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 Parchman (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 Parchman. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Parchman is located in Sunflower 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 Sunflower County: Bolivar, Coahoma, Humphreys, Leflore, Tallahatchie & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Parchman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Parchman:
- Sunflower County (The home county of Parchman)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parchman, with the one closest to Parchman listed first.
- Rome
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rome is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Whitney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Whitney is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Drew
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ruleville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Halstead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Halstead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halstead
- White City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Doddsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Doddsville is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doddsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Quiver ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Quiver is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiver
- Roundaway
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Roundaway is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- Sunflower
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sunflower is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Faisonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Faisonia is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faisonia
- Bolivar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parchman, with the one closest to Parchman listed first.
- Mound Bayou
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Merigold
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Winstonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Winstonville is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winstonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Hushpuckena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hushpuckena is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hushpuckena
- Shelby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Duncan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Duncan is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Renova
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Renova is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Alligator
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alligator is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alligator
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Cleveland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Boyle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Victor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Victor is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Pace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pace is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Deeson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Deeson is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deeson
- Carroll County
- Avalon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Avalon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Coahoma County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parchman, with the one closest to Parchman listed first.
- Roundaway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Roundaway is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- Dublin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dublin is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Africa ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Africa is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Claremont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Claremont is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Hopson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hopson is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Clarksdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Clarksdale is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,470 people
- Lyon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lyon is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Clover Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clover Hill is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Sunflower Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sunflower Landing is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower Landing
- Eagles Nest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Eagles Nest is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Jonestown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Grenada County
- Turkey Foot Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Turkey Foot Fork is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot Fork
- Leflore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parchman, with the one closest to Parchman listed first.
- Minter City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Minter City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter City
- Sunnyside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- McNutt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- McNutt is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Schlater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Schlater is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- Money
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Money is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money
- Shellmound
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shellmound is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellmound
- Itta Bena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Panola County
- Mims
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mims is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mims
- Quitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parchman, with the one closest to Parchman listed first.
- Vance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vance is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Yarbrough
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yarbrough is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarbrough
- Lambert
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lambert is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,325 people
- Marks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crowder
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crowder is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Tallahatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parchman, with the one closest to Parchman listed first.
- Tutwiler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Webb
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Webb is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Sumner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sumner is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Albin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Albin is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albin
- Swan Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Glendora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leverett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Leverett is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
- Paynes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Paynes is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes
- Charleston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Crevi ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Crevi is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crevi
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Parchman, see our County-by-County Page for Parchman.
Cemeteries Near Parchman ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parchman.
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 Parchman - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Parchman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Parchman, with the one closest to Parchman listed first.
- Pleasant Green Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Second Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Light Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Bayou Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Drew Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rosemound Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cagles Crossroad Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (191 more) ...
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Galena Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Parchman in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Parchman.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Parchman, with the one closest to Parchman listed first.
- Webb
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Webb is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Dublin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dublin is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Swan Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Mound Bayou
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Glendora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sharkey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sharkey is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharkey
- Merigold
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lehrton ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lehrton is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehrton
- Black Bayou
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Black Bayou is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Bayou
- Hushpuckena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hushpuckena is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hushpuckena
- Shelby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Renova
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Renova is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Minter City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Minter City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter City
- Duncan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Duncan is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Cleveland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Parchman. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parchman.
Newspapers Published in Parchman ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parchman.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Parchman, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Parchman.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Parchman:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Sunflower County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bolivar County
- Carroll County
- Coahoma County
- Grenada County
- Leflore County
- Panola County
- Quitman County
- Tallahatchie 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 Parchman, 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- Parchman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |