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 Mount Pleasant (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 Mount Pleasant. 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 Mount Pleasant ...
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 Mount Pleasant: Mt. Pleasant
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount Pleasant. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Pleasant.
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 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.
Mount Pleasant is located in Smith 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 Smith County: Covington, Jasper, Jones, Newton, Rankin, Scott & Simpson.
Below are the counties that are near Mount Pleasant. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Pleasant:
- Smith County (The home county of Mount Pleasant)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Sylvarena
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sylvarena is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvarena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Mineral Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Bezer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bezer is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bezer
- Raleigh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Burns
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burns is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Taylorsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mize
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Trenton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Trenton is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Daniel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Daniel is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
- Polkville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Polkville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
- Clarke County
- Barnett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Barnett is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Covington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Hot Coffee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hot Coffee is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Coffee
- Mount Olive
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- Arbo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arbo is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbo
- Collins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kola is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kola
- Williamsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Williamsburg is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Hamlet ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hamlet is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Bay Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stevens ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stevens is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
- Louin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Louin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Lake Como
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Como is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como
- Turnerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Turnerville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville
- Montrose
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Stringer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Acme ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Acme is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Success ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Success is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- McNeal ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- McNeal is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeal
- Verba ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Verba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verba
- Jones County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Amy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Amy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amy
- Soso
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Soso is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Service
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Service is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service
- Errata
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Errata is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Errata
- Sandersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sandersville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Laurel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Six Towns ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Six Towns is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Towns
- Newton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Bluff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Bluff is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
- Conehatta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Conehatta is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conehatta
- Hickory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
- Rankin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Galilee
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Galilee is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galilee
- Puckett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Puckett is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Cato
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cato is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Pelahatchie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Hunter Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hunter Town is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Town
- Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Forest
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cooperville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cooperville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperville
- Raworth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Raworth is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raworth
- Kalem
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kalem is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalem
- Morton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Coats
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coats is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Magee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sanatorium
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sanatorium is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanatorium
- Jaynesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jaynesville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaynesville
- Mendenhall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- D'Lo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- D'Lo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Lo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Pleasant, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Pleasant.
Cemeteries Near Mount Pleasant ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant.
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 Mount Pleasant - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Pleasant covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sylvarena Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bethany Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove Methodist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Moore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Moore Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Raleigh.
- Double Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jefcoats - Farnham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs Missioanry Baptist
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Warren Hill Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Royals Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (394 more) ...
- Bezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bezer Cemetery
- The Bezer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bezer Cemetery East
- Ditch Cemetery
- Old Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mt. Nebo Cemetery
- The Old Mt. Nebo Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
- Ted Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Mount Pleasant in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount Pleasant.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Pleasant, with the one closest to Mount Pleasant listed first.
- Sylvarena
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sylvarena is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvarena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Bezer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bezer is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bezer
- Raleigh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hamlet ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hamlet is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Shongelo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shongelo is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shongelo
- Burns
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burns is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Lake Como
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Como is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como
- Turnerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Turnerville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville
- Montrose
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montrose is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Mize
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Taylorsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Acme ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Acme is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Homewood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Homewood is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
- Trenton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Trenton is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Bunker Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bunker Hill is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Pleasant. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Pleasant.
Newspapers Published in Mount Pleasant ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Pleasant.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Pleasant, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Pleasant.
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 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 Mount Pleasant:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Smith County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Covington County
- Jasper County
- Jones County
- Newton County
- Rankin County
- Scott County
- Simpson 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> | 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- Mount Pleasant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mount Pleasant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |