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 South Pascagoula (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 South Pascagoula. 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 South Pascagoula ...
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 South Pascagoula: S. Pascagoula
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 southeast 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 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.
South Pascagoula is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Mobile (AL), George, Harrison & Stone.
Below are the counties that are near South Pascagoula. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Pascagoula:
- Jackson County (The home county of South Pascagoula)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Pascagoula, with the one closest to South Pascagoula listed first.
- Eastside
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Eastside is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastside
- Pascagoula
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Moss Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Escatawpa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Escatawpa is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
- Orange Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orange Grove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Gautier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Martin Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Martin Bluff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Bluff
- Helena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Helena is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Coll Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Coll Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coll Town
- Fountainebleau
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fountainebleau is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainebleau
- Fort Bayou ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Bayou is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bayou
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Pascagoula, with the one closest to South Pascagoula listed first.
- Biloxi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- D'Iberville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Beauvoir
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Beauvoir is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauvoir
- Wool Market
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wool Market is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
- Wool Market has also been known as:
- Woolmarket
- Coalville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Coalville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Lorraine Community ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lorraine Community is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine Community
- Mississippi City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
- Mobile County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Pascagoula, with the one closest to South Pascagoula listed first.
- Grand Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bayou La Batre
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Coden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Saint Elmo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Irvington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alabama Port
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Alabama Port is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama Port
- Dauphin Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dauphin Island is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dauphin Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,366 people
- Theodore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bellefontaine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bellefontaine is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine
- Mon Louis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mon Louis is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
- Tillmans Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tillmans Corner is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillmans Corner
- Fort Gaines ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fort Gaines is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gaines
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Pascagoula, see our County-by-County Page for South Pascagoula.
Cemeteries Near South Pascagoula ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Pascagoula.
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 South Pascagoula - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Pascagoula covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Pascagoula, with the one closest to South Pascagoula listed first.
- Jackson County Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Spanish Fort Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Macpelah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Griffin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pinecrest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Orange Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (116 more) ...
- First MB Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Taylor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kivisto Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
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.<3>
While we didn't find South Pascagoula in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of South Pascagoula.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Pascagoula, with the one closest to South Pascagoula listed first.
- Pascagoula
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Moss Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Orange Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orange Grove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Escatawpa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Escatawpa is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
- Fort Bayou ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Bayou is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bayou
- Grand Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bayou La Batre
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Vancleave
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Three Rivers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Three Rivers is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
- Ocean Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Coden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fernland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fernland is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernland
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Saint Elmo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Biloxi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fowl River
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fowl River is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowl River
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Pascagoula. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Pascagoula.
Newspapers Published in South Pascagoula ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Pascagoula.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Pascagoula, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Pascagoula.
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 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 South Pascagoula:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Harrison County
- Mobile 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 South Pascagoula, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- South Pascagoula) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |