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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 Knox (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 Knox. 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 hospitals and 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.

Knox is located in Attala 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 Attala County: Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Montgomery, Neshoba, Winston & Yazoo.

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

  • Attala County     (The home county of Knox)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knox, with the one closest to Knox listed first.
    • Kosciusko
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Zemuly
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Zemuly is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemuly
    • Newport
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Newport is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Ethel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Ethel is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
    • Sallis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Hesterville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Hesterville is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesterville
    • Gregory ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Gregory is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • Possumneck
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Possumneck is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumneck
    • Rocky Point
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Rocky Point is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
    • Langley ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Langley is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
    • McCool
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • McCool is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
    • Auris ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Auris is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auris
  • Carroll County
    • Vaiden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Choctaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knox, with the one closest to Knox listed first.
    • French Camp
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Weir
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Weir is located in Choctaw County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weir <1>
  • Holmes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knox, with the one closest to Knox listed first.
    • Durant
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • West
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Goodman
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Pickens
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Richland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Richland is located in Holmes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
    • Lexington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Leake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knox, with the one closest to Knox listed first.
    • Coosa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Coosa is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
    • Redwater
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Redwater is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
    • Saint Ann
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Ann is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ann
    • Carthage
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Standing Pine
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Standing Pine is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
    • Tuscola
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Tuscola is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
    • Lena
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Walnut Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • High Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • High Hill is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knox, with the one closest to Knox listed first.
    • Camden
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sharpsburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sharpsburg is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
    • Sharon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Sharon is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
  • Neshoba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knox, with the one closest to Knox listed first.
    • Laurel Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
    • Pearl River
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Pearl River is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
    • Hope
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Hope is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Dowdville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Dowdville is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowdville
    • Dixon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Dixon is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Philadelphia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knox, with the one closest to Knox listed first.
    • Cash
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Cash is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
    • Ludlow
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Ludlow is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
    • Sebastopol
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Winston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knox, with the one closest to Knox listed first.
    • Vowell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Vowell is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
    • Hinze
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Hinze is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinze
    • Plattsburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Plattsburg is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
    • Noxapater
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Yazoo County
    • Vaughan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Vaughan is located in Yazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan

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

Cemeteries Near Knox ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knox.

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 Knox - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Knox covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Attala Memory Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Turnage Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • County Line Baptist Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Dodd Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Cedar Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Fletcher Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Isaac Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Isaacs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Singleton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Jerusalem Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Baptist Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Jerusalem Baptist Church Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the southeast of Kosciusko.
    • The Jerusalem Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Jerusalem Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1992671 <2>
  • Skeen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (432 more) ...
    • Dorsey Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Smyrna Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Herring Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

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 Knox in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Knox.

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

  • McVille
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • McVille is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
  • Smyrna
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Smyrna is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
  • Kosciusko
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Conway
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Conway is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
  • McAdams
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • McAdams is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAdams
  • Thomastown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Thomastown is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
  • Renfroe
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Renfroe is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfroe
  • Coosa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Coosa is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
  • Marydell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Marydell is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell
  • Newtonville ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Newtonville is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville
  • Newport
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Newport is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
  • Ethel
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Ethel is located in Attala County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Sallis
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Saint Ann
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Ann is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ann
    • Hesterville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Hesterville is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesterville

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

Newspapers Published in Knox ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Knox.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Knox, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Knox.

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 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 Knox:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Knox) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Knox, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.