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 Luckney (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 Luckney. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Luckney is located in Rankin 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 Rankin County: Copiah, Hinds, Madison, Scott, Simpson & Smith.
Below are the counties that are near Luckney. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Luckney:
- Rankin County (The home county of Luckney)
- The following are listed by their distance from Luckney, with the one closest to Luckney listed first.
- Flowood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pearl
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Brandon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pearson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pearson is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Fannin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fannin is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fannin
- Richland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen Springs is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Springs
- Florence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sand Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Hill is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Pelahatchie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- King
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- King is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Copiah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Luckney, with the one closest to Luckney listed first.
- Hopewell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hopewell is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Crystal Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hinds County
- The following are listed by their distance from Luckney, with the one closest to Luckney listed first.
- North Town Plaza
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Town Plaza is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Town Plaza
- Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Choctaw Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Choctaw Village is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Village
- Byram
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Midway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Terry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Raymond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Palestine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Bolton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bolton is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Brownsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Brownsville is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Oakley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Oakley is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Luckney, with the one closest to Luckney listed first.
- Ridgeland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Madison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Twelve Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Twelve Oaks is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Oaks
- Madisonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Madisonville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
- Mannsdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mannsdale is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsdale
- Canton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Maris Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Maris Town is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maris Town
- Flora
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mill Town is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
- Adelle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Adelle is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelle
- Kearney Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kearney Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney Park
- Cobbville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cobbville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbville
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Luckney, with the one closest to Luckney listed first.
- Branch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Branch is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- Cooperville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cooperville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperville
- Morton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beach is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
- Ludlow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ludlow is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Hunter Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hunter Town is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Town
- Kalem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kalem is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalem
- Raworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Raworth is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raworth
- Clifton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Clifton is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Luckney, with the one closest to Luckney listed first.
- Braxton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Braxton is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- D'Lo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- D'Lo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Lo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Mendenhall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Luckney, with the one closest to Luckney listed first.
- Polkville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Polkville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
- Daniel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Daniel is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
- Trenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trenton is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Yazoo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Luckney, with the one closest to Luckney listed first.
- Bentonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nod
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Nod is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nod
- Anding
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Anding is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anding
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Luckney, see our County-by-County Page for Luckney.
Cemeteries Near Luckney ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Luckney.
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 Luckney - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Luckney covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Luckney, with the one closest to Luckney listed first.
- Drakes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Matthew Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Russel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Flora Hills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Whittington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (310 more) ...
- Old Sea Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Charity MB Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Luckney in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Luckney.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Luckney, with the one closest to Luckney listed first.
- Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Brandon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tougaloo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pearson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pearson is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Fannin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fannin is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fannin
- Monterey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Monterey is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Rankin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rankin is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Cynthia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cynthia is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthia
- Van Winkle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Van Winkle is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Winkle
- Green Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Crossing is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Crossing
- Thomasville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Thomasville is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Goshen Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen Springs is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Springs
- McRaven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- McRaven is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRaven
- Mannsdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mannsdale is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Luckney. See our List of 1890's Communities around Luckney.
Newspapers Published in Luckney ...
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 137 newspapers that have been published in the area around Luckney.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Luckney, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Luckney.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Luckney:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Rankin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Copiah County
- Hinds County
- Madison County
- Scott County
- Simpson County
- Smith County
- Yazoo 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 Luckney, 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- Luckney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |