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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 Pearlington (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 Pearlington. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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/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 north 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.

Pearlington is located in Hancock County.

To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hancock County: Saint Tammany (LA), Harrison & Pearl River.

Below are the counties/parishes that are near Pearlington. For each of these counties/parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pearlington:

  • Hancock County     (The home county of Pearlington)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pearlington, with the one closest to Pearlington listed first.
    • Logtown ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Napoleon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Napoleon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
      • Napoleon is located in Hancock County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Napoleon
      • From Pearlington to Napoleon
    • Gainesville ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lakeshore
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Shoreline Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoreline Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline Park
      • Shoreline Park is located in Hancock County
    • Waveland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waveland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waveland
      • Waveland is located in Hancock County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,315 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waveland <3>
    • Kiln
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bay Saint Louis
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Saint Louis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Saint Louis
      • Bay Saint Louis is located in Hancock County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,529 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay Saint Louis <3>
    • Diamondhead
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamondhead have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamondhead
      • Diamondhead is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamondhead <3>
    • Necaise
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pearlington, with the one closest to Pearlington listed first.
    • Pass Christian
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Long Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
      • Long Beach is located in Harrison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,125 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Beach <3>
  • Pearl River County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pearlington, with the one closest to Pearlington listed first.
    • Nicholson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Picayune
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Picayune have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picayune
      • Picayune is located in Pearl River County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,886 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Picayune <3>
  • Orleans Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pearlington, with the one closest to Pearlington listed first.
    • Lake Catherine
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Catherine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
      • Lake Catherine is located in Orleans Parish (LA)
    • Pine Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
      • Pine Village is located in Orleans Parish (LA)
    • Milneburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Milneburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milneburg
      • Milneburg is located in Orleans Parish (LA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Milneburg
      • From Pearlington to Milneburg
  • Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pearlington, with the one closest to Pearlington listed first.
    • Shell Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Alluvial City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alluvial City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alluvial City
      • Alluvial City is located in Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
    • Verret
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Verret. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verret
      • Verret is located in Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Verret
      • From Pearlington to Verret
    • Yscloskey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Hopedale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Chalmette
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Meraux
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meraux have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meraux
      • Meraux is located in Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meraux <3>
    • Mohawk City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mohawk City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk City
      • Mohawk City is located in Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
    • Saxonholm
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saxonholm. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxonholm
      • Saxonholm is located in Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Saxonholm
      • From Pearlington to Saxonholm
    • Story
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Story have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
      • Story is located in Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
    • Toca
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toca have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toca
      • Toca is located in Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
    • Versailles
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Versailles. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Versailles
      • Versailles is located in Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Versailles
      • From Pearlington to Versailles
    • Violet
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Violet have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
      • Violet is located in Saint Bernard Parish (LA)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Violet <3>
  • Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pearlington, with the one closest to Pearlington listed first.
    • Lake Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
      • Lake Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Tanglewood Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanglewood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood Village
      • Tanglewood Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Northwood Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northwood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Village
      • Northwood Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Bon Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bon Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Village
      • Bon Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • McClane City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McClane City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClane City
      • McClane City is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Slidell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Lake Shore Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Shore Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore Village
      • Lake Shore Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Oak Harbor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Harbor
      • Oak Harbor is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Pearl River
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Browns Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Browns Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Village
      • Browns Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Eden Isle
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eden Isle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Isle
      • Eden Isle is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • Huntwyck Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntwyck Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntwyck Village
      • Huntwyck Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
    • North Shore
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Shore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
      • North Shore is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pearlington, see our County-by-County Page for Pearlington.

Cemeteries Near Pearlington ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pearlington.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pearlington covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pearlington, with the one closest to Pearlington listed first.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Pearlington had a population of 850 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Pearlington, with the one closest to Pearlington listed first.

  • Logtown ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Gainesville ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Rigolets
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rigolets have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigolets
    • Rigolets is located in Orleans Parish (LA)
  • Slidell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Lake Catherine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Catherine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
    • Lake Catherine is located in Orleans Parish (LA)
  • Pearl River
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Waveland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waveland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waveland
    • Waveland is located in Hancock County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,315 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waveland <3>
  • Kiln
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Chef Menteur
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chef Menteur have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chef Menteur
    • Chef Menteur is located in Orleans Parish (LA)
  • Bay Saint Louis
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay Saint Louis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Saint Louis
    • Bay Saint Louis is located in Hancock County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,529 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay Saint Louis <3>
  • Florenville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Florenville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florenville
    • Florenville is located in Saint Tammany Parish (LA)
  • Henderson Point
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henderson Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Point
    • Henderson Point is located in Harrison County
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pearlington. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pearlington.

Newspapers Published in Pearlington ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pearlington.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pearlington, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pearlington.

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 Pearlington:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pearlington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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.
<5>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 Pearlington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pearlington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pearlington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2492, Longitude: -89.6127    









 

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