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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 Tie Plant (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 Tie Plant. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Tie Plant is located in Grenada 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 Grenada County: Calhoun, Carroll, Leflore, Montgomery, Tallahatchie, Webster & Yalobusha.

Below are the counties that are near Tie Plant. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tie Plant:

  • Grenada County     (The home county of Tie Plant)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tie Plant, with the one closest to Tie Plant listed first.
    • Grenada
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Memphis Junction
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Memphis Junction is located in Grenada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Junction
    • Elliott
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Elliott is located in Grenada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
    • Turkey Foot Fork
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Turkey Foot Fork is located in Grenada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot Fork
  • Calhoun County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tie Plant, with the one closest to Tie Plant listed first.
    • Big Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Big Creek is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
    • Slate Spring
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Slate Spring is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Spring
    • Slate Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Slate Springs is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
    • Calhoun City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Derma
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Derma is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 961 people
    • Pittsboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pittsboro is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
    • Benela
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Benela is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benela
    • Bruce
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Bruce is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,798 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bruce <1>
  • Carroll County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tie Plant, with the one closest to Tie Plant listed first.
    • Jefferson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jefferson is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
    • Carrollton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • North Carrollton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • North Carrollton is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carrollton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
    • Avalon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Avalon is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
    • Teoc
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Teoc is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teoc
    • Coila
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Coila is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
    • Vaiden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Leflore County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tie Plant, with the one closest to Tie Plant listed first.
    • Browning
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Browning is located in Leflore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
    • Money
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Money is located in Leflore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money
    • Greenwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Minter City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Minter City is located in Leflore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter City
    • Shellmound
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Shellmound is located in Leflore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellmound
    • Sunnyside
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Sunnyside is located in Leflore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tie Plant, with the one closest to Tie Plant listed first.
    • Duck Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Duck Hill is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,760 people
    • Eskridge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Eskridge is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskridge
    • Sweatman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Sweatman is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweatman
    • Winona
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Winona is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,830 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <1>
    • Minerva
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Minerva is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva
    • Kilmichael
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Kilmichael is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilmichael
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
    • Sibleyton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sibleyton is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibleyton
      • Sibleyton has also been known as:
      • Sibleton
  • Tallahatchie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tie Plant, with the one closest to Tie Plant listed first.
    • Rosebloom
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Rosebloom is located in Tallahatchie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebloom
    • Leverett
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Leverett is located in Tallahatchie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
    • Paynes
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Paynes is located in Tallahatchie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes
    • Charleston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Crevi ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Crevi is located in Tallahatchie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crevi
    • Glendora
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Swan Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
  • Webster County
    • Walthall
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Walthall is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
  • Yalobusha County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tie Plant, with the one closest to Tie Plant listed first.
    • Coffeeville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Tillatoba
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Tillatoba is located in Yalobusha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillatoba
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 91 people
    • Oakland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Velma
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Velma is located in Yalobusha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velma
    • Water Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Tie Plant ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tie Plant.

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 Tie Plant - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bethel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Confederate Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Hebron Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Haven Rest Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Rest Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Haven Rest Cemetery is located in Grenada.
  • Hardiman Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethleham Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Purnell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Owens Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Spring Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Payne Chapel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (396 more) ...
    • Wilkins Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Dodson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Perry Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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>

While we didn't find Tie Plant in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tie Plant.

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

  • Grenada
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Elliott
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Elliott is located in Grenada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
  • Duck Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Duck Hill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,760 people
  • Jefferson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jefferson is located in Carroll County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
  • Eskridge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Eskridge is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskridge
  • Misterton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Misterton is located in Grenada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Misterton
  • Rosebloom
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Rosebloom is located in Tallahatchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebloom
  • Parsons
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Parsons is located in Grenada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons
  • Sweatman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sweatman is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweatman
  • Cascilla
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cascilla is located in Tallahatchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascilla
  • Oxberry
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Oxberry is located in Grenada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxberry
  • Leflore
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Leflore is located in Grenada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leflore
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • McCarley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • McCarley is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCarley
    • Sawyer
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Sawyer is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
    • Murphreesboro ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Murphreesboro is located in Tallahatchie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphreesboro

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

Newspapers Published in Tie Plant ...

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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tie Plant.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tie Plant, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tie Plant.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Tie Plant:

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 Tie Plant, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tie Plant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.