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 Little Yazoo (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 Little Yazoo. 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.
Little Yazoo is located in Yazoo 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 Yazoo County: Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Madison, Sharkey & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Little Yazoo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Yazoo:
- Yazoo County (The home county of Little Yazoo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Yazoo, with the one closest to Little Yazoo listed first.
- Anding
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Anding is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anding
- Oil City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oil City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Bentonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Nod
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nod is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nod
- Jonestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jonestown is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Yazoo City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Yazoo City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yazoo City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
- Former names for Yazoo City:
- Hannan's Bluff
- Manchester
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yazoo City <1>
- Satartia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Satartia is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satartia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
- Evans
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Evans is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Crump
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Crump is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Dover ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dover is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Eden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Fordyke
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fordyke is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyke
- Hinds County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Yazoo, with the one closest to Little Yazoo listed first.
- Brownsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Brownsville is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Bolton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bolton is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Clinton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North Town Plaza
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Town Plaza is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Town Plaza
- Edwards
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Yazoo, with the one closest to Little Yazoo listed first.
- Coxburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coxburg is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Bee Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bee Lake is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lake
- Bee Lake has also been known as:
- Bee Lake Plantation
- Pluto
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pluto is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto
- Tolarville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Pickens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Good Hope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Good Hope is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Mileston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mileston is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mileston
- Richland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Richland is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Yazoo, with the one closest to Little Yazoo listed first.
- Lake City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Louise
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Louise is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Silver City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Silver City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Issaquena County
- Valley Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Valley Park is located in Issaquena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Yazoo, with the one closest to Little Yazoo listed first.
- Kearney Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kearney Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney Park
- Flora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Adelle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Adelle is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelle
- Mannsdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mannsdale is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsdale
- Canton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Davis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Davis is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Mill Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mill Town is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
- Twelve Oaks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Twelve Oaks is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Oaks
- Cobbville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cobbville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbville
- Maris Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Maris Town is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maris Town
- Sharpsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sharpsburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
- Madison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sharkey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Yazoo, with the one closest to Little Yazoo listed first.
- Auter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Auter is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auter
- Richey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Richey is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richey
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Yazoo, with the one closest to Little Yazoo listed first.
- Russellville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Haynes Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Haynes Bluff is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Bluff
- Redwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Villanova
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Villanova is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villanova
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little Yazoo, see our County-by-County Page for Little Yazoo.
Cemeteries Near Little Yazoo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Yazoo.
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 Little Yazoo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little Yazoo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little Yazoo, with the one closest to Little Yazoo listed first.
- Cage Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Central Holmes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hudson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Concord MB Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove MB Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cessna Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Short Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Day Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Days Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Smith's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Eva Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ogden Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (217 more) ...
- Ogden Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- McLeod Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<2>
While we didn't find Little Yazoo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little Yazoo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little Yazoo, with the one closest to Little Yazoo listed first.
- Anding
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Anding is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anding
- Bentonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Myrleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Myrleville is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrleville
- Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Valley is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley
- Mechanicsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Hilton ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hilton is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton
- Satartia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Satartia is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satartia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Yazoo City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Yazoo City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yazoo City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
- Former names for Yazoo City:
- Hannan's Bluff
- Manchester
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yazoo City <1>
- Benton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Flora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Anderson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Enola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Enola is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
- Nevada
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nevada is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Phoenix
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Phoenix is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little Yazoo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Yazoo.
Newspapers Published in Little Yazoo ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Yazoo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Yazoo, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Yazoo.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Little Yazoo:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Yazoo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hinds County
- Holmes County
- Humphreys County
- Issaquena County
- Madison County
- Sharkey County
- Warren 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 Little Yazoo, 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- Little Yazoo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |