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 Silver City (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 Silver City. 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 and hospitals 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.
Silver City is located in Humphreys 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 Humphreys County: Holmes, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington & Yazoo.
Below are the counties that are near Silver City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Silver City:
- Humphreys County (The home county of Silver City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver City, with the one closest to Silver City listed first.
- Belzoni
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belzoni
- Belzoni is located in Humphreys County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,889 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belzoni <1>
- Gooden Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooden Lake
- Gooden Lake is located in Humphreys County
- Louise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Jaketown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaketown
- Jaketown is located in Humphreys County
- Lake City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Isola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isola
- Isola is located in Humphreys County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Hinds County
- Delta City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delta City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta City
- Delta City is located in Hinds County
- Delta City
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver City, with the one closest to Silver City listed first.
- Bee Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lake
- Bee Lake is located in Holmes County
- Bee Lake has also been known as:
- Bee Lake Plantation
- Good Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Mileston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mileston
- Mileston is located in Holmes County
- Gwin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwin
- Gwin is located in Holmes County
- Tchula
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
- Tchula is located in Holmes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Tolarville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tolarville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Coxburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east) - Wyatt
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Jones Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Jones Crossing is located in Holmes County
- Keirn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Cruger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Ituma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast) - Lexington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
- Lexington is located in Holmes County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,412 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lexington <1>
- Leflore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver City, with the one closest to Silver City listed first.
- Morgan City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgan City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Morgan City is located in Leflore County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Sidon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Roebuck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roebuck
- Roebuck is located in Leflore County
- Itta Bena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Itta Bena
- Itta Bena is located in Leflore County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,795 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Itta Bena <1>
- Sharkey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver City, with the one closest to Silver City listed first.
- Auter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Richey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richey
- Richey is located in Sharkey County
- Anguilla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anguilla have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anguilla
- Anguilla is located in Sharkey County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 596 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anguilla <1>
- Nitta Yuma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitta Yuma
- Nitta Yuma is located in Sharkey County
- Panther Burn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Burn
- Panther Burn is located in Sharkey County
- Mont Helena
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mont Helena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Helena
- Mont Helena is located in Sharkey County
- Rolling Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Fork
- Rolling Fork is located in Sharkey County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,849 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rolling Fork <1>
- Sunflower County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver City, with the one closest to Silver City listed first.
- Inverness
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Inverness is located in Sunflower County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 852 people
- New Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Baird
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Moorhead
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Moorhead is located in Sunflower County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Indianola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianola
- Indianola is located in Sunflower County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,855 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Indianola <1>
- Heathman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest) - Faisonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver City, with the one closest to Silver City listed first.
- Murphy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Willet
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Hollandale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollandale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollandale
- Hollandale is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,242 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollandale <1>
- Arcola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Forrest City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forrest City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest City
- Forrest City is located in Washington County
- Wilmot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yazoo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver City, with the one closest to Silver City listed first.
- Crump
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Eden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Jonestown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Jonestown is located in Yazoo County
- Yazoo City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yazoo City
- Yazoo City is located in Yazoo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
- Former names for Yazoo City:
- Hannan's Bluff
- Manchester
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yazoo City <1>
- Kearney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Anding
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anding
- Anding is located in Yazoo County
- Oil City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Nod
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Satartia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Silver City, see our County-by-County Page for Silver City.
Newspapers Published in Silver City ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Silver City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Silver City, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Silver City.
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 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 Silver City:
- 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 Humphreys County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hinds County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Holmes 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
- Sharkey County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sunflower County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Washington County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Yazoo County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Hinds County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Humphreys County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
Cemeteries Near Silver City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silver City.
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 Silver City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Silver City, with the one closest to Silver City listed first.
- Bellewood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bellewood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bellewood Cemetery
- Carson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carson Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
- Pluto Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pluto Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pluto Cemetery
- Fullilove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fullilove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fullilove Cemetery
- Holly Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holly Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holly Grove Cemetery
- Woodland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodland Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Brooks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brooks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brooks Cemetery
- Huddleston Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huddleston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huddleston Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Phillips Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Phillips Cemetery
- Thornton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thornton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thornton Cemetery
- Continue List (204 more) ...
- Mathena Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mathena Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mathena Cemetery
- Mt. Everet Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Everet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Everet Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Macedonia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Macedonia Cemetery
- Mathena 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.<4>
While we didn't find Silver City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Silver City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Silver City, with the one closest to Silver City listed first.
- Pluto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Crump
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Belle Prairie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belle Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Prairie
- Belle Prairie is located in Yazoo County
- Dover ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Bee Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lake
- Bee Lake is located in Holmes County
- Bee Lake has also been known as:
- Bee Lake Plantation
- Thornton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Lake City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Good Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Marcella
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Murphy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Auter
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Eden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mileston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mileston
- Mileston is located in Holmes County
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Free Run
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mileston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Silver City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Silver City.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Silver City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Silver City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Silver City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0952, Longitude: -90.4968 In this case, the coordinates for Silver City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Silver City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |