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 Pope (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 Pope. 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.
Pope is located in Panola 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 Panola County: Lafayette, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tunica & Yalobusha.
Below are the counties that are near Pope. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pope:
- Panola County (The home county of Pope)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pope, with the one closest to Pope listed first.
- Courtland
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Courtland is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Chapeltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chapeltown is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapeltown
- Batesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Terza
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Terza is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terza
- Mims
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mims is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mims
- Ballentine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ballentine is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballentine
- Sardis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Como
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Longtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Longtown is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Crenshaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Askew
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Askew is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew
- Coahoma County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pope, with the one closest to Pope listed first.
- Jonestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Eagles Nest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Eagles Nest is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Grenada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pope, with the one closest to Pope listed first.
- Turkey Foot Fork
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Turkey Foot Fork is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot Fork
- Memphis Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Memphis Junction is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Junction
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pope, with the one closest to Pope listed first.
- Springdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Springdale is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Taylor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Alesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- Oxford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harmontown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harmontown is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown
- Quitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pope, with the one closest to Pope listed first.
- Crowder
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Crowder is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Bobo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bobo is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
- Marks
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lambert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lambert is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,325 people
- Yarbrough
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Yarbrough is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarbrough
- Falcon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Falcon is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Sledge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sledge is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Vance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vance is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Tallahatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pope, with the one closest to Pope listed first.
- Crevi ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crevi is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crevi
- Charleston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Paynes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Paynes is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes
- Rosebloom
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rosebloom is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebloom
- Leverett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Leverett is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
- Sumner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sumner is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Webb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Webb is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Albin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Albin is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albin
- Swan Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Tutwiler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tate County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pope, with the one closest to Pope listed first.
- Looxahoma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Looxahoma is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looxahoma
- New Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- New Town is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Senatobia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tyro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tyro is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Goode
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Goode is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goode
- Yalobusha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pope, with the one closest to Pope listed first.
- Oakland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tillatoba
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tillatoba is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillatoba
- Population from the 2010 Census: 91 people
- Water Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Velma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Velma is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velma
- Coffeeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pope, see our County-by-County Page for Pope.
Cemeteries Near Pope ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pope.
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 Pope - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pope covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pope, with the one closest to Pope listed first.
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Chapeltown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Whitten Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Duke Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Long Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Batesville Magnolia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (266 more) ...
- Center Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jackson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Pope had railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Pope had a population of 245 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pope, with the one closest to Pope listed first.
- Courtland
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Courtland is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Eureka Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Eureka Springs is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Springs
- Chapeltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chapeltown is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapeltown
- Batesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Teasdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Teasdale is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teasdale
- Central Academy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Central Academy is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Academy
- Terza
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Terza is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terza
- Oakland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Crevi ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crevi is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crevi
- Charleston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sardis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Wallace
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wallace is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pleasant Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Water Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lespedeza
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lespedeza is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lespedeza
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pope. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pope.
Newspapers Published in Pope ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pope.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pope, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pope.
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 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 Pope:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Panola County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coahoma County
- Grenada County
- Lafayette County
- Quitman County
- Tallahatchie County
- Tate County
- Yalobusha 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 Pope, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pope) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |