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 Paden (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 Paden. 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 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.
Paden is located in Tishomingo 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 Tishomingo County: Colbert (AL), Franklin (AL), Lauderdale (AL), Alcorn, Itawamba, Prentiss & Hardin (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Paden. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Paden:
- Tishomingo County (The home county of Paden)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paden, with the one closest to Paden listed first.
- Tishomingo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Midway
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Holcut
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Dennis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Oldham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Belmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Iuka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Burnsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Golden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Short
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Alcorn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paden, with the one closest to Paden listed first.
- Jacinto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Glen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Glens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Rienzi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Searcy Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Biggersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Farmington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Allentown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Corinth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hightown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Kossuth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Itawamba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paden, with the one closest to Paden listed first.
- Kirkville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Eastman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Eastman is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Bounds Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bounds Crossroads is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds Crossroads
- Oakland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Mantachie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Clay is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Fulton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Tremont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lee County
- Guntown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prentiss County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paden, with the one closest to Paden listed first.
- Burton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- New Site
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Altitude
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Marietta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Lake City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Booneville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wheeler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wheeler is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Pisgah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pisgah is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Baldwyn
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Blackland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Jumpertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Geeville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Geeville is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paden, with the one closest to Paden listed first.
- Bishop
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Denton ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Denton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Cherokee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Red Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Red Rock is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Gatesville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gatesville is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesville
- Franklin County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paden, with the one closest to Paden listed first.
- Pleasant Site
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Red Bay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burntout
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Burntout is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout
- Burntout has also been known as:
- Burn Out
- Burnout
- Burnt Out
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Vina
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vina is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Belgreen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Hodges
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockwood is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paden, with the one closest to Paden listed first.
- Waterloo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Green Tree ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Green Tree is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
- Hardin County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paden, with the one closest to Paden listed first.
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Bruton Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- Nash Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Pyburn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Hamburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- McNairy County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paden, with the one closest to Paden listed first.
- Tulu
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Michie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Caffey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Guys
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Guys is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Paden, see our County-by-County Page for Paden.
Cemeteries Near Paden ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paden.
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 Paden - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Paden covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Paden, with the one closest to Paden listed first.
- Palestine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tishomingo Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Belue Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stephens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boggs Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Camp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dean Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bethany Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Highland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (548 more) ...
- Hodge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Crossroads Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Forked Oak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Paden in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Paden.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Paden, with the one closest to Paden listed first.
- Burton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Maud
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Maud is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Bishop
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- New Site
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Belmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Altitude
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Iuka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Jacinto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Burnsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Site
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Margerum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Margerum is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margerum
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hazeldell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hazeldell is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldell
- Marietta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Red Bay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Paden. See our List of 1890's Communities around Paden.
Newspapers Published in Paden ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paden.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Paden, 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 Paden.
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 Paden:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Tishomingo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alcorn County
- Itawamba County
- Lee County
- Prentiss County
- Colbert County
- Franklin County
- Lauderdale County
- Hardin County
- McNairy 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 Paden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Paden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |