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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Okahta Talaia. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Okahta Talaia to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Okahta Talaia, please Contact Us.
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 Okahta Talaia (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 Okahta Talaia. 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 doctors and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Okahta Talaia is historic, it would have been located within present day Newton 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 Newton County: Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba, Scott & Smith.
Below are the counties that are near Okahta Talaia. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Okahta Talaia:
- Newton County (The home county of Okahta Talaia)
- The following are listed by their distance from Okahta Talaia, with the one closest to Okahta Talaia listed first.
- Conehatta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Conehatta is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conehatta
- Lucern
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lucern is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucern
- Pine Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Bluff is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
- Stamper ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stamper is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamper
- Decatur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Six Towns ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Six Towns is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Towns
- Hickory
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
- Chunky
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Okahta Talaia, with the one closest to Okahta Talaia listed first.
- Success ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Success is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Garlandsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Garlandsville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlandsville
- Baxter ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Baxter is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Verba ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Verba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verba
- Montrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Montrose is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Penantly
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Penantly is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penantly
- Fellowship ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fellowship is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Former name for Fellowship:
- Masengale
- Fellowship has also been known as:
- Old Fellowship
- Rose Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Louin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Louin is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
- Gridley ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gridley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley
- McNeal ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- McNeal is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeal
- Ras
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ras is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ras
- Stevens ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Stevens is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
- Kemper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Okahta Talaia, with the one closest to Okahta Talaia listed first.
- Rio
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rio is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Spinks ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spinks is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Okahta Talaia, with the one closest to Okahta Talaia listed first.
- Collinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Martin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Martin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Suqualena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Suqualena is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suqualena
- Hookston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hookston is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookston
- Lost Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lost Gap is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Gap
- Nellieburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Nellieburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellieburg
- Bailey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bailey is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Leake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Okahta Talaia, with the one closest to Okahta Talaia listed first.
- High Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- High Hill is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Walnut Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Pine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Pine is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
- Tuscola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tuscola is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
- Lena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carthage
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Redwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Redwater is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
- Coosa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Coosa is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
- Neshoba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Okahta Talaia, with the one closest to Okahta Talaia listed first.
- Neshoba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Neshoba is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshoba
- Dixon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Dowdville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dowdville is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowdville
- Laurel Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- House
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- House is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Tucker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tucker is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Pearl River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pearl River is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
- Philadelphia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ocobla
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Okahta Talaia, with the one closest to Okahta Talaia listed first.
- Sebastopol
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Harperville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Harperville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperville
- Forest
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Raworth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Raworth is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raworth
- Cash
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cash is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Kalem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kalem is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalem
- Hunter Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter Town is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Town
- Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Beach is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
- Morton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Branch is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- Ludlow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Ludlow is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Smith County
- The following are listed by their distance from Okahta Talaia, with the one closest to Okahta Talaia listed first.
- Burns
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burns is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Trenton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trenton is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Okahta Talaia, see our County-by-County Page for Okahta Talaia.
Cemeteries Near Okahta Talaia ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Okahta Talaia.
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 Okahta Talaia - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Okahta Talaia covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Okahta Talaia, with the one closest to Okahta Talaia listed first.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bufkin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufkin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bufkin Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the west of Decatur.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #58333 <4>
- Hollingsworth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Amis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lay Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Futchs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Decatur Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Decatur.
- Abney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Summers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dennis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (271 more) ...
- Lake City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lake City Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Lake.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2408790 <4>
- Newton County Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beech Springs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.
While we didn't find Okahta Talaia in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Okahta Talaia.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Okahta Talaia, with the one closest to Okahta Talaia listed first.
- Conehatta
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Conehatta is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conehatta
- Lucern
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lucern is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucern
- Prospect
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Prospect is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Stamper ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stamper is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamper
- Piketown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Piketown is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piketown
- Decatur
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sebastopol
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hays
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hays is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Newton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Damascus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Damascus is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- High Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- High Hill is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Roscoe ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Roscoe is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Okahta Talaia. See our List of 1890's Communities around Okahta Talaia.
Newspapers Published in Okahta Talaia ...
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Okahta Talaia.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Okahta Talaia, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Okahta Talaia.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Okahta Talaia:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Newton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jasper County
- Kemper County
- Lauderdale County
- Leake County
- Neshoba County
- Scott County
- Smith County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Okahta Talaia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Okahta Talaia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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. |