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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 Lake City (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 Lake City. 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 Lake City ...

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 Lake City: Lk. City

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 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.

Lake City is primarily located in Humphreys County. A portion of Lake City extends into Yazoo 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 Humphreys County: Holmes, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington & Yazoo.

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

  • Humphreys County     (The home county of Lake City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
    • Louise
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louise have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
      • Louise is located in Humphreys County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
    • Silver City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
      • Silver City is located in Humphreys County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
    • Gooden Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Belzoni
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jaketown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Isola
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Hinds County
    • Delta City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delta City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta City
      • Delta City is located in Hinds County
  • Holmes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
    • Pluto
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pluto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto
      • Pluto is located in Holmes County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pluto
      • From Lake City to Pluto
    • Bee Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Good Hope
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Good Hope. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
      • Good Hope is located in Holmes County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Good Hope
      • From Lake City to Good Hope
    • Coxburg
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coxburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
      • Coxburg is located in Holmes County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Coxburg
      • From Lake City to Coxburg
    • Mileston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Tolarville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tolarville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
      • Tolarville is located in Holmes County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tolarville
      • From Lake City to Tolarville
    • Gwin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Tchula
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Jones Crossing
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Wyatt
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wyatt. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
      • Wyatt is located in Holmes County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wyatt
      • From Lake City to Wyatt
    • Keirn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keirn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keirn
      • Keirn is located in Holmes County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Keirn
      • From Lake City to Keirn
    • Lexington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Issaquena County
  • Madison County
  • Sharkey County
  • Sunflower County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
    • New Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
      • New Town is located in Sunflower County
    • Inverness
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Warren County
    • Russellville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
    • Murphy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Murphy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
      • Murphy is located in Washington County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Murphy
      • From Lake City to Murphy
    • Willet
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Willet. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
      • Willet is located in Washington County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Willet
      • From Lake City to Willet
    • Overby
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Overby. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overby
      • Overby is located in Washington County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Overby
      • From Lake City to Overby
    • Hollandale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollandale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
      • Hollandale is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,242 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollandale <2>
    • Hampton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hampton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
      • Hampton is located in Washington County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Hampton
      • From Lake City to Hampton
  • Yazoo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake City, with the one closest to Lake City listed first.
    • Crump
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crump. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
      • Crump is located in Yazoo County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Crump
      • From Lake City to Crump
    • Jonestown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Yazoo City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pearce ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearce have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
      • Pearce is located in Yazoo County
    • Dover ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
      • Dover is located in Yazoo County
    • Eden
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
      • Eden is located in Yazoo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
    • Anding
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Oil City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
      • Oil City is located in Yazoo County
    • Satartia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Satartia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satartia
      • Satartia is located in Yazoo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
    • Kearney
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kearney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
      • Kearney is located in Yazoo County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kearney
      • From Lake City to Kearney
    • Evans
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Evans. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
      • Evans is located in Yazoo County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Evans
      • From Lake City to Evans
    • Nod
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Nod. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nod
      • Nod is located in Yazoo County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Nod
      • From Lake City to Nod

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

Cemeteries Near Lake City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake City.

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 Lake City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Wolf Lake Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mayday Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mayday Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mayday Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • John Roberson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the John Roberson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the John Roberson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Banks Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Banks Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Banks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Goshen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Huddleston Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huddleston Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huddleston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Balup Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Balup Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Balup Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Phillips Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Phillips Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Phillips Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Valley Home Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley Home Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valley Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bellewood Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bellewood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bellewood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oak Valley Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (193 more) ...
    • Short Creek Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Short Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Short Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hardshell Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hardshell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hardshell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Tranquil Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lake City had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Yazoo City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Crump
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crump. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
    • Crump is located in Yazoo County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Crump
    • From Lake City to Crump
  • Pearce ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearce have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
    • Pearce is located in Yazoo County
  • Dover ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Dover is located in Yazoo County
  • Belle Prairie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belle Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Prairie
    • Belle Prairie is located in Yazoo County
  • Hilton ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton
    • Hilton is located in Yazoo County
  • Eden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Eden is located in Yazoo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
  • Valley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
    • Valley is located in Yazoo County
  • Pluto
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pluto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto
    • Pluto is located in Holmes County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Pluto
    • From Lake City to Pluto
  • Free Run
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Free Run have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Run
    • Free Run is located in Yazoo County
  • Bee Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Enola
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enola have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
    • Enola is located in Yazoo County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Thornton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thornton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
      • Thornton is located in Holmes County
    • Benton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
      • Benton is located in Yazoo County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benton <2>
    • Auter
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Auter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auter
      • Auter is located in Sharkey County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Auter
      • From Lake City to Auter

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

Newspapers Published in Lake City ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake City, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake City.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Lake City:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lake City. 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>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 Lake City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Lake City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9232, Longitude: -90.4920       In this case, the coordinates for Lake City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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