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 (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. 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.
Liberty is located in Covington 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 Covington County: Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Simpson & Smith.
Below are the counties that are near Liberty. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Liberty:
- Covington County (The home county of Liberty)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Collins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kola
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kola is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kola
- Williamsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Seminary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arbo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arbo is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbo
- Sanford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sanford is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Hot Coffee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hot Coffee is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Coffee
- Mount Olive
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Lux
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lux is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lux
- Forrest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Hattiesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Petal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Goodluck
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Goodluck is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodluck
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Stringer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Moss
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moss is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss
- Moss has also been known as:
- Mossville
- Jefferson Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Melba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Melba is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melba
- Bassfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bassfield is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Prentiss
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oak Vale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Vale is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Vale
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Soso
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Soso is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Ellisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Amy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Amy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amy
- Service
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Service is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service
- Laurel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Antioch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Antioch is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Lamar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Sumrall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Hattiesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Hattiesburg is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hattiesburg
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Grange ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Grange is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange
- New Hebron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Silver Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Arm
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Arm is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arm
- Tilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tilton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Hooker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hooker is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Expose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Expose is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Expose
- Goss
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goss is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Columbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Jaynesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jaynesville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaynesville
- Coats
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coats is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Magee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sanatorium
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sanatorium is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanatorium
- Shivers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shivers is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shivers
- Westville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Taylorsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mize
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bezer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bezer is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bezer
- Mineral Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Mineral Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Raleigh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Liberty, see our County-by-County Page for Liberty.
Cemeteries Near Liberty ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Liberty.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Liberty covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Mt. Horeb Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bullock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hemeter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- McDonald Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cold Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Coulter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Temple Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Seminary at River Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Williamson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Watts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kola Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (602 more) ...
- Collins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg General Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsburg Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Liberty in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Liberty.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Liberty, with the one closest to Liberty listed first.
- Williamsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsburg is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Ora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ora is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Moscos
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Moscos is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscos
- Mount Olive
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Bunker Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bunker Hill is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Moselle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Moselle is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
- Jaynesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jaynesville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaynesville
- Taylorsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Eastabuchie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Eastabuchie is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastabuchie
- Gitano
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gitano is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gitano
- Mize
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Soso
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Soso is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ellisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Magee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Amy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Amy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amy
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Liberty. See our List of 1890's Communities around Liberty.
Newspapers Published in Liberty ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Liberty.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Liberty, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Liberty.
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 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 Liberty:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Covington County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Forrest County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson Davis County
- Jones County
- Lamar County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Simpson County
- Smith 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, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Liberty) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |