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 Riverside (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 Riverside. 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 doctors 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.
Riverside is located in Lafayette 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 Lafayette County: Calhoun, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Tate, Union & Yalobusha.
Below are the counties that are near Riverside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Riverside:
- Lafayette County (The home county of Riverside)
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Abbeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Altus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Altus is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Oxford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lafayette Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lafayette Springs is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Springs
- Cornish
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cornish is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Harmontown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Harmontown is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown
- Alesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- Delay
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Delay is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delay
- Taylor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Springdale is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Hickory Flat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Snow Lake Shores
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Snow Lake Shores is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Lake Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Ashland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Sarepta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sarepta is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarepta
- Banner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Cornersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cornersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersville
- Potts Camp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Laws Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
- Holly Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Chulahoma
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Chulahoma is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulahoma
- Marianna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Marianna is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marianna
- Atway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Atway is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atway
- Hudsonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hudsonville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsonville
- Red Banks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Victoria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Victoria is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Slayden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Slayden is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Byhalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Taska
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Taska is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taska
- Panola County
- Terza
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Terza is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terza
- Pontotoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Thaxton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Toccopola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Toccopola is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toccopola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Turnpike
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Turnpike is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike
- Ecru
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Possum Trot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Possum Trot is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- Cherry Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cherry Creek is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Pontotoc
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nixon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Nixon is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Pannell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pannell is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pannell
- Algoma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tate County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Wyatte
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wyatte is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatte
- Tyro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Tyro is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Aiken
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Aiken is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Looxahoma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Looxahoma is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looxahoma
- Poagville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Poagville is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poagville
- Tippah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Blue Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Gravestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gravestown is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravestown
- Lowrey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lowrey is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey
- Whitten Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whitten Town is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten Town
- Clarysville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Clarysville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarysville
- Ripley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dumas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Darden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Darden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Myrtle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fairview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Glenfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Glenfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Ingomar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ingomar is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- New Albany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Mound City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mound City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Molino
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Molino is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Blue Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ellistown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ellistown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellistown
- Yalobusha County
- Water Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Riverside, see our County-by-County Page for Riverside.
Cemeteries Near Riverside ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Riverside.
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 Riverside - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Riverside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Midway Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Baptist Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Maria Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Owens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (403 more) ...
- Cornersville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
While we didn't find Riverside in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Riverside.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Riverside, with the one closest to Riverside listed first.
- Bethlehem
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Cornersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cornersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersville
- Etta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Etta is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etta
- Abbeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gallway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gallway is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallway
- Darden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Darden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Waterford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Potts Camp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hickory Flat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Laws Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
- College Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- College Hill is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Hill
- University
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Oxford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Denmark is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Lafayette Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lafayette Springs is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Riverside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riverside.
Newspapers Published in Riverside ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Riverside.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Riverside, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Riverside.
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 Riverside:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Lafayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Calhoun County
- Marshall County
- Panola County
- Pontotoc County
- Tate County
- Tippah County
- Union 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> | 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 Riverside, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Riverside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |