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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 Spring Cottage (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 Spring Cottage. 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/Parishes ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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/parishes 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/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Spring Cottage is located in Marion 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 Marion County: Washington (LA), Jefferson, Lamar, Lawrence, Pearl River & Walthall.

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

  • Marion County     (The home county of Spring Cottage)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Cottage, with the one closest to Spring Cottage listed first.
    • Pinebur
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Pinebur is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebur
    • Twin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Twin is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
    • Columbia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Kokomo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Expose
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Expose is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Expose
    • Goss
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Goss is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
  • Forrest County
    • Carnes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Carnes is located in Forrest County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes
  • Jefferson Davis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Cottage, with the one closest to Spring Cottage listed first.
    • Melba
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Melba is located in Jefferson Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melba
    • Oak Vale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Oak Vale is located in Jefferson Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Vale
    • Bassfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Bassfield is located in Jefferson Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
  • Lamar County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Cottage, with the one closest to Spring Cottage listed first.
    • Wells Town
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Wells Town is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Town
    • Lumberton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Purvis
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Sumrall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • West Hattiesburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • West Hattiesburg is located in Lamar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hattiesburg
  • Lawrence County
    • Tilton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Tilton is located in Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
  • Pearl River County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Cottage, with the one closest to Spring Cottage listed first.
    • Hillsdale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hillsdale is located in Pearl River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
    • Poplarville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Juniper Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Juniper Grove is located in Pearl River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Grove
  • Walthall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Cottage, with the one closest to Spring Cottage listed first.
    • Tylertown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Sartinville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Sartinville is located in Walthall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartinville
  • Washington Parish (LA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Spring Cottage, with the one closest to Spring Cottage listed first.
    • Angie
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Angie is located in Washington Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angie <1>
    • Varnado
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Varnado is located in Washington Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varnado
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Varnado <1>
    • Popeville ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Popeville is located in Washington Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popeville
    • Pine
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine is located in Washington Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
    • Bogalusa
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Bogalusa is located in Washington Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogalusa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,412 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bogalusa <1>
    • Lees Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Lees Creek is located in Washington Parish (LA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
    • Franklinton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Spring Cottage ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spring Cottage.

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 Spring Cottage - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spring Cottage covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Spring Cottage Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Capp Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Warren Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pearl River Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Sandy Hook Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sandy Hook Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ford Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • T E Stogner Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Ford Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Clear Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (469 more) ...
    • Hurricane Creek Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • New Zion Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Pinebur Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Spring Cottage had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Pickwick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pickwick is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick
  • Columbia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Popeville ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Popeville is located in Washington Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popeville
  • Orvisburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Orvisburg is located in Pearl River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orvisburg
  • Goss
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Goss is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
  • Hillsdale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillsdale is located in Pearl River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
  • Poplarville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lees Creek
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Lees Creek is located in Washington Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
  • Chinquapin
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Chinquapin is located in Pearl River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinquapin
  • Oak Vale
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Vale is located in Jefferson Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Vale
  • Tilton
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Tilton is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
  • Franklinton
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Spring Cottage ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spring Cottage.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spring Cottage, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Spring Cottage.

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 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 Spring Cottage:

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>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 Spring Cottage, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Spring Cottage) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.