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 New Hope (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 New Hope. 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 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.
New Hope is located in Prentiss 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 Prentiss County: Alcorn, Itawamba, Tippah, Tishomingo & Union.
Below are the counties that are near New Hope. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Hope:
- Prentiss County (The home county of New Hope)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Burton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Altitude
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- New Site
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Marietta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Lake City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Booneville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wheeler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wheeler is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Baldwyn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Blackland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Pisgah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Jumpertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Geeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Geeville is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
- Alcorn County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Jacinto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Rienzi
(12 miles [19.3 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Glen
(16 miles [25.7 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Biggersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Farmington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Allentown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Hightown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Corinth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kossuth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Itawamba County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Kirkville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Mantachie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eastman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eastman is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Bounds Crossroads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bounds Crossroads is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds Crossroads
- Clay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Clay is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Fulton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oakland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Ballardsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ballardsville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballardsville
- Abney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Abney is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abney
- Greenwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Tremont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Guntown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boggan Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Boggan Bend is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggan Bend
- Corrona
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Corrona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrona
- Saltillo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mooreville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mooreville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreville
- Birmingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Jug Fork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jug Fork is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jug Fork
- Indian Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Hills is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Tippah County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Dumas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Clarysville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Clarysville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarysville
- Tishomingo County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Paden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Holcut
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Tishomingo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dennis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Midway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Belmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Golden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burnsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Iuka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- 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 <1>
- Oldham
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Short
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Graham
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Graham is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Alpine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Alpine is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Ellistown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ellistown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellistown
- Molino
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Molino is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Bishop
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Denton ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Denton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Cherokee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Red Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- 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 New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Red Bay
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Site
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Burntout
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(25 miles [40.2 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Waterloo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Hardin County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- McNairy County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Guys
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Guys is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Michie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Caffey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Tulu
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Chewalla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chewalla is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewalla
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Hope, see our County-by-County Page for New Hope.
Cemeteries Near New Hope ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Hope.
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 New Hope - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Hope covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- New Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bullard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Smith - Howell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Walden Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Little Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Brown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Little Brown Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the north of New Site.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #60485 <3>
- Mackeys Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Forked Oak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pitts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (549 more) ...
- Candler Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Blythes Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rhoads Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<4>
While we didn't find New Hope in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Hope.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
- Burton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- New Site
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Altitude
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Jacinto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Marietta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Hazeldell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hazeldell is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldell
- Booneville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rienzi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Kirkville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Belmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwyn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Burnsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Blackland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Maud
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- 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 New Hope. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Hope.
Newspapers Published in New Hope ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Hope.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Hope, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Hope.
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 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 New Hope:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Prentiss County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alcorn County
- Itawamba County
- Lee County
- Tippah County
- Tishomingo County
- Union County
- Colbert County
- Franklin County
- Lauderdale County
- Hardin County
- McNairy 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Hope) 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 New Hope, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |