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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 Shady Grove (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 Shady Grove. 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.
Name Variations for Shady Grove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Shady Grove: Shady Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Shady Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shady Grove.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Shady Grove is located in Copiah 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 Copiah County: Claiborne, Hinds, Lawrence, Lincoln, Rankin & Simpson.
Below are the counties that are near Shady Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shady Grove:
- Copiah County (The home county of Shady Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Hazlehurst
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sardis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sardis is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Martinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsville is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Crystal Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hopewell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Glancy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glancy is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glancy
- Georgetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Georgetown is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Beauregard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Beauregard is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Wesson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bowerton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerton is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerton
- Allen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Allen is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Carpenter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carpenter is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
- Myles
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Myles is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myles
- Claiborne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Carlisle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Carlisle is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Saint Elmo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Saint Elmo is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Hinds County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Thompsonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thompsonville is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Terry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bear Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Creek is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Midway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Midway is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Byram
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Palestine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Palestine is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Adams
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Adams is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Utica
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oakley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oakley is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Learned
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Choctaw Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Choctaw Village is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Village
- Raymond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cayuga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cayuga is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Tryus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tryus is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryus
- Nola
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Nola is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nola
- Rosella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rosella is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosella
- New Hebron
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hooker
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hooker is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Grange ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Grange is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange
- Monticello
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Montgomery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Montgomery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- New Sight
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Sight is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sight
- Brookhaven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Caseyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Caseyville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
- Cobbs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cobbs is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Wellman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wellman is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
- Rankin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Alonzo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alonzo is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alonzo
- Clear Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Branch is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Branch
- Whites
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whites is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites
- King
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- King is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Florence
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Richland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pearson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pearson is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Shivers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Shivers is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shivers
- Westville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Westville is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Braxton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Braxton is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- D'Lo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- D'Lo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Lo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Mendenhall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shady Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Shady Grove.
Cemeteries Near Shady Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shady Grove.
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 Shady Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shady Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Bethesda Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hazlehurst Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Rock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Damascus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mullens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Starling Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gallman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Red Bone Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Clear Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- Deaton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ellington - Redus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellington - Redus Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ellington - Redus Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southwest of Hazlehurst.
- The Ellington - Redus Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ellington Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #59152 <3>
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Shady Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shady Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shady Grove, with the one closest to Shady Grove listed first.
- Hazlehurst
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gallman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gallman is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallman
- Martinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Martinsville is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Ashley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ashley is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley
- Gallatin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gallatin is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatin
- Crystal Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Browns Wells
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Wells is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Wells
- Beauregard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Beauregard is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Georgetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Georgetown is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Beech Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Grove is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
- Wesson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rockport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pearl
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Bowerton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bowerton is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerton
- Tryus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tryus is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryus
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shady Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shady Grove.
Newspapers Published in Shady Grove ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shady Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shady Grove, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shady Grove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Shady Grove:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Copiah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Claiborne County
- Hinds County
- Lawrence County
- Lincoln County
- Rankin County
- Simpson 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> | 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- Shady Grove) 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 Shady Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |