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 Lespedeza (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 Lespedeza. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Lespedeza is located in Panola 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 Panola County: Lafayette, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica & Yalobusha.
Below are the counties that are near Lespedeza. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lespedeza:
- Panola County (The home county of Lespedeza)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lespedeza, with the one closest to Lespedeza listed first.
- Terza
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Terza is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terza
- Sardis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Como
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Batesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Courtland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Courtland is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Ballentine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Ballentine is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballentine
- Pope
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Pope is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Chapeltown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chapeltown is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapeltown
- Longtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Longtown is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Askew
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Askew is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew
- Crenshaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Mims
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mims is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mims
- DeSoto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lespedeza, with the one closest to Lespedeza listed first.
- Alphaba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Alphaba is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alphaba
- Ingrams Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ingrams Mill is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingrams Mill
- Bright
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bright is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Hernando
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cub Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cub Lake is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Lake
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lespedeza, with the one closest to Lespedeza listed first.
- Harmontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harmontown is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown
- Alesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- Abbeville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oxford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Taylor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Springdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Springdale is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Altus
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Altus is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Delay
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Delay is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delay
- Cornish
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cornish is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lespedeza, with the one closest to Lespedeza listed first.
- Laws Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
- Chulahoma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chulahoma is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulahoma
- Marianna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marianna is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marianna
- Victoria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Victoria is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Byhalia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Holly Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Red Banks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Potts Camp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Quitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lespedeza, with the one closest to Lespedeza listed first.
- Sledge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sledge is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Bobo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bobo is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
- Falcon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Falcon is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Crowder
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crowder is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Marks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tate County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lespedeza, with the one closest to Lespedeza listed first.
- Looxahoma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Looxahoma is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looxahoma
- Tyro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tyro is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Aiken
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Aiken is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- New Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Wyatte
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wyatte is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatte
- Senatobia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Poagville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Poagville is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poagville
- Antioch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Antioch is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Coldwater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Goode
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Goode is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode
- Arkabutla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Arkabutla is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkabutla
- Yalobusha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lespedeza, with the one closest to Lespedeza listed first.
- Water Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Velma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Velma is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velma
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lespedeza, see our County-by-County Page for Lespedeza.
Cemeteries Near Lespedeza ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lespedeza.
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 Lespedeza - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lespedeza covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lespedeza, with the one closest to Lespedeza listed first.
- Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Simon Chapel #1 Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Little Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Simon Chapel #2 Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wesley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Emery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fredonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fredonia Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the northeast of Sardis.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #59382 <3>
- Pleasant Green Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Belmont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beulah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cold Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (339 more) ...
- Glenville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lespedeza had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lespedeza, with the one closest to Lespedeza listed first.
- Glenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glenville is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Wallace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Terza
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Terza is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terza
- Sardis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Harmontown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harmontown is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown
- Como
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Looxahoma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Looxahoma is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looxahoma
- Central Academy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Central Academy is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Academy
- Tyro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tyro is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Batesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- College Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- College Hill is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Hill
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Thyatira
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Thyatira is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thyatira
- Eureka Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Eureka Springs is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Springs
- Laws Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lespedeza. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lespedeza.
Newspapers Published in Lespedeza ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lespedeza.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lespedeza, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lespedeza.
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 Lespedeza:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Panola County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- DeSoto County
- Lafayette County
- Marshall County
- Quitman County
- Tate County
- Yalobusha 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lespedeza) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Lespedeza, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |