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 Magee (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 Magee. 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 and hospitals 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.
Magee is located in Simpson 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 Simpson County: Copiah, Covington, Hinds, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Rankin & Smith.
Below are the counties that are near Magee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Magee:
- Simpson County (The home county of Magee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee, with the one closest to Magee listed first.
- Coats
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coats is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Sanatorium
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sanatorium is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanatorium
- Jaynesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jaynesville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaynesville
- Mendenhall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- D'Lo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- D'Lo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Lo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Westville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Westville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Shivers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Shivers is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shivers
- Braxton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Braxton is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Copiah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee, with the one closest to Magee listed first.
- Georgetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Georgetown is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Hopewell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Covington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee, with the one closest to Magee listed first.
- Mount Olive
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Arbo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arbo is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbo
- Collins
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsburg is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Hot Coffee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hot Coffee is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Coffee
- Kola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kola is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kola
- Seminary
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee, with the one closest to Magee listed first.
- Bay Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stringer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hamlet ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hamlet is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Stevens ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stevens is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
- Louin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Louin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Jefferson Davis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee, with the one closest to Magee listed first.
- Prentiss
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bassfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bassfield is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Melba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Melba is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melba
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee, with the one closest to Magee listed first.
- Amy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Amy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amy
- Soso
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Soso is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee, with the one closest to Magee listed first.
- New Hebron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grange ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grange is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange
- Hooker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hooker is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Silver Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rosella
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rosella is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosella
- Arm
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arm is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arm
- Tryus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tryus is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryus
- Rankin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee, with the one closest to Magee listed first.
- Galilee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Galilee is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galilee
- Puckett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Puckett is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Cato
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cato is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- King
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- King is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Pelahatchie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Alonzo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alonzo is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alonzo
- Clear Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Branch is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch
- Florence
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whites
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whites is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee, with the one closest to Magee listed first.
- Cooperville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cooperville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperville
- Hunter Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hunter Town is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Town
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Magee, with the one closest to Magee listed first.
- Mize
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bezer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bezer is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bezer
- Raleigh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Taylorsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Daniel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Daniel is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
- Mineral Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Mineral Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Trenton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Trenton is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Burns
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burns is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Polkville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Polkville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
- Sylvarena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvarena is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvarena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Magee, see our County-by-County Page for Magee.
Cemeteries Near Magee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Magee.
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 Magee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Magee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Magee, with the one closest to Magee listed first.
- Magee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Beulah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Goodwater Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Siloam Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Coat Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gregory Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Boswell Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harrington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Turner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (590 more) ...
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Athens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens Cemetery
- The Athens Cemetery has also been known as:
- Athens Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2167119 <2>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Magee had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Magee had a population of 4,094 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Magee, with the one closest to Magee listed first.
- Jaynesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jaynesville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaynesville
- Mount Olive
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Mize
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Everett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Everett is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- D'Lo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- D'Lo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Lo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Westville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Westville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Bunker Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bunker Hill is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
- Puckett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Puckett is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Gunn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Gunn is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn
- Shivers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Shivers is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shivers
- Bezer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bezer is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bezer
- Raleigh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Ora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ora is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Taylorsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cato
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cato is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Magee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Magee.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Magee ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Magee.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Magee. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Magee and those printed in the larger area surrounding Magee.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<4> of Magee.
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 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 Magee:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Simpson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Copiah County
- Covington County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson Davis County
- Jones County
- Lawrence County
- Rankin County
- Scott 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> | 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 Magee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Magee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |