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 Pleasant Hill (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 Pleasant Hill. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Pleasant Hill is primarily located in Copiah County. A portion of Pleasant Hill extends into Jefferson 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 Copiah County: Claiborne, Hinds, Lawrence, Lincoln, Rankin & Simpson.
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Hill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Hill:
- Copiah County (The home county of Pleasant Hill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Allen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Allen is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Bowerton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bowerton is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerton
- Glancy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glancy is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glancy
- Martinsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Martinsville is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Beauregard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Beauregard is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Wesson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Myles
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Myles is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myles
- Carpenter
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Carpenter is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
- Hazlehurst
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sardis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sardis is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Crystal Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Amite County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Mount Olive
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Olive is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Brookside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brookside is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- O'Neil
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- O'Neil is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil
- Claiborne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Carlisle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Carlisle is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Saint Elmo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Saint Elmo is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Port Gibson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Willows
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Willows is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows
- Rocky Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Rocky Springs is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
- Ingleside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Westside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Westside is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside
- Grand Gulf
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Gulf is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Gulf
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- McCall Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Eddiceton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Eddiceton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddiceton
- Bude
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Meadville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hamburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hamburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Roxie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- White Apple
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- White Apple is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Apple
- Hinds County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Bear Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Utica
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Thompsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsonville is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Cayuga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cayuga is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Red Lick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Red Lick is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lick
- Harriston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fayette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rodney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rodney is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Lawrence County
- Nola
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Nola is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nola
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Caseyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Caseyville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
- Cobbs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cobbs is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- New Sight
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- New Sight is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sight
- Montgomery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Montgomery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Brookhaven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Norfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Norfield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfield
- Wellman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wellman is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Hill, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Hill.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Hill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Hill.
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 Pleasant Hill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Hill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Weeks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weeks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Norton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Scott Family Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ben Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shelton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hartley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (410 more) ...
- Singletary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hickory Block Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Philadelphia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Pleasant Hill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Hill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- McBride
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McBride is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride
- Union Church
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Church is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Church
- Allen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Allen is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Caseyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Caseyville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
- Barlow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Barlow is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Kennolia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kennolia is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennolia
- Veto
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Veto is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veto
- Bowerton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bowerton is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerton
- Browns Wells
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Browns Wells is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Wells
- Red Lick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Red Lick is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lick
- Stonington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stonington is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
- Hermanville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hermanville is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermanville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Harriston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- McNair
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- McNair is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNair
- Gallatin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gallatin is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Hill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Hill.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Hill ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Hill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Hill, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Hill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Pleasant Hill:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Copiah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amite County
- Claiborne County
- Franklin County
- Hinds County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pleasant Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Pleasant Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |