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 Scobey (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 Scobey. 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.
Scobey is located in Yalobusha County.
To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Yalobusha County: Calhoun, Grenada, Lafayette, Panola & Tallahatchie.
Below are the counties that are near Scobey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scobey:
- Yalobusha County (The home county of Scobey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scobey, with the one closest to Scobey listed first.
- Tillatoba
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Oakland is located in Yalobusha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakland <2>
- Coffeeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeeville
- Coffeeville is located in Yalobusha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coffeeville <2>
- Velma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Water Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Water Valley is located in Yalobusha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,221 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Water Valley <2>
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scobey, with the one closest to Scobey listed first.
- Big Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Banner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Banner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Banner <2>
- Bruce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bruce have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Bruce is located in Calhoun County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bruce <2>
- Pittsboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scobey, with the one closest to Scobey listed first.
- Jefferson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Avalon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Teoc
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - North Carrollton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Carrollton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carrollton
- North Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Carrollton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carrollton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrollton <2>
- Grenada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scobey, with the one closest to Scobey listed first.
- Memphis Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Memphis Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Junction
- Memphis Junction is located in Grenada County
- Grenada
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grenada
- Grenada is located in Grenada County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,105 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grenada <2>
- Turkey Foot Fork
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot Fork
- Turkey Foot Fork is located in Grenada County
- Elliott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Elliott is located in Grenada County
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scobey, with the one closest to Scobey listed first.
- Springdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Springdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Springdale is located in Lafayette County
- Taylor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Taylor is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <2>
- Leflore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scobey, with the one closest to Scobey listed first.
- Minter City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter City
- Minter City is located in Leflore County
- Money
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money
- Money is located in Leflore County
- Sunnyside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Sunnyside is located in Leflore County
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scobey, with the one closest to Scobey listed first.
- Duck Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Hill
- Duck Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,760 people
- Eskridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Sweatman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweatman
- Sweatman is located in Montgomery County
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scobey, with the one closest to Scobey listed first.
- Pope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Courtland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
- Courtland is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Chapeltown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapeltown
- Chapeltown is located in Panola County
- Mims
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mims
- Mims is located in Panola County
- Batesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Batesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Batesville is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Batesville <2>
- Terza
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Quitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scobey, with the one closest to Scobey listed first.
- Crowder
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Bobo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
- Bobo is located in Quitman County
- Lambert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Lambert is located in Quitman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,325 people
- Yarbrough
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarbrough
- Yarbrough is located in Quitman County
- Vance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Vance is located in Quitman County
- Tallahatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scobey, with the one closest to Scobey listed first.
- Rosebloom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Charleston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charleston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Charleston is located in Tallahatchie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,882 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charleston <2>
- Paynes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Crevi ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Leverett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Swan Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County
- Glendora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glendora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendora
- Glendora is located in Tallahatchie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glendora <2>
- Albin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albin
- Albin is located in Tallahatchie County
- Webb
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - Sumner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
- Sumner is located in Tallahatchie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Scobey, see our County-by-County Page for Scobey.
Cemeteries Near Scobey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scobey.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Scobey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Scobey, with the one closest to Scobey listed first.
- Scobey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scobey Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scobey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #63353 <4>
- Jehovah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jehovah Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jehovah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Baker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baker Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Lesters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lesters Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lesters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Cook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cook Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Grove Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<5> to the southeast of Tillatoba.
- The Pine Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pine Grove West Missionary Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #61941 <4>
- Pea Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pea Ridge Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pea Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Poa Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poa Ridge Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Poa Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Harris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harris Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (321 more) ...
- Zion Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Guess Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Guess Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Guess Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Swearengen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swearengen Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Swearengen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Zion Grove Cemetery
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.<6>
While we didn't find Scobey in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Scobey.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Scobey, with the one closest to Scobey listed first.
- Murphreesboro ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphreesboro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphreesboro
- Murphreesboro is located in Tallahatchie County
- Rosebloom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Oakland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Oakland is located in Yalobusha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakland <2>
- Cascilla
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Coffeeville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeeville
- Coffeeville is located in Yalobusha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coffeeville <2>
- Charleston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charleston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Charleston is located in Tallahatchie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,882 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charleston <2>
- Paynes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Leverett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Grenada
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grenada
- Grenada is located in Grenada County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,105 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grenada <2>
- Crevi ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Oxberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Velma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Teasdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest) - Parsons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Pope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Teasdale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Scobey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scobey.
Newspapers Published in Scobey ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scobey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scobey, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Scobey.
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 Scobey:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Mississippi Department of Archives & History
- Pages specific to Yalobusha County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Carroll County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Grenada County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lafayette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Leflore County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Montgomery County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Panola County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Quitman County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Tallahatchie County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Calhoun County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Yalobusha County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Yalobusha County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Scobey. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Scobey) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Scobey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9415, Longitude: -89.8659 In this case, the coordinates for Scobey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | 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 Scobey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |