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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Pleasant Hill is located in DeSoto 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 DeSoto County: Crittenden (AR), Marshall, Tate, Tunica & Shelby (TN).
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:
- DeSoto 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.
- Cub Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cub Lake is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Lake
- Eudora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eudora is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Hernando
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nesbit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bright
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bright is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Lake Cormorant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Memphis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Memphis is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Newport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newport is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Aldens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- Glover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Alphaba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Alphaba is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alphaba
- Horn Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- De Soto Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Lafayette County
- Harmontown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harmontown is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Byhalia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Barton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Chulahoma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Chulahoma is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulahoma
- Victoria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Victoria is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Marianna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Marianna is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marianna
- Cayce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cayce is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Red Banks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Askew
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Askew is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew
- Longtown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Longtown is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Crenshaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Como
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sardis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ballentine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ballentine is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballentine
- Quitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Sledge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Sledge is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Falcon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Falcon is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Tate County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Arkabutla
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Arkabutla is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkabutla
- Coldwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Senatobia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Goode
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Goode is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode
- Poagville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Poagville is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poagville
- New Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Town is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Looxahoma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Looxahoma is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looxahoma
- Aiken
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aiken is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Wyatte
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wyatte is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatte
- Tyro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tyro is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Tunica County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Banks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Banks is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- North Tunica
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Tunica is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tunica
- Tunica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Evansville is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Mhoon Landing ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mhoon Landing is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mhoon Landing
- Austin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Austin is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Clayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clayton is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Peyton ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Peyton is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyton
- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Seyppel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Seyppel is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyppel
- Horseshoe Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Horseshoe Lake is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Pinckney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pinckney is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckney
- Anthonyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Anthonyville is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthonyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Amanca
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Amanca is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanca
- Hulbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Edmondson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edmondson is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmondson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- West Memphis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Proctor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mound City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marion is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,290 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <1>
- Lee County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Peters
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Peters is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters
- Bledsoe
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bledsoe is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Winona ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Winona is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Brickeys
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Brickeys is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Saint Francis County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Hughes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hughes is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,200 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hughes <1>
- Rawlinson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
- Heth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shelby County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Capleville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Capleville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capleville
- Oakville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Parkway Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Parkway Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
- Hunt Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hunt Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
- Memphis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- The Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- The Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Binghampton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- Germantown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Forest Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Hill is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Collierville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
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.
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Perry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Farley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Arkabutla Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Old Love Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Love Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem Baptist Church
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Coldwater Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grays Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jaybird Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (289 more) ...
- Knights Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Bethany Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Bethany Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Pleasant Hill had a population of 173 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Hill, with the one closest to Pleasant Hill listed first.
- Cub Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cub Lake is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Lake
- Eudora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eudora is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Arkabutla
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Arkabutla is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkabutla
- Hernando
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nesbit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Days
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Days is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days
- Coldwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bright
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bright is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Lake Cormorant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Penton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Penton is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penton
- Walls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Walls is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,441 people
- Former name for Walls:
- Alpika
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walls <1>
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Strayhorn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Strayhorn is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strayhorn
- Horn Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Robinsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Robinsonville is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
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 29 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 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. 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 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 DeSoto County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lafayette County
- Marshall County
- Panola County
- Quitman County
- Tate County
- Tunica County
- Crittenden County
- Lee County
- Saint Francis County
- Shelby 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pleasant Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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. |