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 Owens Wells (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 Owens Wells. 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.
Name Variations for Owens Wells ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Owens Wells: Owens Wls.
- While the name of this community is Owens Wells, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Owens Wells may originally have been Owen's Wells.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Owens Wells might be written as Owen Wells.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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.
Owens Wells is located in Holmes 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 Holmes County: Attala, Carroll, Humphreys, Leflore, Madison & Yazoo.
Below are the counties that are near Owens Wells. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Owens Wells:
- Holmes County (The home county of Owens Wells)
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens Wells, with the one closest to Owens Wells listed first.
- Lexington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Durant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Richland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Richland is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Goodman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jones Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jones Crossing is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Acona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Acona is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acona
- Ituma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ituma is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ituma
- West
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pickens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Tolarville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Coxburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coxburg is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Gwin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gwin is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwin
- Tchula
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tchula is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Attala County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens Wells, with the one closest to Owens Wells listed first.
- Sallis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Possumneck
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Possumneck is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumneck
- Rocky Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rocky Point is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Newport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newport is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Zemuly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zemuly is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemuly
- Hesterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hesterville is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesterville
- Auris ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Auris is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auris
- Kosciusko
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Langley ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Langley is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
- Ethel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ethel is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens Wells, with the one closest to Owens Wells listed first.
- Coila
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Coila is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Vaiden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carrollton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- North Carrollton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- North Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens Wells, with the one closest to Owens Wells listed first.
- Belzoni
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Silver City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Leake County
- Saint Ann
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Ann is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ann
- Leflore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens Wells, with the one closest to Owens Wells listed first.
- Sidon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sidon is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Roebuck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roebuck is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roebuck
- Morgan City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morgan City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Browning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Browning is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens Wells, with the one closest to Owens Wells listed first.
- Camden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sharpsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sharpsburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
- Davis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Davis is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Cobbville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cobbville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbville
- Sharon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sharon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Montgomery County
- Winona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yazoo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Owens Wells, with the one closest to Owens Wells listed first.
- Fordyke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fordyke is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyke
- Vaughan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Vaughan is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Evans
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Evans is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Eden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Dover ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
- Nod
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nod is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nod
- Crump
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Crump is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Yazoo City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yazoo City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yazoo City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
- Former names for Yazoo City:
- Hannan's Bluff
- Manchester
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yazoo City <2>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Owens Wells, see our County-by-County Page for Owens Wells.
Cemeteries Near Owens Wells ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Owens Wells.
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 Owens Wells - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Owens Wells covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Owens Wells, with the one closest to Owens Wells listed first.
- Owen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gages Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Brister Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Springhill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Durham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Franklin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sproles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (412 more) ...
- Barksdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eubanks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Owens Wells in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Owens Wells.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Owens Wells, with the one closest to Owens Wells listed first.
- Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Lexington
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Durant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Richland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Richland is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Goodman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Emory
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Emory is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
- Eulogy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Eulogy is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulogy
- Acona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Acona is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acona
- Sallis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ituma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ituma is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ituma
- Howard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Howard is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Tolarville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Pickens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Coxburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coxburg is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Owens Wells. See our List of 1890's Communities around Owens Wells.
Newspapers Published in Owens Wells ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Owens Wells.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Owens Wells, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Owens Wells.
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 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 Owens Wells:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Holmes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Attala County
- Carroll County
- Humphreys County
- Leake County
- Leflore County
- Madison County
- Montgomery County
- Yazoo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Owens Wells, 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- Owens Wells) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |