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 Pinchback (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 Pinchback. 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 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.
Pinchback 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 Pinchback. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pinchback:
- Holmes County (The home county of Pinchback)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinchback, with the one closest to Pinchback listed first.
- Keirn
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Keirn is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keirn
- Cruger
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cruger is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Wyatt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wyatt is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Ituma
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ituma is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ituma
- Tchula
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tchula is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Gwin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gwin is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwin
- Acona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Acona is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acona
- Jones Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jones Crossing is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Mileston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mileston is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mileston
- Lexington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Good Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Good Hope is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Tolarville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Bee Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bee Lake is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lake
- Bee Lake has also been known as:
- Bee Lake Plantation
- Attala County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinchback, with the one closest to Pinchback listed first.
- Possumneck
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Possumneck is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumneck
- Auris ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Auris is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auris
- Rocky Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rocky Point is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Sallis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinchback, with the one closest to Pinchback listed first.
- Coila
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coila is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Teoc
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Teoc is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teoc
- Carrollton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Carrollton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Vaiden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Avalon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Avalon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Jefferson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinchback, with the one closest to Pinchback listed first.
- Jaketown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Jaketown is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaketown
- Belzoni
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Silver City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Isola
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Isola is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Gooden Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gooden Lake is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooden Lake
- Lake City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Louise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Louise is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Leflore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinchback, with the one closest to Pinchback listed first.
- Sidon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sidon is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Roebuck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Roebuck is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roebuck
- Morgan City
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Fort Loring
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fort Loring is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Loring
- Greenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Itta Bena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Browning
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Browning is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Shellmound
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Shellmound is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellmound
- Money
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Money is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money
- Schlater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Schlater is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- McNutt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- McNutt is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Sunnyside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Montgomery County
- Winona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sunflower County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinchback, with the one closest to Pinchback listed first.
- Moorhead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moorhead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Inverness
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Inverness is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Population from the 2020 Census: 852 people
- Baird
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Baird is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
- Sunflower
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sunflower is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Indianola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Faisonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Faisonia is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faisonia
- Yazoo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pinchback, with the one closest to Pinchback listed first.
- Eden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Dover ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dover is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Crump
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Crump is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Fordyke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fordyke is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyke
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
- Evans
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Evans is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pinchback, see our County-by-County Page for Pinchback.
Cemeteries Near Pinchback ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pinchback.
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 Pinchback - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pinchback covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pinchback, with the one closest to Pinchback listed first.
- Pinchback Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Valley View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Albino Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lennard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Bank Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cunliff Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Broughman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wanlaw Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (331 more) ...
- Hines Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harmony Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pinecrest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Pinchback in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pinchback.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pinchback, with the one closest to Pinchback listed first.
- Keirn
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Keirn is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keirn
- Cruger
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cruger is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Ituma
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ituma is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ituma
- Tchula
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tchula is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Sidon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sidon is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Howard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Howard is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Acona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Acona is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acona
- Sheppardtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sheppardtown is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppardtown
- Roebuck
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Roebuck is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roebuck
- Marcella
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marcella is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcella
- Mileston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mileston is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mileston
- Rising Sun
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rising Sun is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Sun
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Good Hope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Good Hope is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Lexington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Thornton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thornton is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pinchback. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pinchback.
Newspapers Published in Pinchback ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pinchback.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pinchback, 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 Pinchback.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Pinchback:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Holmes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Attala County
- Carroll County
- Humphreys County
- Leflore County
- Montgomery County
- Sunflower County
- Yazoo 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 Pinchback, 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' (or 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- Pinchback) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |