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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 Mathews Crossing (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 Mathews Crossing. 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.
Name Variations for Mathews Crossing ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Mathews Crossing: Mathews Xing.
- While the name of this community is Mathews Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Mathews Crossing may originally have been Mathew's Crossing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Mathews Crossing might be written as Mathew Crossing.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Mathews Crossing is located in Leflore 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 Leflore County: Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Sunflower & Tallahatchie.
Below are the counties that are near Mathews Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mathews Crossing:
- Leflore County (The home county of Mathews Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mathews Crossing, with the one closest to Mathews Crossing listed first.
- Morgan City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morgan City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Itta Bena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Roebuck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roebuck is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roebuck
- Sidon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sidon is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Fort Loring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Loring is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Loring
- Greenwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shellmound
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Shellmound is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellmound
- Browning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Browning is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- McNutt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- McNutt is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Schlater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Schlater is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- Money
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Money is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money
- Sunnyside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Bolivar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mathews Crossing, with the one closest to Mathews Crossing listed first.
- Choctaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shaw is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mathews Crossing, with the one closest to Mathews Crossing listed first.
- Coila
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Coila is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Teoc
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Teoc is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teoc
- Avalon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Avalon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Carrollton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Carrollton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Hinds County
- Delta City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Delta City is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta City
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mathews Crossing, with the one closest to Mathews Crossing listed first.
- Cruger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cruger is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Keirn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Keirn is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keirn
- Wyatt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wyatt is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Tchula
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tchula is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Gwin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gwin is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwin
- Good Hope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Good Hope is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Mileston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mileston is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mileston
- Ituma
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ituma is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ituma
- Pluto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pluto is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto
- Bee Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bee Lake is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lake
- Bee Lake has also been known as:
- Bee Lake Plantation
- Jones Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Crossing is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Acona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Acona is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acona
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mathews Crossing, with the one closest to Mathews Crossing listed first.
- Jaketown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jaketown is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaketown
- Belzoni
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Isola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Isola is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Silver City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Silver City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Gooden Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gooden Lake is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooden Lake
- Louise
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Louise is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Lake City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Sharkey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mathews Crossing, with the one closest to Mathews Crossing listed first.
- Auter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Auter is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auter
- Richey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Richey is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richey
- Sunflower County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mathews Crossing, with the one closest to Mathews Crossing listed first.
- Moorhead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moorhead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Inverness
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Inverness is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Population from the 2020 Census: 852 people
- Baird
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baird is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
- Indianola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sunflower
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sunflower is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Faisonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Faisonia is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faisonia
- Heathman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Heathman is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathman
- Roundaway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Roundaway is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- New Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Town is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Doddsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Doddsville is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doddsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Quiver ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Quiver is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiver
- Ruleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mathews Crossing, with the one closest to Mathews Crossing listed first.
- Murphy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Willet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Willet is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- Dunleith
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dunleith is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunleith
- Helm
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Helm is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helm
- Hollandale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arcola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Arcola is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Wilmot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wilmot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Napanee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Napanee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napanee
- Overby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Overby is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overby
- Leland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Stoneville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Stoneville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville
- Yazoo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mathews Crossing, with the one closest to Mathews Crossing listed first.
- Crump
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Crump is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Dover ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Eden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mathews Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Mathews Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Mathews Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mathews Crossing.
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 Mathews Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mathews Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mathews Crossing, with the one closest to Mathews Crossing listed first.
- Hickory Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Graves Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Robinson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sky Lake Bend Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Everet Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lennard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mt. Airy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Side Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (259 more) ...
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Holly Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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 Mathews Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mathews Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mathews Crossing, with the one closest to Mathews Crossing listed first.
- Sheppardtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sheppardtown is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppardtown
- Cruger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cruger is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Keirn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Keirn is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keirn
- Moorhead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moorhead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Sidon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sidon is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Roebuck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roebuck is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roebuck
- Itta Bena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Runnymede
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Runnymede is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runnymede
- Baird
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baird is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
- Rising Sun
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rising Sun is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Tchula
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tchula is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Fort Loring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Loring is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Loring
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Marcella
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Marcella is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcella
- Indianola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Good Hope is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mathews Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mathews Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Mathews Crossing ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mathews Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mathews Crossing, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mathews Crossing.
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 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 Mathews Crossing:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Leflore County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bolivar County
- Carroll County
- Hinds County
- Holmes County
- Humphreys County
- Sharkey County
- Sunflower County
- Washington County
- Yazoo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Mathews Crossing, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mathews Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |