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 Larue (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 Larue. 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 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.
Larue is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Mobile (AL), George, Harrison & Stone.
Below are the counties that are near Larue. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Larue:
- Jackson County (The home county of Larue)
- The following are listed by their distance from Larue, with the one closest to Larue listed first.
- Latimer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Latimer is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Brewton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Brewton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewton
- Brewton has also been known as:
- Brewer's Bluff
- Vancleave
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Martin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Martin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
- Gulf Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gulf Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Hills
- Fort Bayou ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Bayou is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bayou
- Ocean Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Americus ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Americus is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Wade
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
- Gulf Park Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gulf Park Estates is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Park Estates
- Hickory Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Martin Bluff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Martin Bluff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Bluff
- George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Larue, with the one closest to Larue listed first.
- Agricola
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bexley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bexley is located in George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexley
- Lucedale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Howell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Howell is located in George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Larue, with the one closest to Larue listed first.
- D'Iberville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wool Market
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wool Market is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
- Wool Market has also been known as:
- Woolmarket
- Coalville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coalville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Biloxi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lorraine Community ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lorraine Community is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine Community
- Saucier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Beauvoir
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beauvoir is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauvoir
- Howison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Howison is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howison
- Wortham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wortham is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortham
- Lyman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lyman is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Mississippi City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
- North Gulfport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Gulfport is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gulfport
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Larue, with the one closest to Larue listed first.
- McHenry
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- McHenry is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Wiggins
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Town
(30 miles [48.3 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 Larue, see our County-by-County Page for Larue.
Cemeteries Near Larue ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Larue.
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 Larue - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Larue covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Larue, with the one closest to Larue listed first.
- Wilkerson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ramsey Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Byrd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ramsey Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ramsey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ladner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Krohn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Camellia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Seymour Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Carter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (255 more) ...
- Johnson - Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- White Plains Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Fayard Methodist Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fayard Methodist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Fayard Methodist Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Latimer.
- The New Fayard Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Fayard UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2160864 <2>
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 Larue in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Larue.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Larue, with the one closest to Larue listed first.
- Vancleave
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wool Market
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wool Market is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
- Wool Market has also been known as:
- Woolmarket
- Airey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Airey is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airey
- Fort Bayou ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Bayou is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bayou
- Biloxi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ocean Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Americus ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Americus is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Beauvoir
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beauvoir is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauvoir
- Three Rivers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Three Rivers is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
- Handsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Handsboro is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsboro
- De Buys
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- De Buys is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Buys
- Mississippi City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Gulfport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Escatawpa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Escatawpa is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
- Moss Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Larue. See our List of 1890's Communities around Larue.
Newspapers Published in Larue ...
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 Larue.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Larue, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Larue.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Larue:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- George County
- Harrison County
- Stone 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> | 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 Larue, 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- Larue) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |