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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 Sessums (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 Sessums. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Sessums is located in Oktibbeha 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 Oktibbeha County: Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Webster & Winston.

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

  • Oktibbeha County     (The home county of Sessums)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sessums, with the one closest to Sessums listed first.
    • Clayton Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clayton Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Village
      • Clayton Village is located in Oktibbeha County
    • Starkville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Longview
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Adaton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Bradley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Sturgis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sturgis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgis
      • Sturgis is located in Oktibbeha County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sturgis <2>
    • Double Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Maben
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Choctaw County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sessums, with the one closest to Sessums listed first.
    • Reform
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Reform. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
      • Reform is located in Choctaw County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Reform
      • From Sessums to Reform
    • Williams
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Ackerman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Clay County
  • Lowndes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sessums, with the one closest to Sessums listed first.
    • Artesia
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Bent Oak
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Crawford
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crawford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
      • Crawford is located in Lowndes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 655 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crawford <2>
    • Columbus
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • New Hope
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • New Hope is located in Lowndes County
    • Kolola Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Caledonia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Monroe County
  • Noxubee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sessums, with the one closest to Sessums listed first.
    • Fairport ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fairport. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
      • Fairport is located in Noxubee County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Fairport
      • From Sessums to Fairport
    • Brooksville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Deerbrook
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Mashulaville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Macon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ravine
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ravine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
      • Ravine is located in Noxubee County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Ravine
      • From Sessums to Ravine
    • Harlan ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harlan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
      • Harlan is located in Noxubee County
    • Hashuqua ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hashuqua have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashuqua
      • Hashuqua is located in Noxubee County
  • Webster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sessums, with the one closest to Sessums listed first.
    • Mathiston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Clarkson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mantee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mantee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantee
      • Mantee is located in Webster County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
    • Sapa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sapa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapa
      • Sapa is located in Webster County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Sapa
      • From Sessums to Sapa
  • Winston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sessums, with the one closest to Sessums listed first.
    • Louisville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Fearns Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Pickens County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sessums, with the one closest to Sessums listed first.
    • Macedonia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macedonia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
      • Macedonia is located in Pickens County (AL)
    • Stafford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Ethelsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ethelsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethelsville
      • Ethelsville is located in Pickens County (AL)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
    • Pickensville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Archer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Memphis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Memphis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
      • Memphis is located in Pickens County (AL)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people

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

Cemeteries Near Sessums ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sessums.

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 Sessums covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Sessums Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sessums Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sessums Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Peters Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peters Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rice Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rice Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rice Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Seitz Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Seitz Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Seitz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Parrish Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parrish Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parrish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fox Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fox Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Salem Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Curtis Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Curtis Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Curtis Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oktibbeha Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Sand Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Boyd Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boyd Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boyd Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sanders Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sanders Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sanders Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (277 more) ...
    • Community Club Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Community Club Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Community Club Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Bethesda Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethesda Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethesda Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Henkle Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henkle Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Henkle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 in 1895, Sessums had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Artesia
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Oktoc
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oktoc have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oktoc
    • Oktoc is located in Oktibbeha County
  • Starkville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Osborn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Osborn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
    • Osborn is located in Oktibbeha County
  • Fairport ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fairport. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
    • Fairport is located in Noxubee County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Fairport
    • From Sessums to Fairport
  • Crawford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crawford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
    • Crawford is located in Lowndes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 655 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crawford <2>
  • Tibbee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tibbee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tibbee
    • Tibbee is located in Clay County
  • Mhoons Valley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • McIntyre ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McIntyre have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntyre
    • McIntyre is located in Lowndes County
  • Longview
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Lynn Creek
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynn Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Creek
    • Lynn Creek is located in Noxubee County
  • Cedar Bluff
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Sessums ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sessums.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sessums, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sessums.

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 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 Sessums:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sessums. 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>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 Sessums, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Sessums) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sessums. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.4161, Longitude: -88.7140       In this case, the coordinates for Sessums have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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