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 Meehan (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 Meehan. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Meehan is located in Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County: Choctaw (AL), Sumter (AL), Clarke, Kemper & Newton.
Below are the counties that are near Meehan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Meehan:
- Lauderdale County (The home county of Meehan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meehan, with the one closest to Meehan listed first.
- Lost Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lost Gap is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Gap
- Nellieburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nellieburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellieburg
- Suqualena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Suqualena is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suqualena
- Hookston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hookston is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookston
- Meridian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Collinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bailey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Marion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Martin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Martin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Russell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Russell is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Vimville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Vimville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vimville
- Increase
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Increase is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Increase
- Increase has also been known as:
- Causeyville
- Clarke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meehan, with the one closest to Meehan listed first.
- Enterprise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stonewall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Pachuta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pachuta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Quitman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barnett
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Barnett is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- De Soto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- De Soto is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Junction City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Junction City is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meehan, with the one closest to Meehan listed first.
- Fellowship ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fellowship is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Former name for Fellowship:
- Masengale
- Fellowship has also been known as:
- Old Fellowship
- Rose Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Orange
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Orange is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Garlandsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garlandsville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlandsville
- Penantly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Penantly is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penantly
- Baxter ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baxter is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Verba ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Verba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verba
- Gridley ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gridley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley
- Ras
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ras is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ras
- Fouke ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fouke is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fouke
- McNeal ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- McNeal is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeal
- Montrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Montrose is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Kemper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meehan, with the one closest to Meehan listed first.
- Rio
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Rio is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Spinks ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Spinks is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
- Neshoba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meehan, with the one closest to Meehan listed first.
- House
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- House is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Neshoba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Neshoba is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshoba
- Tucker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tucker is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meehan, with the one closest to Meehan listed first.
- Chunky
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hickory
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hickory is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
- Decatur
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Bluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pine Bluff is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
- Stamper ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stamper is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamper
- Six Towns ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Six Towns is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Towns
- Union
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lucern
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lucern is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucern
- Conehatta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Conehatta is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conehatta
- Scott County
- Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sumter County (AL)
- Cuba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cuba is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Meehan, see our County-by-County Page for Meehan.
Cemeteries Near Meehan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Meehan.
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 Meehan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Meehan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Meehan, with the one closest to Meehan listed first.
- Goodwater Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwater Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Goodwater Baptist Church Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southwest of Meridian.
- The Goodwater Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Goodwater Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #59530 <3>
- Tunnel Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Osborne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McGee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Concord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sageville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Burwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Meridian Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairchild Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (255 more) ...
- Graham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Meehan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Meehan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Meehan, with the one closest to Meehan listed first.
- Graham
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Graham is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Lost Gap
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lost Gap is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Gap
- Hookston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hookston is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookston
- Hickory
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hickory is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
- Fellowship ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fellowship is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Former name for Fellowship:
- Masengale
- Fellowship has also been known as:
- Old Fellowship
- Meridian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Enterprise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Collinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bailey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Roscoe ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roscoe is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Stonewall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Roy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Roy is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rose Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Battlefield ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Battlefield is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
- Garlandsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garlandsville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlandsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Meehan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Meehan.
Newspapers Published in Meehan ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Meehan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Meehan, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Meehan.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Meehan:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Lauderdale County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Jasper County
- Kemper County
- Neshoba County
- Newton County
- Scott 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> | 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- Meehan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Meehan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |