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 Moores Mill (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 Moores Mill. 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 Moores Mill ...
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 Moores Mill: Moores Ml. (or less commonly used: Moores Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Moores Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Moores Mill may originally have been Moore's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Moores Mill might be written as Moore Mill.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Moores Mill. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Moores Mill.
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.
Moores Mill is located in Tishomingo 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 Tishomingo County: Colbert (AL), Franklin (AL), Lauderdale (AL), Alcorn, Itawamba, Prentiss & Hardin (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Moores Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moores Mill:
- Tishomingo County (The home county of Moores Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Belmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Golden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dennis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Tishomingo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Holcut
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Midway
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Oldham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Burnsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Iuka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <2>
- Alcorn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Jacinto
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Rienzi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Searcy Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Glen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Glens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Biggersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Allentown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Hightown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Itawamba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Kirkville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Eastman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eastman is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Bounds Crossroads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bounds Crossroads is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds Crossroads
- Clay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Clay is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Oakland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Mantachie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Tremont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Abney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Abney is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abney
- Ballardsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ballardsville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballardsville
- Greenwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Carolina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Carolina is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Guntown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mooreville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mooreville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreville
- Saltillo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Indian Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Hills is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Richmond
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Boggan Bend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Boggan Bend is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggan Bend
- Birmingham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Birmingham is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Corrona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Corrona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrona
- Plantersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tupelo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jug Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Jug Fork is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jug Fork
- Bissell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bissell is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
- Verona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Smithville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Riggins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Riggins is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggins
- Pontotoc County
- Sherman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Prentiss County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- New Site
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Marietta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Burton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Altitude
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Lake City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Wheeler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wheeler is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Baldwyn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Booneville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Geeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Geeville is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
- Blackland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Jumpertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Pisgah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Alpine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Alpine is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Graham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Graham is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Ellistown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ellistown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellistown
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Bishop
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Denton ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Denton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Cherokee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Red Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Franklin County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Red Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Site
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Burntout
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Burntout is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout
- Burntout has also been known as:
- Burn Out
- Burnout
- Burnt Out
- Vina
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vina is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Hodges
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Belgreen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Marion County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Weston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Weston is located in Marion County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Hamilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Moores Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Moores Mill.
Cemeteries Near Moores Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moores Mill.
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 Moores Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moores Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Allen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Saucer Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Caveness Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rogers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Moore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Warren Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Castleberry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Tree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Friendship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (587 more) ...
- Brumley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sandy Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Moores Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Moores Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Moores Mill, with the one closest to Moores Mill listed first.
- Hazeldell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hazeldell is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldell
- Belmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Site
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Marietta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Kirkville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Red Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Burton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Eastman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eastman is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Ratliff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ratliff is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratliff
- Mantachie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Altitude
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Fulton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pleasant Site
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Maud
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maud is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moores Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moores Mill.
Newspapers Published in Moores Mill ...
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 Moores Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moores Mill, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moores Mill.
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 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 Moores Mill:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Tishomingo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alcorn County
- Itawamba County
- Lee County
- Monroe County
- Pontotoc County
- Prentiss County
- Union County
- Colbert County
- Franklin County
- Marion 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 Moores Mill, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Moores Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |