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 O'Reilly (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 O'Reilly. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
O'Reilly is located in Bolivar 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 Bolivar County: Desha (AR), Coahoma, Sunflower & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near O'Reilly. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to O'Reilly:
- Bolivar County (The home county of O'Reilly)
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Reilly, with the one closest to O'Reilly listed first.
- Boyle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cleveland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shaw is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Renova
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Renova is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Choctaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Victor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Victor is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Longshot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Longshot is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longshot
- Merigold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pace is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Mound City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mound City is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Mound Bayou
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dahomy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dahomy is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahomy
- Coahoma County
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Reilly, with the one closest to O'Reilly listed first.
- Roundaway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Roundaway is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- Africa ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Africa is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Humphreys County
- Isola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Isola is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Leflore County
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Reilly, with the one closest to O'Reilly listed first.
- McNutt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- McNutt is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Schlater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Schlater is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- Minter City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Minter City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter City
- Sunnyside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Shellmound
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shellmound is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellmound
- Itta Bena
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Loring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fort Loring is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Loring
- Money
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Money is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money
- Morgan City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Morgan City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Sunflower County
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Reilly, with the one closest to O'Reilly listed first.
- Halstead
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Halstead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halstead
- White City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- White City is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Roundaway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Roundaway is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- Doddsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Doddsville is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doddsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Ruleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Faisonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Faisonia is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faisonia
- Quiver ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Quiver is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiver
- Sunflower
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sunflower is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Drew
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Heathman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Heathman is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathman
- Indianola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Whitney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whitney is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Tallahatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Reilly, with the one closest to O'Reilly listed first.
- Glendora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Albin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Albin is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albin
- Sumner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sumner is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Swan Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Tutwiler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Webb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Webb is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Reilly, with the one closest to O'Reilly listed first.
- Helm
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Helm is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helm
- Napanee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Napanee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napanee
- Dunleith
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dunleith is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunleith
- Stoneville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stoneville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville
- Leland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Metcalfe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Metcalfe is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalfe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
- Greenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmot
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wilmot is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
- Arcola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Arcola is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Desha County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from O'Reilly, with the one closest to O'Reilly listed first.
- Napoleon ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Napoleon is located in Desha County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Arkansas City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Arkansas City is located in Desha County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansas City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to O'Reilly, see our County-by-County Page for O'Reilly.
Cemeteries Near O'Reilly ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of O'Reilly.
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 O'Reilly - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for O'Reilly covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from O'Reilly, with the one closest to O'Reilly listed first.
- Poplar Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Strangers Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shaw Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shaw Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Shaw.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #155979 <2>
- Delta Heights Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chrisman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Cleveland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- New Cleveland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mexican Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (184 more) ...
- Smith Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Renova Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Beaver Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, O'Reilly had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from O'Reilly, with the one closest to O'Reilly listed first.
- Boyle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shaw is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Cleveland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Renova
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Renova is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Choctaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lehrton ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lehrton is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehrton
- Merigold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Helm
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Helm is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helm
- Faisonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Faisonia is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faisonia
- Quiver ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Quiver is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiver
- Mound City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mound City is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Mound Bayou
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lobdell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lobdell is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
- Dahomy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dahomy is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahomy
- Holly Ridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Holly Ridge is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around O'Reilly. See our List of 1890's Communities around O'Reilly.
Newspapers Published in O'Reilly ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around O'Reilly.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of O'Reilly, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for O'Reilly.
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 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 O'Reilly:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Bolivar County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coahoma County
- Humphreys County
- Leflore County
- Sunflower County
- Tallahatchie County
- Washington County
- Desha 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> | 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 O'Reilly, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- O'Reilly) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |