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 Lanham (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 Lanham. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Lanham is located in Jones 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 Jones County: Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Smith & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Lanham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lanham:
- Jones County (The home county of Lanham)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Antioch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Ellisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Laurel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ovett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ovett is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovett
- Errata
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Errata is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Errata
- Service
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Service is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service
- Sandersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sandersville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Soso
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Soso is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Amy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amy
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Barnett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Barnett is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Shubuta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shubuta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shubuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Covington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Lux
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lux is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lux
- Sanford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sanford is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Hot Coffee
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hot Coffee is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Coffee
- Seminary
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kola is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kola
- Collins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Forrest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Goodluck
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Goodluck is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodluck
- Petal
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hattiesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- McLaurin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- McLaurin is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLaurin
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Bothwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bothwell is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bothwell
- Avera
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Avera is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avera
- Carson City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carson City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson City
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Moss
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Moss is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss
- Moss has also been known as:
- Mossville
- Stringer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Heidelberg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Stafford Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stafford Springs is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Springs
- Vossburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Vossburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vossburg
- Acme ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Acme is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Kelona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kelona is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelona
- Waldrup ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Waldrup is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrup
- Lake Como
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Como is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como
- Bay Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fouke ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fouke is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fouke
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- West Hattiesburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Hattiesburg is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hattiesburg
- Sumrall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Richton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- New Augusta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wingate
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wingate is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
- Beaumont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Beaumont is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 894 people
- Smith County
- Taylorsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Mulberry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mulberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Whistler
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Whistler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistler
- Clara
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Clara is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Waynesboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chicora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Chicora is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicora
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lanham, see our County-by-County Page for Lanham.
Cemeteries Near Lanham ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lanham.
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 Lanham - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lanham covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tucker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Walters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Odom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Currie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson - Minter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bynum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ellisville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (345 more) ...
- Jordan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tularosa Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pilgrim Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Lanham in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lanham.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lanham, with the one closest to Lanham listed first.
- Ellisville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Laurel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Moselle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Moselle is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
- Errata
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Errata is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Errata
- Eastabuchie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eastabuchie is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastabuchie
- Sandersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sandersville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Soso
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Soso is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Amy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amy
- Whistler
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Whistler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistler
- Gitano
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gitano is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gitano
- Hattiesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eucutta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eucutta is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eucutta
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Henderson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
- Heidelberg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Moscos
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Moscos is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscos
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lanham. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lanham.
Newspapers Published in Lanham ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lanham.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lanham, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lanham.
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 websites either 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 Lanham:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Jones County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Covington County
- Forrest County
- Greene County
- Jasper County
- Lamar County
- Perry County
- Smith County
- Wayne 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 Lanham, 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 from Point A (ie- Lanham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |