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 Newport (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 Newport. 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.
Newport is located in Attala 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 Attala County: Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Montgomery, Neshoba, Winston & Yazoo.
Below are the counties that are near Newport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Newport:
- Attala County (The home county of Newport)
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Zemuly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Zemuly is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemuly
- Sallis
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kosciusko
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Possumneck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Possumneck is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumneck
- Hesterville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hesterville is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesterville
- Rocky Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rocky Point is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Auris ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Auris is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auris
- Ethel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ethel is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
- Langley ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Langley is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
- Gregory ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gregory is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- McCool
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- McCool is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Carroll County
- Vaiden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Goodman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Durant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pickens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Richland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Richland is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- West
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lexington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Crossing is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Coxburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Coxburg is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Acona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Acona is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acona
- Tolarville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Ituma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ituma is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ituma
- Leake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Saint Ann
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Ann is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ann
- Redwater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Redwater is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
- Carthage
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Coosa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Coosa is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
- Lena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Tuscola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tuscola is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
- Standing Pine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Standing Pine is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
- Walnut Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Camden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sharpsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sharpsburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
- Sharon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Davis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Davis is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Cobbville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cobbville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbville
- Mill Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Town is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
- Maris Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Maris Town is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maris Town
- Canton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Madisonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Madisonville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
- Neshoba County
- Laurel Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Ludlow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ludlow is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Cash
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cash is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Vowell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Vowell is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
- Hinze
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hinze is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinze
- Yazoo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Vaughan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Vaughan is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Fordyke
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fordyke is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyke
- Evans
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Evans is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Nod
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nod is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nod
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Newport, see our County-by-County Page for Newport.
Cemeteries Near Newport ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Newport.
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 Newport - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Newport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- New Roby Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McClain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harmon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wyse Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Old Roby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wyatt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Black Jack Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harmonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dickerson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (452 more) ...
- Roby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Seneasha Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spring Grove 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Newport had a population of 52 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Newport, with the one closest to Newport listed first.
- Sallis
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shrock ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shrock is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrock
- Thomastown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Thomastown is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- McAdams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- McAdams is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAdams
- McVille
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- McVille is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Goodman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cameron
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cameron is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Durant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Camden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Conway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Conway is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Pickens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Revive
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Revive is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revive
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Saint Ann
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Ann is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ann
- Kosciusko
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Richland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Richland is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Newport. See our List of 1890's Communities around Newport.
Newspapers Published in Newport ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Newport.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Newport, 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 Newport.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Newport:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Attala County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Holmes County
- Leake County
- Madison County
- Neshoba County
- Scott County
- Winston County
- Yazoo 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> | 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 Newport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Newport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |