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 Martinville (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 Martinville. 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 hospitals and 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.
Martinville is located in Simpson County.
To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties 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 Martinville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Martinville:
- Simpson County (The home county of Martinville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Martinville, with the one closest to Martinville listed first.
- Sanatorium
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanatorium
- Sanatorium is located in Simpson County
- Mendenhall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mendenhall have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendenhall
- Mendenhall is located in Simpson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,393 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mendenhall <2>
- Magee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee
- Magee is located in Simpson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,094 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Magee <2>
- D'Lo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Coats
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Coats is located in Simpson County
- Westville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Braxton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Jaynesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jaynesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaynesville
- Jaynesville is located in Simpson County
- Shivers
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shivers
- Shivers is located in Simpson County
- Copiah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martinville, with the one closest to Martinville listed first.
- Georgetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Georgetown is located in Copiah County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Hopewell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Hopewell is located in Copiah County
- Covington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martinville, with the one closest to Martinville listed first.
- Mount Olive
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Olive have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Mount Olive is located in Covington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Arbo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - Hot Coffee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Coffee
- Hot Coffee is located in Covington County
- Williamsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Williamsburg is located in Covington County
- Collins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collins have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Collins is located in Covington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,417 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Collins <2>
- Kola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kola
- Kola is located in Covington County
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martinville, with the one closest to Martinville listed first.
- Bay Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Springs
- Bay Springs is located in Jasper County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,650 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay Springs <2>
- Hamlet ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Hamlet is located in Jasper County
- Stevens ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
- Stevens is located in Jasper County
- Louin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louin
- Louin is located in Jasper County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Stringer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringer
- Stringer is located in Jasper County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stringer <2>
- Jefferson Davis County
- Prentiss
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentiss
- Prentiss is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prentiss <2>
- Prentiss
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martinville, with the one closest to Martinville listed first.
- New Hebron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Hebron have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- New Hebron is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Hebron <2>
- Grange ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Hooker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest) - Silver Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Silver Creek is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Creek <2>
- Rankin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martinville, with the one closest to Martinville listed first.
- Galilee
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Puckett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Cato
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Cato is located in Rankin County
- Pelahatchie
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelahatchie
- Pelahatchie is located in Rankin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,388 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelahatchie <2>
- Brandon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Brandon is located in Rankin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,396 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brandon <2>
- Florence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Florence is located in Rankin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,531 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Florence <2>
- Greenfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Greenfield is located in Rankin County
- Clear Branch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch
- Clear Branch is located in Rankin County
- Whites
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west) - Alonzo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - Pearl
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Pearl is located in Rankin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,560 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearl <2>
- Pearson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martinville, with the one closest to Martinville listed first.
- Cooperville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperville
- Cooperville is located in Scott County
- Hunter Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Town
- Hunter Town is located in Scott County
- Morton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Morton is located in Scott County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,522 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morton <2>
- Kalem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalem
- Kalem is located in Scott County
- Raworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raworth
- Raworth is located in Scott County
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Martinville, with the one closest to Martinville listed first.
- Daniel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
- Daniel is located in Smith County
- Mize
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mize have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mize
- Mize is located in Smith County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mize <2>
- Raleigh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Raleigh is located in Smith County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,390 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raleigh <2>
- Bezer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Polkville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north) - Mineral Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Mineral Springs is located in Smith County
- Taylorsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylorsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
- Taylorsville is located in Smith County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylorsville <2>
- Sylvarena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvarena
- Sylvarena is located in Smith County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Martinville, see our County-by-County Page for Martinville.
Newspapers Published in Martinville ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Martinville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Martinville, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Martinville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Martinville:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Mississippi Department of Archives & History
- Pages specific to Simpson County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Copiah County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Covington County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jasper County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lawrence County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Rankin County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Scott County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Smith County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Copiah County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Simpson County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Simpson County
Cemeteries Near Martinville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Martinville.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Martinville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Martinville, with the one closest to Martinville listed first.
- Welch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- The Welch Cemetery has also been known as:
- Emanuel Baptist Church Cemetery
- Immanuel Church Cemetery
- Temple Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Welch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2700184 <5>
- Good Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Good Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2309742 <5>
- Old Good Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- The Old Good Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Good Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Good Hope Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2312914 <5>
- New Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hope Cemetery
- Turner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turner Cemetery
- New Bethlehem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Bethlehem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Bethlehem Cemetery
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Hill Cemetery
- Womac Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Womac Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Womac Cemetery
- Overby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Overby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Overby Cemetery
- Gregory Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gregory Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gregory Cemetery
- Dry Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dry Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dry Creek Cemetery
- Boswell Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boswell Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2634074 <5>
- Continue List (528 more) ...
- Galilee Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Galilee Church Cemetery
- Everett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Everett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Everett Cemetery
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Poplar Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Springs Cemetery
- Galilee Church Cemetery
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.<6>
While we didn't find Martinville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Martinville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Martinville, with the one closest to Martinville listed first.
- Everett
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Puckett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Magee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee
- Magee is located in Simpson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,094 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Magee <2>
- Gunn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - D'Lo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Daniel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
- Daniel is located in Smith County
- Cato
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Cato is located in Rankin County
- Johns
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Westville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Mize
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mize have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mize
- Mize is located in Smith County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mize <2>
- Braxton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Jaynesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jaynesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaynesville
- Jaynesville is located in Simpson County
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Raleigh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
- Raleigh is located in Smith County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,390 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raleigh <2>
- Mount Olive
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Olive have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Mount Olive is located in Covington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Bezer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Raleigh
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Martinville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Martinville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Martinville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Martinville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Martinville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9735, Longitude: -89.7540 In this case, the coordinates for Martinville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Martinville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |