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 Nevada (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 Nevada. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Nevada is located in Hinds 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 Hinds County: Claiborne, Copiah, Madison, Rankin, Simpson, Warren & Yazoo.
Below are the counties that are near Nevada. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nevada:
- Hinds County (The home county of Nevada)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
- Brownsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brownsville is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Bolton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bolton is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Clinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Edwards
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Raymond
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Oakley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Oakley is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Jackson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Learned
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Palestine
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Palestine is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- North Town Plaza
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Town Plaza is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Town Plaza
- Newman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Newman is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
- Choctaw Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Choctaw Village is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Village
- Humphreys County
- Lake City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lake City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Issaquena County
- Valley Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Valley Park is located in Issaquena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
- Adelle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Adelle is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelle
- Flora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kearney Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kearney Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney Park
- Mannsdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mannsdale is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsdale
- Twelve Oaks
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Twelve Oaks is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Oaks
- Ridgeland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Madison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Canton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mill Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mill Town is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
- Maris Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Maris Town is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maris Town
- Cobbville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cobbville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbville
- Davis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Davis is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Rankin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
- Flowood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pearson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pearson is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Richland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fannin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fannin is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fannin
- Greenfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Sharkey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
- Smedes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Smedes is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedes
- Blanton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blanton is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Onward
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Onward is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
- Russellville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Russellville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Haynes Bluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Haynes Bluff is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Bluff
- Villanova
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Villanova is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villanova
- Redwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Redwood is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Newmans
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Newmans is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Vicksburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stout
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stout is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Yazoo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
- Bentonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oil City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Satartia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Satartia is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satartia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Anding
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Anding is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anding
- Nod
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nod is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nod
- Jonestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Jonestown is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Kearney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kearney is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
- Yazoo City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Yazoo City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yazoo City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
- Former names for Yazoo City:
- Hannan's Bluff
- Manchester
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yazoo City <1>
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
- Evans
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Evans is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Madison Parish (LA)
- Delta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nevada, see our County-by-County Page for Nevada.
Cemeteries Near Nevada ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nevada.
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 Nevada - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nevada covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
- Cox Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dawson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hinter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Abernathy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lula Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hilderbrand Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hart Childress Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Birdsong Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hamberlin Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamberlin Family Cemetery
- The Hamberlin Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hamberlin Cemetery
- Hamblin Cemetery
- Continue List (200 more) ...
- McLeod Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Underhill 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Nevada had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nevada, with the one closest to Nevada listed first.
- Phoenix
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Phoenix is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
- Mechanicsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Flora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bentonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Russellville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Russellville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Bolton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bolton is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Satartia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Satartia is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satartia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Anding
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Anding is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anding
- Clinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Green Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Green Crossing is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Crossing
- Anderson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Anderson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Oak Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Livingston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Livingston is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Edwards
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cynthia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cynthia is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthia
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nevada. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nevada.
Newspapers Published in Nevada ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nevada.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nevada, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nevada.
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 websites either 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 Nevada:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Hinds County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Humphreys County
- Issaquena County
- Madison County
- Rankin County
- Sharkey County
- Warren County
- Yazoo County
- Madison Parish
- 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> | 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 Nevada, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Nevada) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |