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 Sunflower (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 Sunflower. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Sunflower is located in Prentiss 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 Prentiss County: Alcorn, Itawamba, Tippah, Tishomingo & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Sunflower. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sunflower:
- Prentiss County (The home county of Sunflower)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunflower, with the one closest to Sunflower listed first.
- Booneville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lake City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Altitude
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Wheeler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Blackland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Jumpertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Pisgah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pisgah is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Geeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Geeville is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
- New Site
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Baldwyn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Marietta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Alcorn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunflower, with the one closest to Sunflower listed first.
- Rienzi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Jacinto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Biggersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Searcy Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Hightown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Allentown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Kossuth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Glen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Glens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Corinth
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Farmington
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Itawamba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunflower, with the one closest to Sunflower listed first.
- Kirkville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Mantachie
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Eastman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eastman is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Ballardsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ballardsville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballardsville
- Fulton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clay is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Greenwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greenwood is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Bounds Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bounds Crossroads is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds Crossroads
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunflower, with the one closest to Sunflower listed first.
- Guntown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Boggan Bend
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Boggan Bend is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggan Bend
- Corrona
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Corrona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrona
- Saltillo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Birmingham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Jug Fork
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jug Fork is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jug Fork
- Indian Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Indian Hills is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Mooreville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mooreville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreville
- Tupelo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pontotoc County
- Sherman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tippah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunflower, with the one closest to Sunflower listed first.
- Dumas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Clarysville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Clarysville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarysville
- Ripley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Falkner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tiplersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tiplersville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiplersville
- Blue Mountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Walnut
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lowrey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lowrey is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey
- Whitten Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Whitten Town is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten Town
- Gravestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gravestown is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravestown
- Tishomingo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunflower, with the one closest to Sunflower listed first.
- Holcut
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Paden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Burnsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tishomingo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Dennis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Midway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Iuka
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Belmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Golden
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Short
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunflower, with the one closest to Sunflower listed first.
- Graham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Alpine
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Alpine is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Molino
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Molino is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Ellistown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ellistown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellistown
- Blue Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- New Albany
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glenfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Glenfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunflower, with the one closest to Sunflower listed first.
- Bishop
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Riverton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Franklin County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunflower, with the one closest to Sunflower listed first.
- Red Bay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Site
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Hardeman County (TN)
- Essary Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Essary Springs is located in Hardeman County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essary Springs
- McNairy County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunflower, with the one closest to Sunflower listed first.
- Chewalla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chewalla is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewalla
- Guys
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Guys is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Caffey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Michie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ramer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tulu
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Eastview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sunflower, see our County-by-County Page for Sunflower.
Cemeteries Near Sunflower ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunflower.
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 Sunflower - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunflower covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunflower, with the one closest to Sunflower listed first.
- Booneville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Friendship Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cains Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Everett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old County Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gaston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Betts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (559 more) ...
- Carolina Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oaklawn Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Campground Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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 Sunflower in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sunflower.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunflower, with the one closest to Sunflower listed first.
- Booneville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Blackland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Altitude
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Rienzi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Geeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Geeville is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
- Jacinto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- New Site
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Baldwyn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Marietta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Burton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Hightown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Bethany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Graham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Kirkville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Kossuth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sunflower. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunflower.
Newspapers Published in Sunflower ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunflower.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunflower, 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 Sunflower.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Sunflower:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Prentiss County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alcorn County
- Itawamba County
- Lee County
- Pontotoc County
- Tippah County
- Tishomingo County
- Union County
- Colbert County
- Franklin County
- Hardeman County
- McNairy 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> | 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- Sunflower) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Sunflower, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |