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 Pine Grove (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 Pine Grove. 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.
Name Variations for Pine Grove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pine Grove: Pine Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pine Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Grove.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Pine Grove is located in Tippah 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 Tippah County: Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Union & Hardeman (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Pine Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Grove:
- Tippah County (The home county of Pine Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Dumas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Clarysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clarysville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarysville
- Ripley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Lowrey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lowrey is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey
- Falkner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitten Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whitten Town is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten Town
- Tiplersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Tiplersville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiplersville
- Gravestown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gravestown is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravestown
- Walnut
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Alcorn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Hightown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Kossuth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allentown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Rienzi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Biggersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Searcy Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Jacinto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Corinth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Glens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Farmington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Pine Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Hickory Flat
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ashland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Canaan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Canaan is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Snow Lake Shores
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Lake Shores is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Lake Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Itawamba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Kirkville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Mantachie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Corrona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Corrona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrona
- Boggan Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Boggan Bend is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggan Bend
- Jug Fork
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jug Fork is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jug Fork
- Birmingham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Birmingham is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Guntown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Saltillo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Indian Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Indian Hills is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Bissell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bissell is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
- Tupelo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mooreville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mooreville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreville
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Cornersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Cornersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersville
- Potts Camp
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pontotoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Sherman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cherry Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Creek is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Ecru
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nixon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Nixon is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Possum Trot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Possum Trot is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- Pontotoc
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Prentiss County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Blackland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Jumpertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Geeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Geeville is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
- Pisgah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pisgah is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Wheeler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Booneville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Lake City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Baldwyn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Altitude
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Marietta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- New Site
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Burton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Tishomingo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Holcut
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Burnsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Molino
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Molino is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Graham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Alpine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Alpine is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Ellistown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ellistown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellistown
- Mound City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- New Albany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glenfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glenfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Blue Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Myrtle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ingomar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ingomar is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Darden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Darden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Fairview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Hardeman County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Essary Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Essary Springs is located in Hardeman County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essary Springs
- Middleton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rogers Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rogers Springs is located in Hardeman County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Springs
- McNairy County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Chewalla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chewalla is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewalla
- Guys
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Guys is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Ramer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Grove.
Cemeteries Near Pine Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Grove.
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 Pine Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Boxs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Scruggs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Walker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dumas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Turners Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Concord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Paynes Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chapman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Prospect Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McCord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (526 more) ...
- Stubb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bartlett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Pine Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Dumas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Mitchell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Molino
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Molino is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Blackland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Graham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Geeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Geeville is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
- Silver Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Silver Springs is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Ripley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Keownville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Keownville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keownville
- Bethany
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bethany is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Cotton Plant
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cotton Plant is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Lowrey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lowrey is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Blue Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Baker
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Baker is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Corrona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Corrona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrona
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Grove.
Newspapers Published in Pine Grove ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Grove, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Grove.
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 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 Pine Grove:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Tippah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alcorn County
- Benton County
- Itawamba County
- Lee County
- Marshall County
- Pontotoc County
- Prentiss County
- Tishomingo County
- Union County
- Hardeman 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> | 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 Pine Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Pine Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |