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 Longino (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 Longino. 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 and doctors 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.
Longino is located in Neshoba 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 Neshoba County: Attala, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Newton, Scott & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Longino. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Longino:
- Neshoba County (The home county of Longino)
- The following are listed by their distance from Longino, with the one closest to Longino listed first.
- Philadelphia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ocobla
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
- Tucker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tucker is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Pearl River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pearl River is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
- Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Bogue Chitto
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
- Dixon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Neshoba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Neshoba is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshoba
- House
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- House is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Laurel Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Dowdville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dowdville is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowdville
- Attala County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longino, with the one closest to Longino listed first.
- Gregory ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gregory is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Ethel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ethel is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
- McCool
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- McCool is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Kemper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longino, with the one closest to Longino listed first.
- Spinks ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spinks is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
- Lynville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lynville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynville
- Rio
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rio is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- De Kalb
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longino, with the one closest to Longino listed first.
- Martin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Martin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Collinsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Daleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Daleville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- Suqualena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Suqualena is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suqualena
- Leake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longino, with the one closest to Longino listed first.
- High Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- High Hill is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Coosa
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Coosa is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
- Standing Pine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Standing Pine is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
- Walnut Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carthage
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Redwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Redwater is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
- Tuscola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tuscola is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longino, with the one closest to Longino listed first.
- Union
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lucern
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lucern is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucern
- Stamper ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Stamper is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamper
- Decatur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Conehatta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Conehatta is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conehatta
- Pine Bluff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Bluff is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
- Noxubee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longino, with the one closest to Longino listed first.
- Hashuqua ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hashuqua is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashuqua
- Mashulaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mashulaville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashulaville
- Scott County
- Sebastopol
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Longino, with the one closest to Longino listed first.
- Plattsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plattsburg is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Noxapater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Handle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Handle is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
- Vowell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vowell is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
- Hinze
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hinze is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinze
- Fearns Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fearns Springs is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearns Springs
- Randalls Bluff ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Randalls Bluff is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalls Bluff
- Louisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Longino, see our County-by-County Page for Longino.
Cemeteries Near Longino ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Longino.
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 Longino - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Longino covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Longino, with the one closest to Longino listed first.
- Donald Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Philadelphia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Henrys Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pearl Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Center Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandtown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Old Pearl Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (324 more) ...
- McNeill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Longino in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Longino.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Longino, with the one closest to Longino listed first.
- Philadelphia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ocobla
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
- Tucker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tucker is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- North Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Bend is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Plattsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plattsburg is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Dixon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Alice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alice is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Laurel Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- House
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- House is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Spinks ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spinks is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
- Noxapater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Edinburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Edinburg is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Williston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Williston is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
- Madden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Madden is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madden
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Longino. See our List of 1890's Communities around Longino.
Newspapers Published in Longino ...
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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Longino.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Longino, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Longino.
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 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 Longino:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Neshoba County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Attala County
- Kemper County
- Lauderdale County
- Leake County
- Newton County
- Noxubee County
- Scott 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> | 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 Longino, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Longino) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |