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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 Landon (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 Landon. 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 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.

Landon is located in Harrison 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 Harrison County: Hancock, Jackson & Stone.

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

  • Harrison County     (The home county of Landon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Landon, with the one closest to Landon listed first.
    • North Gulfport
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • North Gulfport is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gulfport
    • Lyman
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lyman is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
    • Gulfport
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Lorraine Community ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Lorraine Community is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine Community
    • Mississippi City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
    • Coalville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Coalville is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
    • Wool Market
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Wool Market is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
      • Wool Market has also been known as:
      • Woolmarket
    • Long Beach
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Beauvoir
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Beauvoir is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauvoir
    • Wortham
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Wortham is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortham
    • Biloxi
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Biloxi is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biloxi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Biloxi <1>
    • D'Iberville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Hancock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Landon, with the one closest to Landon listed first.
    • Diamondhead
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Bay Saint Louis
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Waveland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Kiln
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Shoreline Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Shoreline Park is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline Park
    • Necaise
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Necaise is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necaise
    • Lakeshore
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakeshore is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Landon, with the one closest to Landon listed first.
    • Saint Martin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Saint Martin is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
    • Latimer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Latimer is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
    • Gulf Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Gulf Hills is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Hills
    • Ocean Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Gulf Park Estates
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Gulf Park Estates is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Park Estates
    • Fort Bayou ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Fort Bayou is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bayou
    • Fountainebleau
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Fountainebleau is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainebleau
    • Vancleave
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Gautier
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Hickory Hills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Hickory Hills is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
    • Martin Bluff
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Martin Bluff is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Bluff
    • Brewton ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Brewton is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewton
      • Brewton has also been known as:
      • Brewer's Bluff
  • Stone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Landon, with the one closest to Landon listed first.
    • McHenry
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • McHenry is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
    • Wiggins
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Smith Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Smith Town is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town

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

Cemeteries Near Landon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Landon.

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

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

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

  • Turkey Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Dobson - Holliman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobson - Holliman Cemetery
    • The Dobson - Holliman Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Holliman Cemetery
  • Monroe Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Evergreen Garden Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Free Church of God Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mississippi City Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City Cemetery
    • The Mississippi City Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Mississippi City Cemetery
  • Handsboro Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Floral Hills Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Stiglets Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • First Free Church of God Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Beulah Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (151 more) ...

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

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

  • Gulfport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mississippi City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
  • Handsboro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Handsboro is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsboro
  • Long Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • De Buys
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • De Buys is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Buys
  • Wool Market
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Wool Market is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
    • Wool Market has also been known as:
    • Woolmarket
  • Beauvoir
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Beauvoir is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauvoir
  • Delisle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Delisle is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delisle
  • Pass Christian
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Biloxi
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Biloxi is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biloxi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,127 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Biloxi <1>
  • Henderson Point
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Henderson Point is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Point
  • Airey
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Airey is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airey
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Bay Saint Louis
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ocean Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Waveland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Landon ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Landon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Landon, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Landon.

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 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 Landon:

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 Landon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Landon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.