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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 Lambert (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 Lambert. 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.

Lambert is located in Quitman 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 Quitman County: Coahoma, Panola, Tallahatchie & Tunica.

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

  • Quitman County     (The home county of Lambert)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lambert, with the one closest to Lambert listed first.
    • Yarbrough
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Marks
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks
      • Marks is located in Quitman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,408 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marks <2>
    • Crowder
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crowder have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
      • Crowder is located in Quitman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
    • Bobo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Vance
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Falcon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
      • Falcon is located in Quitman County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
    • Sledge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Bolivar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lambert, with the one closest to Lambert listed first.
    • Alligator
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Duncan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duncan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
      • Duncan is located in Bolivar County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
    • Hushpuckena
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Coahoma County
  • Panola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lambert, with the one closest to Lambert listed first.
    • Mims
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Chapeltown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Courtland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Pope
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pope have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
      • Pope is located in Panola County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
    • Batesville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Batesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
      • Batesville is located in Panola County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,116 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Batesville <2>
    • Crenshaw
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crenshaw have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crenshaw
      • Crenshaw is located in Panola County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crenshaw <2>
    • Askew
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Longtown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Sardis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sardis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
      • Sardis is located in Panola County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,529 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sardis <2>
    • Terza
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Terza. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terza
      • Terza is located in Panola County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Terza
      • From Lambert to Terza
    • Como
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunflower County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lambert, with the one closest to Lambert listed first.
    • Rome
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Whitney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Whitney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
      • Whitney is located in Sunflower County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Whitney
      • From Lambert to Whitney
    • Drew
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Tallahatchie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lambert, with the one closest to Lambert listed first.
    • Tutwiler
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sumner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Crevi ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crevi have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crevi
      • Crevi is located in Tallahatchie County
    • Webb
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Webb. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
      • Webb is located in Tallahatchie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Webb
      • From Lambert to Webb
    • Charleston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charleston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
      • Charleston is located in Tallahatchie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,882 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charleston <2>
    • Albin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Swan Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Paynes
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Paynes. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes
      • Paynes is located in Tallahatchie County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Paynes
      • From Lambert to Paynes
    • Glendora
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glendora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendora
      • Glendora is located in Tallahatchie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glendora <2>
    • Leverett
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leverett. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
      • Leverett is located in Tallahatchie County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Leverett
      • From Lambert to Leverett
    • Rosebloom
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rosebloom. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebloom
      • Rosebloom is located in Tallahatchie County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Rosebloom
      • From Lambert to Rosebloom
  • Tate County
    • Goode
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goode have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode
      • Goode is located in Tate County
  • Tunica County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lambert, with the one closest to Lambert listed first.
    • Clayton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Evansville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Peyton ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Peyton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyton
      • Peyton is located in Tunica County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Peyton
      • From Lambert to Peyton
  • Yalobusha County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lambert, with the one closest to Lambert listed first.
    • Oakland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
      • Oakland is located in Yalobusha County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakland <2>
    • Tillatoba
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tillatoba have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillatoba
      • Tillatoba is located in Yalobusha County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 91 people
  • Phillips County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lambert, with the one closest to Lambert listed first.
    • Helena
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Helena - West Helena
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helena - West Helena have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena - West Helena
      • Helena - West Helena is located in Phillips County (AR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,032 people
    • Old Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
      • Old Town is located in Phillips County (AR)

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

Cemeteries Near Lambert ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lambert.

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

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

  • Lambert Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lambert Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lambert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Denton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Denton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Denton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Youngs Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Youngs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Youngs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Belen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Macedonia Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Macedonia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Macedonia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Chrestman Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Chrestman Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chrestman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chrestman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Posey Mound Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Posey Mound Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Posey Mound Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bower Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bower Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bower Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tallahatchie County Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tallahatchie County Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tallahatchie County Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Muddy Bayou Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Muddy Bayou Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Muddy Bayou Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Coahoma County Memorial Gardens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coahoma County Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coahoma County Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (238 more) ...
    • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Philadelphia Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Philadelphia Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Philadelphia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Shady Grove Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shady Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shady Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Marks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks
    • Marks is located in Quitman County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,408 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marks <2>
  • Belen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belen
    • Belen is located in Quitman County
  • Jonestown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jonestown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
    • Jonestown is located in Coahoma County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,070 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonestown <2>
  • Eagles Nest
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eagles Nest. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
    • Eagles Nest is located in Coahoma County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Eagles Nest
    • From Lambert to Eagles Nest
  • Matagorda
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Matagorda have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matagorda
    • Matagorda is located in Coahoma County
  • Dublin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Lyon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Chapeltown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Wildwood ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Wildwood is located in Coahoma County
  • Clover Hill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clover Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
    • Clover Hill is located in Coahoma County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Clover Hill
    • From Lambert to Clover Hill
  • Teasdale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teasdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teasdale
    • Teasdale is located in Tallahatchie County
  • Clarksdale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Crevi ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crevi have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crevi
      • Crevi is located in Tallahatchie County
    • Rich
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Coahoma
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Lambert ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lambert.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lambert, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lambert.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Lambert:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lambert. 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>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 Lambert, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Lambert) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lambert. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2038, Longitude: -90.2837    









 

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