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 Town (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 Town. 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 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 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.
New Town is located in Tate 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 Tate County: DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Quitman & Tunica.
Below are the counties that are near New Town. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Town:
- Tate County (The home county of New Town)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Town, with the one closest to New Town listed first.
- Senatobia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Senatobia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senatobia
- Senatobia is located in Tate County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,614 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Senatobia <2>
- Poagville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poagville
- Poagville is located in Tate County
- Antioch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Antioch is located in Tate County
- Coldwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Coldwater is located in Tate County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,534 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coldwater <2>
- Aiken
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Aiken is located in Tate County
- Wyatte
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Arkabutla
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkabutla
- Arkabutla is located in Tate County
- DeSoto County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Town, with the one closest to New Town listed first.
- Alphaba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alphaba
- Alphaba is located in DeSoto County
- Hernando
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hernando
- Hernando is located in DeSoto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,854 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hernando <2>
- Bright
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Ingrams Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingrams Mill
- Ingrams Mill is located in DeSoto County
- Cub Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest) - Eudora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Aldens
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County
- De Soto Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Soto Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County
- Southaven
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southaven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southaven
- Southaven is located in DeSoto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56,644 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Southaven <2>
- Horn Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Lake
- Horn Lake is located in DeSoto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,282 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horn Lake <2>
- Olive Branch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olive Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
- Olive Branch is located in DeSoto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,646 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olive Branch <2>
- Memphis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Town, with the one closest to New Town listed first.
- Harmontown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown
- Harmontown is located in Lafayette County
- Abbeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Abbeville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeville
- Abbeville is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Abbeville <2>
- Alesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Oxford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Oxford is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,635 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <2>
- Taylor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Taylor is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <2>
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Town, with the one closest to New Town listed first.
- Chulahoma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulahoma
- Chulahoma is located in Marshall County
- Laws Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
- Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
- Marianna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Byhalia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byhalia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byhalia
- Byhalia is located in Marshall County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,213 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byhalia <2>
- Red Banks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Banks
- Red Banks is located in Marshall County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Banks <2>
- Barton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Holly Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Holly Springs is located in Marshall County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,684 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holly Springs <2>
- Taska
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - Cayce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Cayce is located in Marshall County
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Town, with the one closest to New Town listed first.
- Como
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Como is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <2>
- Sardis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sardis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Sardis is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,529 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sardis <2>
- Longtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Longtown is located in Panola County
- Askew
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew
- Askew is located in Panola County
- Crenshaw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crenshaw have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crenshaw
- Crenshaw is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crenshaw <2>
- Terza
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Batesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Batesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Batesville is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Batesville <2>
- Chapeltown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapeltown
- Chapeltown is located in Panola County
- Courtland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
- Courtland is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Pope
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Mims
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mims
- Mims is located in Panola County
- Quitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Town, with the one closest to New Town listed first.
- Sledge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Sledge is located in Quitman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Falcon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Bobo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
- Bobo is located in Quitman County
- Tunica County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Town, with the one closest to New Town listed first.
- Evansville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Evansville is located in Tunica County
- North Tunica
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Tunica have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tunica
- North Tunica is located in Tunica County
- Tunica
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tunica have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunica
- Tunica is located in Tunica County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 823 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tunica <2>
- Clayton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Clayton is located in Tunica County
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Town, with the one closest to New Town listed first.
- Seyppel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest) - Horseshoe Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Lake
- Horseshoe Lake is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Town, see our County-by-County Page for New Town.
Newspapers Published in New Town ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Town.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Town, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Town.
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 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 New Town:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Mississippi Department of Archives & History
- Pages specific to Tate County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- DeSoto County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lafayette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Marshall County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Panola County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Quitman County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Tunica County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Crittenden County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- DeSoto County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Tate County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
Cemeteries Near New Town ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Town.
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 New Town covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Town, with the one closest to New Town listed first.
- Brower Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brower Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brower Cemetery
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Hill Cemetery
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickory Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Grove Cemetery
- Old Caroline Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Caroline Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Caroline Cemetery
- Gravel Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gravel Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gravel Springs Cemetery
- Lowery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lowery Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lowery Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wright Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wright Cemetery
- Deans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Deans Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Deans Cemetery
- Dean - Crawford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dean - Crawford Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Poagville.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dean - Crawford Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2131820 <4>
- Bethesda Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethesda Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethesda Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shady Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shady Grove Cemetery
- Continue List (312 more) ...
- Buntin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buntin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buntin Cemetery
- Looxahoma Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Looxahoma Cemetery
- Everson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Everson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Everson Cemetery
- Buntin Cemetery
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.<5>
While we didn't find New Town in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Town.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Town, with the one closest to New Town listed first.
- Senatobia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Senatobia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senatobia
- Senatobia is located in Tate County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,614 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Senatobia <2>
- Looxahoma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Como
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Como is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <2>
- Coldwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Coldwater is located in Tate County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,534 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coldwater <2>
- Bowman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Independence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Independence is located in Tate County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Independence <2>
- Thyatira
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Glenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Sardis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sardis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Sardis is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,529 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sardis <2>
- Tyro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Longtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Longtown is located in Panola County
- Lespedeza
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Wallhill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Arkabutla
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkabutla
- Arkabutla is located in Tate County
- Strayhorn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wallhill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Town. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Town.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Town. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- New Town) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6120, Longitude: -89.9151 In this case, the coordinates for New Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |