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 Markette (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 Markette. 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.
Markette is located in Lafayette 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 Lafayette County: Calhoun, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Tate, Union & Yalobusha.
Below are the counties that are near Markette. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Markette:
- Lafayette County (The home county of Markette)
- The following are listed by their distance from Markette, with the one closest to Markette listed first.
- Taylor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Delay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Delay is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delay
- Oxford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Springdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Alesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- Altus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Altus is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Cornish
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cornish is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Lafayette Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lafayette Springs is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Springs
- Abbeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Harmontown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Harmontown is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown
- Benton County
- Hickory Flat
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Markette, with the one closest to Markette listed first.
- Banner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sarepta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sarepta is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarepta
- Bruce
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsboro is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Loyd
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Loyd is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
- Big Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Big Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Markette, with the one closest to Markette listed first.
- Laws Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
- Cornersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cornersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersville
- Chulahoma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Chulahoma is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulahoma
- Potts Camp
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marianna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marianna is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marianna
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Markette, with the one closest to Markette listed first.
- Terza
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Terza is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terza
- Batesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Courtland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Courtland is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Pope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pope is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Sardis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Como
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chapeltown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chapeltown is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapeltown
- Pontotoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Markette, with the one closest to Markette listed first.
- Toccopola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Toccopola is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toccopola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Thaxton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Turnpike
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Turnpike is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike
- Pannell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pannell is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pannell
- Possum Trot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Possum Trot is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- Algoma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ecru
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pontotoc
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cherry Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cherry Creek is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Tate County
- The following are listed by their distance from Markette, with the one closest to Markette listed first.
- Tyro
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tyro is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Wyatte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wyatte is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatte
- Aiken
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aiken is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Looxahoma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Looxahoma is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looxahoma
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Markette, with the one closest to Markette listed first.
- Darden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Darden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Fairview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Ingomar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ingomar is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Myrtle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yalobusha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Markette, with the one closest to Markette listed first.
- Water Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Velma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Velma is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velma
- Coffeeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tillatoba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tillatoba is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillatoba
- Population from the 2010 Census: 91 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Markette, see our County-by-County Page for Markette.
Cemeteries Near Markette ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Markette.
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 Markette - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Markette covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Markette, with the one closest to Markette listed first.
- Church Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pine Flat Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bowles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Leaf Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Oxford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ship Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Young Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Confederate Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Keel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McGonigal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (342 more) ...
- Springdale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Humphreys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jumpers Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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 Markette in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Markette.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Markette, with the one closest to Markette listed first.
- Taylor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Springdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Delay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Delay is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delay
- University
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oxford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Paris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Paris is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
- Alesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- Tula
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tula is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tula
- Water Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- College Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- College Hill is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Hill
- Denmark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Denmark is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Wallace
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wallace is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pine Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
- Banner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lafayette Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lafayette Springs is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Markette. See our List of 1890's Communities around Markette.
Newspapers Published in Markette ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Markette.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Markette, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Markette.
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 Markette:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Lafayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Calhoun County
- Marshall County
- Panola County
- Pontotoc County
- Tate County
- Union County
- Yalobusha 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 Markette, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Markette) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |