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 Liberty Chapel (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 Liberty Chapel. 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.
Liberty Chapel is located in Attala 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 Attala County: Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Montgomery, Neshoba, Winston & Yazoo.
Below are the counties that are near Liberty Chapel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Liberty Chapel:
- Attala County (The home county of Liberty Chapel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Chapel, with the one closest to Liberty Chapel listed first.
- Langley ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Langley is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
- Ethel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ethel is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
- Gregory ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gregory is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- McCool
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McCool is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Hesterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hesterville is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesterville
- Kosciusko
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Auris ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Auris is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auris
- Rocky Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rocky Point is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Possumneck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Possumneck is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumneck
- Sallis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Zemuly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zemuly is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemuly
- Newport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Newport is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Carroll County
- Vaiden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Choctaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Chapel, with the one closest to Liberty Chapel listed first.
- French Camp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Weir
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bankston ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bankston is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Ackerman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Williams
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Williams is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Reform
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reform is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Chapel, with the one closest to Liberty Chapel listed first.
- West
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Durant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Goodman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Chapel, with the one closest to Liberty Chapel listed first.
- Coosa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Coosa is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
- Redwater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Redwater is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
- Saint Ann
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Ann is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ann
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Chapel, with the one closest to Liberty Chapel listed first.
- Kilmichael
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kilmichael is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilmichael
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Sibleyton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sibleyton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibleyton
- Sibleyton has also been known as:
- Sibleton
- Minerva
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Minerva is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
- Winona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eskridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eskridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskridge
- Sweatman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sweatman is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweatman
- Oktibbeha County
- Sturgis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Chapel, with the one closest to Liberty Chapel listed first.
- Eupora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sapa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sapa is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapa
- Walthall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Walthall is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Chapel, with the one closest to Liberty Chapel listed first.
- Hinze
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hinze is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinze
- Vowell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vowell is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
- Plattsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Plattsburg is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Louisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Noxapater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Liberty Chapel, see our County-by-County Page for Liberty Chapel.
Cemeteries Near Liberty Chapel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Liberty Chapel.
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 Liberty Chapel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Liberty Chapel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Liberty Chapel, with the one closest to Liberty Chapel listed first.
- Liberty Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pilgrim Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Holy Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- McCord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stonewall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Carr Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pierces Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Leviton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (463 more) ...
- Berea Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Newhope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Liberty Chapel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Liberty Chapel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Liberty Chapel, with the one closest to Liberty Chapel listed first.
- Ethel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ethel is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
- Chita ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chita is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chita
- McCool
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McCool is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- French Camp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Newtonville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newtonville is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonville
- Hesterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hesterville is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesterville
- Huntsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Huntsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Kosciusko
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Poplar Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Creek
- Weir
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rural Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rural Hill is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Smyrna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Smyrna is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rome
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rome is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Bankston ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bankston is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston
- Beatty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Beatty is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Liberty Chapel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Liberty Chapel.
Newspapers Published in Liberty Chapel ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Liberty Chapel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Liberty Chapel, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Liberty Chapel.
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 Liberty Chapel:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Attala County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Choctaw County
- Holmes County
- Leake County
- Montgomery County
- Oktibbeha County
- Webster County
- Winston 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 Liberty Chapel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Liberty Chapel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |