt is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Rixwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rixwood is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixwood
- Shellmound
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shellmound is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellmound
- Swan Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Sharkey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sharkey is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharkey
- Quiver ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Quiver is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiver
- Leflore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Leflore is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leflore
- Webb
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Webb is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Parsons
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Parsons is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
- Oxberry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Oxberry is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxberry
- Lehrton ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lehrton is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehrton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around James Minter Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around James Minter Ferry.
Newspapers Published in James Minter Ferry ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around James Minter Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of James Minter Ferry, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for James Minter Ferry.
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 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 James Minter Ferry:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Leflore County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bolivar County
- Carroll County
- Coahoma County
- Grenada County
- Holmes County
- Quitman County
- Sunflower County
- Tallahatchie County
- Yalobusha 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> | 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 James Minter Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- James Minter Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |