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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 Montpelier (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 Montpelier. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Montpelier is located in Clay 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 Clay County: Chickasaw, Lowndes, Monroe, Oktibbeha & Webster.

Below are the counties that are near Montpelier. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Montpelier:

  • Clay County     (The home county of Montpelier)
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
    • Vardaman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vardaman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vardaman
      • Vardaman is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,259 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vardaman <1>
    • Benela
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Derma
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Derma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derma
      • Derma is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 961 people
    • Loyd
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Loyd. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
      • Loyd is located in Calhoun County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Loyd
      • From Montpelier to Loyd
    • Calhoun City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calhoun City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun City
      • Calhoun City is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,649 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calhoun City <1>
    • Slate Spring
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Slate Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slate Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Springs
      • Slate Springs is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
    • Pittsboro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pittsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsboro
      • Pittsboro is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
    • Big Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
      • Big Creek is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
    • Bruce
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bruce have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
      • Bruce is located in Calhoun County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bruce <1>
  • Chickasaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
    • Woodland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Anchor
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Anchor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
      • Anchor is located in Chickasaw County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Anchor
      • From Montpelier to Anchor
    • Houston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Sycamore ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sycamore have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
      • Sycamore is located in Chickasaw County
    • Egypt
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Van Vleet
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Thelma
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Thelma. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
      • Thelma is located in Chickasaw County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Thelma
      • From Montpelier to Thelma
    • New Houlka
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Okolona
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Choctaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
    • Reform
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Reform. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
      • Reform is located in Choctaw County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Reform
      • From Montpelier to Reform
    • Williams
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Ackerman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Holmes County
  • Lee County
  • Lowndes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
    • Artesia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bent Oak
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Monroe County
  • Oktibbeha County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
    • Maben
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Adaton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Double Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Starkville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Clayton Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clayton Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Village
      • Clayton Village is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Longview
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Bradley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Sessums
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Sturgis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sturgis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgis
      • Sturgis is located in Oktibbeha County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sturgis <1>
  • Pontotoc County
  • Webster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.
    • Mantee
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mantee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantee
      • Mantee is located in Webster County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
    • Clarkson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hohenlinden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Mathiston
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Fame
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Montevista
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Montevista. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevista
      • Montevista is located in Webster County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Montevista
      • From Montpelier to Montevista
    • Sapa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sapa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapa
      • Sapa is located in Webster County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sapa
      • From Montpelier to Sapa
    • Walthall
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Eupora
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eupora have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eupora
      • Eupora is located in Webster County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,998 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eupora <1>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Montpelier, see our County-by-County Page for Montpelier.

Cemeteries Near Montpelier ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Montpelier.

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 Montpelier covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.

  • Palestine Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palestine Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palestine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Prairie Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairie Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lower Prairie Creek Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower Prairie Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lower Prairie Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cousin Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cousin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cousin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Bluff Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Bluff Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Bluff Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Montpelier Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Montpelier Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Montpelier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kilgore Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rocky Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rocky Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rocky Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hatchet Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hatchet Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hatchet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hughes Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hughes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hughes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (302 more) ...
    • Pisgah Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pisgah Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pisgah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • St. Robertson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Robertson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Robertson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Woodland Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodland Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Montpelier had a population of 121 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Montpelier, with the one closest to Montpelier listed first.

  • Beasley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Sparta
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sparta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
    • Sparta is located in Chickasaw County
  • Cairo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cairo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
    • Cairo is located in Clay County
  • Woodland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Griffith
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Palo Alto
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palo Alto have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palo Alto
    • Palo Alto is located in Clay County
  • Congress ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Congress have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
    • Congress is located in Chickasaw County
  • Pheba
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Sonora
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sonora have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
    • Sonora is located in Chickasaw County
  • Una
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • McCondy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCondy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCondy
    • McCondy is located in Chickasaw County
  • Cumberland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
    • Cumberland is located in Webster County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Abbott
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Bluff
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Tabbville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tabbville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabbville
      • Tabbville is located in Chickasaw County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Montpelier. See our List of 1890's Communities around Montpelier.

Newspapers Published in Montpelier ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Montpelier.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Montpelier, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Montpelier.

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 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 Montpelier:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Montpelier. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

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>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.
<3>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.
<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 Montpelier, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Montpelier) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Montpelier. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7176, Longitude: -88.9477       In this case, the coordinates for Montpelier have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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