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 May Spring (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 May Spring. 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 May Spring ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for May Spring: May Spg. (or less commonly used: May Spng. or May Sprng.)
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
May Spring is located in Noxubee 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 Noxubee County: Pickens (AL), Sumter (AL), Kemper, Lowndes, Oktibbeha & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near May Spring. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to May Spring:
- Noxubee County (The home county of May Spring)
- The following are listed by their distance from May Spring, with the one closest to May Spring listed first.
- Mashulaville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mashulaville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashulaville
- Hashuqua ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hashuqua is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashuqua
- Macon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Shuqualak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Fairport ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fairport is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Brooksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Deerbrook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Deerbrook is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Harlan ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Harlan is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
- Cooksville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cooksville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Ravine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ravine is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
- Choctaw County
- Ackerman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kemper County
- The following are listed by their distance from May Spring, with the one closest to May Spring listed first.
- Lynville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lynville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynville
- Wahalak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wahalak is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahalak
- De Kalb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Binnsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Binnsville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville
- Scooba
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Electric Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Electric Mills is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric Mills
- Giles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Giles is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles
- Spinks ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Spinks is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
- Sucarnoochee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sucarnoochee is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucarnoochee
- Lowndes County
- The following are listed by their distance from May Spring, with the one closest to May Spring listed first.
- Crawford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Artesia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Artesia is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Bent Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bent Oak is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Oak
- Neshoba County
- The following are listed by their distance from May Spring, with the one closest to May Spring listed first.
- Bogue Chitto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
- Ocobla
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
- Oktibbeha County
- The following are listed by their distance from May Spring, with the one closest to May Spring listed first.
- Sessums
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bradley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bradley is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Longview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Longview is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Starkville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sturgis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clayton Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Clayton Village is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Village
- Adaton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Adaton is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaton
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from May Spring, with the one closest to May Spring listed first.
- Fearns Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fearns Springs is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearns Springs
- Randalls Bluff ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Randalls Bluff is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalls Bluff
- Handle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Handle is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
- Louisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Noxapater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Plattsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Plattsburg is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Pickens County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from May Spring, with the one closest to May Spring listed first.
- Memphis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Memphis is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Pickensville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pickensville is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickensville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 572 people
- Sumter County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from May Spring, with the one closest to May Spring listed first.
- Panola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Panola is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
- Geiger
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Geiger is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to May Spring, see our County-by-County Page for May Spring.
Cemeteries Near May Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of May Spring.
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 May Spring - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for May Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from May Spring, with the one closest to May Spring listed first.
- May Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mashulaville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Higgins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ruff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Warr Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Choctaw Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sardis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (282 more) ...
- Mt. Nebo Methodist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Higginbotham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 May Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of May Spring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from May Spring, with the one closest to May Spring listed first.
- Mashulaville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mashulaville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashulaville
- Hashuqua ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hashuqua is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashuqua
- Perkinsville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Perkinsville is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkinsville
- Fearns Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fearns Springs is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearns Springs
- Macon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lynn Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lynn Creek is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Creek
- Randalls Bluff ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Randalls Bluff is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalls Bluff
- Gholson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gholson is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
- Singleton ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Singleton is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleton
- Shuqualak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Handle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Handle is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
- Brooksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fairport ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fairport is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Loakfoma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Loakfoma is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loakfoma
- Preston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Preston is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around May Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around May Spring.
Newspapers Published in May Spring ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around May Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of May Spring, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for May Spring.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 May Spring:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Noxubee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Choctaw County
- Kemper County
- Lowndes County
- Neshoba County
- Oktibbeha County
- Winston County
- Pickens County
- Sumter 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 May Spring, 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- May Spring) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |