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 Olio (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 Olio. 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/Parishes ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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/parishes 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/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Olio is located in Amite 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 Amite County: East Feliciana (LA), Saint Helena (LA), Tangipahoa (LA), Franklin, Lincoln, Pike & Wilkinson.
Below are the counties/parishes that are near Olio. For each of these counties/parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Olio:
- Amite County (The home county of Olio)
- The following are listed by their distance from Olio, with the one closest to Olio listed first.
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Bewelcome
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bewelcome is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bewelcome
- Gloster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gillsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gillsburg is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillsburg
- Huron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Huron is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Glading
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Glading is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glading
- O'Neil
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- O'Neil is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil
- Crosby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brookside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brookside is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- McElveen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- McElveen is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElveen
- Thompson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thompson is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Mount Olive
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olio, with the one closest to Olio listed first.
- Garden City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Knoxville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Knoxville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Bude
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Meadville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- White Apple
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- White Apple is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Apple
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olio, with the one closest to Olio listed first.
- Chatawa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Chatawa is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatawa
- Osyka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Magnolia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bear Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Town
- McComb
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkinson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Olio, with the one closest to Olio listed first.
- Centreville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Whitaker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Whitaker is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Rosetta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rosetta is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosetta
- Turnbull
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Turnbull is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
- Wilkinson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wilkinson is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
- Woodville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Baton Rouge Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Olio, with the one closest to Olio listed first.
- Baywood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Baywood is located in East Baton Rouge Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Pride
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stonypoint ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stonypoint is located in East Baton Rouge Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonypoint
- East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Olio, with the one closest to Olio listed first.
- Troy ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Woodland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Woodland is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Norwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Norwood is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwood <1>
- Clinton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <1>
- Wilson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 546 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilson <1>
- Blairstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
- Ethel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,707 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <1>
- Bells Store ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
- Slaughter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lindsay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
- Livingston Parish (LA)
- Oldfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Saint Helena Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Olio, with the one closest to Olio listed first.
- Chipola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chipola is located in Saint Helena Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
- Coleman Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman Town is located in Saint Helena Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Town
- Greensburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Grangeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Grangeville is located in Saint Helena Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville
- Pine Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Montpelier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Montpelier is located in Saint Helena Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Tangipahoa Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Olio, with the one closest to Olio listed first.
- Kentwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tangipahoa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fluker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Feliciana Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Olio, with the one closest to Olio listed first.
- Rogillioville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rogillioville is located in West Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogillioville
- Wakefield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Converse ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Converse is located in West Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Olio, see our County-by-County Page for Olio.
Cemeteries Near Olio ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Olio.
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 Olio - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Olio covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Olio, with the one closest to Olio listed first.
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Womack Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Womack Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dunn - Hefner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Unity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Duck Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (726 more) ...
- Little Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
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 in 1895, Olio had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Olio, with the one closest to Olio listed first.
- Berwick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Berwick is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Ariel
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ariel is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ariel
- Woodland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Woodland is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Felixville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Felixville is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felixville
- Centreville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Tatum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tatum is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatum
- Whitaker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Whitaker is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Chipola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chipola is located in Saint Helena Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
- Gloster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bewelcome
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bewelcome is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bewelcome
- Norwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Norwood is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwood <1>
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kents Store ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kents Store is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Wilson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 546 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilson <1>
- Clinton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Olio. See our List of 1890's Communities around Olio.
Newspapers Published in Olio ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Olio.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Olio, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Olio.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Olio:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Amite County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Pike County
- Wilkinson County
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- East Feliciana Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Saint Helena Parish
- Tangipahoa Parish
- West Feliciana Parish
- 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 Olio, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Olio) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |