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 Tara Estates (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 Tara Estates. 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 Tara Estates ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Tara Estates: Tara Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Tara Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Tara Estates.
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 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.
Tara Estates is located in Lafayette 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 Lafayette County: Calhoun, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Tate, Union & Yalobusha.
Below are the counties that are near Tara Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tara Estates:
- Lafayette County (The home county of Tara Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tara Estates, with the one closest to Tara Estates listed first.
- Oxford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- Abbeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Taylor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Altus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Altus is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Harmontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harmontown is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown
- Springdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Springdale is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Delay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Delay is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delay
- Cornish
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cornish is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Lafayette Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lafayette Springs is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Springs
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tara Estates, with the one closest to Tara Estates listed first.
- Hickory Flat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tara Estates, with the one closest to Tara Estates listed first.
- Banner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sarepta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sarepta is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarepta
- Bruce
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tara Estates, with the one closest to Tara Estates listed first.
- Laws Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
- Chulahoma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Chulahoma is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulahoma
- Cornersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cornersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersville
- Marianna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Marianna is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marianna
- Potts Camp
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Red Banks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Victoria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Victoria is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tara Estates, with the one closest to Tara Estates listed first.
- Terza
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Terza is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terza
- Sardis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Batesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Como
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Courtland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Courtland is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Pope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pope is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Chapeltown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chapeltown is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapeltown
- Pontotoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tara Estates, with the one closest to Tara Estates listed first.
- Toccopola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Toccopola is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toccopola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Thaxton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Turnpike
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Turnpike is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike
- Possum Trot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Possum Trot is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- Ecru
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pannell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pannell is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pannell
- Tate County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tara Estates, with the one closest to Tara Estates listed first.
- Tyro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tyro is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Wyatte
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wyatte is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatte
- Aiken
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Aiken is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Looxahoma
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Looxahoma is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looxahoma
- New Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Poagville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Poagville is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poagville
- Antioch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Senatobia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tara Estates, with the one closest to Tara Estates listed first.
- Darden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Darden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Fairview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Myrtle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ingomar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ingomar is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Glenfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Glenfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Yalobusha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tara Estates, with the one closest to Tara Estates listed first.
- Water Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Velma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Velma is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velma
- Coffeeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tara Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Tara Estates.
Cemeteries Near Tara Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tara Estates.
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 Tara Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tara Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tara Estates, with the one closest to Tara Estates listed first.
- College Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North Oxford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Confederate Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Toby Tubby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Chapel CME Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Oxford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Martin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Buford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (366 more) ...
- St. Peter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Elijah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Tara Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tara Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tara Estates, with the one closest to Tara Estates listed first.
- College Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- College Hill is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Hill
- University
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- Abbeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Taylor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wallace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wallace is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Harmontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harmontown is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown
- Laws Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
- Springdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Springdale is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Delay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Delay is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delay
- Denmark
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Denmark is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Glenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Glenville is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
- Lespedeza
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lespedeza is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lespedeza
- Tula
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tula is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tula
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tara Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tara Estates.
Newspapers Published in Tara Estates ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tara Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tara Estates, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tara Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Tara Estates:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Lafayette County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Calhoun County
- Marshall County
- Panola County
- Pontotoc County
- Tate County
- Union County
- Yalobusha 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 Tara Estates, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tara Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |