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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 Redhill (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 Redhill. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Redhill is located in Perry 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 Perry County: Forrest, George, Greene, Jones, Stone & Wayne.

Below are the counties that are near Redhill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Redhill:

  • Perry County     (The home county of Redhill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Redhill, with the one closest to Redhill listed first.
    • New Augusta
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Wingate
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wingate is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
    • Beaumont
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Beaumont is located in Perry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 894 people
    • Richton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Covington County
    • Lux
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lux is located in Covington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lux
  • Forrest County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Redhill, with the one closest to Redhill listed first.
    • Brooklyn
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • McLaurin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • McLaurin is located in Forrest County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLaurin
    • Goodluck
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Goodluck is located in Forrest County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodluck
    • Carnes
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Carnes is located in Forrest County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes
    • Petal
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Petal is located in Forrest County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,692 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petal <1>
    • Hattiesburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • George County
    • Bexley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Bexley is located in George County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexley
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Redhill, with the one closest to Redhill listed first.
    • McLain
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • McLain is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
    • Avera
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Avera is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avera
    • Bothwell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Bothwell is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bothwell
    • Hillman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Hillman is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
    • Carson City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Carson City is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson City
    • Leakesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Clark
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Clark is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Jones County
    • Ovett
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Ovett is located in Jones County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovett
  • Lamar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Redhill, with the one closest to Redhill listed first.
    • Purvis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • West Hattiesburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • West Hattiesburg is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hattiesburg
    • Lumberton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Wells Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Wells Town is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Town
  • Pearl River County
    • Hillsdale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Hillsdale is located in Pearl River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
  • Stone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Redhill, with the one closest to Redhill listed first.
    • Wiggins
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Smith Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Smith Town is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
    • McHenry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • McHenry is located in Stone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
  • Wayne County
    • Mulberry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Mulberry is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Redhill, see our County-by-County Page for Redhill.

Cemeteries Near Redhill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Redhill.

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 Redhill - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Redhill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Redhill, with the one closest to Redhill listed first.

  • Sweetwater Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • New Augusta Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Herring Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hinton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Denham Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mixon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • McSwain Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Stevens Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Garraway Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ferguson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • McKenzie Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (283 more) ...
    • Breland Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Carter Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hollimon Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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.<4>

While we didn't find Redhill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Redhill.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Redhill, with the one closest to Redhill listed first.

  • Leaf
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Leaf is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf
  • Hattiesburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Avera
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Avera is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avera
  • Eastabuchie
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Eastabuchie is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastabuchie
  • Henderson
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Henderson is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
  • Moselle
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Moselle is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moselle
  • Hillsdale
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hillsdale is located in Pearl River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
  • Leakesville
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Redhill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Redhill.

Newspapers Published in Redhill ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Redhill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Redhill, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Redhill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Redhill:

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Redhill) 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 Redhill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.