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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Perkinsville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Perkinsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Perkinsville, please Contact Us.
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 Perkinsville (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 Perkinsville. 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 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 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, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Perkinsville is historic, it would have been located within present day Winston 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 Winston County: Attala, Choctaw, Kemper, Leake, Neshoba, Noxubee & Oktibbeha.
Below are the counties that are near Perkinsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Perkinsville:
- Winston County (The home county of Perkinsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkinsville, with the one closest to Perkinsville listed first.
- Randalls Bluff ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Randalls Bluff is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalls Bluff
- Fearns Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fearns Springs is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearns Springs
- Handle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Handle is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
- Louisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Noxapater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Plattsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plattsburg is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Hinze
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hinze is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinze
- Vowell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Vowell is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
- Attala County
- McCool
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- McCool is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Choctaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkinsville, with the one closest to Perkinsville listed first.
- Ackerman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Williams
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Williams is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams
- Weir
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Reform
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reform is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Kemper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkinsville, with the one closest to Perkinsville listed first.
- Lynville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lynville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynville
- Wahalak
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Wahalak is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahalak
- De Kalb
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Spinks ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Spinks is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
- Scooba
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Binnsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Binnsville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville
- Lowndes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkinsville, with the one closest to Perkinsville listed first.
- Crawford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Artesia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Artesia is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Bent Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bent Oak is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Oak
- Neshoba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkinsville, with the one closest to Perkinsville listed first.
- Bogue Chitto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
- Ocobla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
- Philadelphia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tucker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tucker is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Pearl River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl River is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
- Noxubee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkinsville, with the one closest to Perkinsville listed first.
- Mashulaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mashulaville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashulaville
- Hashuqua ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hashuqua is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashuqua
- Fairport ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairport is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Macon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Brooksville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Shuqualak
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Deerbrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Deerbrook is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerbrook
- Harlan ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Harlan is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
- Ravine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ravine is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
- Cooksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cooksville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Oktibbeha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Perkinsville, with the one closest to Perkinsville listed first.
- Sturgis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bradley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bradley is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Longview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Longview is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Sessums
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Starkville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Adaton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Adaton is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adaton
- Clayton Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Clayton Village is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Village
- Double Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Double Springs is located in Oktibbeha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Perkinsville, see our County-by-County Page for Perkinsville.
Cemeteries Near Perkinsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Perkinsville.
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 Perkinsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Perkinsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Perkinsville, with the one closest to Perkinsville listed first.
- Perkinsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kirk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ellison Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sardis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sixteen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Choctaw Christian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Christian Cemetery
- The Choctaw Christian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crystal Ridge Mennonite Cemetery
- Crystal Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- White Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Nebo Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ruff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (305 more) ...
- Mt. Bell MB Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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.
Perkinsville itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 44 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Perkinsville, with the one closest to Perkinsville listed first.
- Randalls Bluff ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Randalls Bluff is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalls Bluff
- Fearns Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fearns Springs is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearns Springs
- Mashulaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mashulaville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashulaville
- Singleton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Singleton is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleton
- Hashuqua ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hashuqua is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashuqua
- Handle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Handle is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
- Betheden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Betheden is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betheden
- Webster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Webster is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Loakfoma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Loakfoma is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loakfoma
- Lynn Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lynn Creek is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Creek
- Louisville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Noxapater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Gholson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gholson is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gholson
- Preston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Preston is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Fairport ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fairport is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Perkinsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Perkinsville.
Newspapers Published in Perkinsville ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Perkinsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Perkinsville, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Perkinsville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Perkinsville:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Winston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Attala County
- Choctaw County
- Kemper County
- Lowndes County
- Neshoba County
- Noxubee County
- Oktibbeha County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Perkinsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Perkinsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |