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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 Lebanon (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 Lebanon. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Lebanon is located in Prentiss 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 Prentiss County: Alcorn, Itawamba, Tippah, Tishomingo & Union.

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

  • Prentiss County     (The home county of Lebanon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • Geeville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Geeville is located in Prentiss County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
    • Blackland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Blackland is located in Prentiss County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
    • Baldwyn
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Wheeler
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Wheeler is located in Prentiss County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
    • Jumpertown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
    • Booneville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake City is located in Prentiss County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • Pisgah
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Pisgah is located in Prentiss County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
    • Marietta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Marietta is located in Prentiss County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
    • New Site
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • New Site is located in Prentiss County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
    • Altitude
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Altitude is located in Prentiss County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
    • Burton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Burton is located in Prentiss County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
  • Alcorn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • Hightown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Hightown is located in Alcorn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
    • Rienzi
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
    • Biggersville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Biggersville is located in Alcorn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
    • Allentown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Allentown is located in Alcorn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
    • Kossuth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jacinto
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
    • Searcy Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
    • Glen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Glen is located in Alcorn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
    • Corinth
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Glens
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Glens is located in Alcorn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
    • Farmington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Farmington is located in Alcorn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • Hickory Flat
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Pine Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Pine Grove is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
  • Itawamba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • Kirkville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
    • Mantachie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ballardsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Ballardsville is located in Itawamba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballardsville
    • Greenwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Greenwood is located in Itawamba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Abney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Abney is located in Itawamba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abney
    • Fulton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Clay
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Clay is located in Itawamba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
  • Lee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • Corrona
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Corrona is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrona
    • Boggan Bend
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Boggan Bend is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggan Bend
    • Guntown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jug Fork
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jug Fork is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jug Fork
    • Birmingham
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Birmingham is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
    • Saltillo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Indian Hills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Indian Hills is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
    • Tupelo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Bissell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Bissell is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
    • Mooreville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Mooreville is located in Lee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreville
    • Plantersville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Verona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Marshall County
    • Cornersville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Cornersville is located in Marshall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersville
  • Pontotoc County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • Sherman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherry Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Cherry Creek is located in Pontotoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
    • Ecru
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ecru is located in Pontotoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ecru
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,067 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ecru <1>
    • Nixon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Nixon is located in Pontotoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
    • Pontotoc
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Possum Trot
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Possum Trot is located in Pontotoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
    • Turnpike
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Turnpike is located in Pontotoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike
    • Thaxton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Tippah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • Dumas
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Dumas is located in Tippah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
    • Clarysville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Clarysville is located in Tippah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarysville
    • Ripley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Blue Mountain
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
    • Lowrey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Lowrey is located in Tippah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey
    • Falkner
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Gravestown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Gravestown is located in Tippah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravestown
    • Whitten Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Whitten Town is located in Tippah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten Town
    • Tiplersville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Tiplersville is located in Tippah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiplersville
    • Walnut
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Tishomingo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • Paden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Paden is located in Tishomingo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
    • Holcut
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Holcut is located in Tishomingo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
    • Dennis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Dennis is located in Tishomingo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
    • Belmont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Tishomingo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Burnsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Union County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lebanon, with the one closest to Lebanon listed first.
    • Graham
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Graham is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
    • Alpine
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Alpine is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
    • Molino
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Molino is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
    • Ellistown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ellistown is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellistown
    • Mound City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mound City is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
    • Blue Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • New Albany
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Glenfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Glenfield is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
    • Ingomar
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Ingomar is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
    • Myrtle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Fairview
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairview is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Darden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Darden is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden

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

Cemeteries Near Lebanon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lebanon.

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

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

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

  • Lebanon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Sheppard Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Brices Crossroads National Battlefield Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Ingram Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Zion United Methodist Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Gaston Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Old Bethel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Carrollville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Old Calvary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Asbury Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (532 more) ...
    • Bartlett Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Thompson Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • McWhorter Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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.<3>

While we didn't find Lebanon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lebanon.

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

  • Geeville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Geeville is located in Prentiss County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
  • Bethany
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Bethany is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
  • Graham
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Graham is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Corrona
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Corrona is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrona
  • Baldwyn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Blackland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Blackland is located in Prentiss County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
  • Guntown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Dumas
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Dumas is located in Tippah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
  • Molino
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Molino is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
  • Ellistown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ellistown is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellistown
  • Birmingham
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Birmingham is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
  • Keownville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Keownville is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keownville
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Booneville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Baker
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Baker is located in Union County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
    • Saltillo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Lebanon ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lebanon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lebanon, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lebanon.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Lebanon:

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 Lebanon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Lebanon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.