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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 Trotter Landing (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 Trotter Landing. 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 Trotter Landing ...
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 Trotter Landing: Trotter Lndg. (or less commonly used: Trotter Lndng.)
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.
Trotter Landing is located in Tunica 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 Tunica County: Crittenden (AR), Lee (AR), Phillips (AR), Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman & Tate.
Below are the counties that are near Trotter Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Trotter Landing:
- Tunica County (The home county of Trotter Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trotter Landing, with the one closest to Trotter Landing listed first.
- Peyton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peyton is located in Tunica County
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- Clayton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Tunica County
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- Austin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Austin is located in Tunica County
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- Evansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Evansville is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Tunica
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mhoon Landing ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mhoon Landing is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mhoon Landing
- North Tunica
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Tunica is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tunica
- Banks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Banks is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Coahoma County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trotter Landing, with the one closest to Trotter Landing listed first.
- Powell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Powell is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Lula
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rich is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich
- Coahoma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Friars Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Friars Point is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friars Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
- Jonestown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Eagles Nest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Eagles Nest is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Clover Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Clover Hill is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Lyon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Lyon is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Clarksdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clarksdale is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,470 people
- Hopson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hopson is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Claremont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Claremont is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- DeSoto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trotter Landing, with the one closest to Trotter Landing listed first.
- Cub Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cub Lake is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Lake
- Eudora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eudora is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Newport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newport is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Lake Cormorant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trotter Landing, with the one closest to Trotter Landing listed first.
- Askew
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Askew is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew
- Crenshaw
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Longtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Longtown is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Ballentine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ballentine is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballentine
- Quitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trotter Landing, with the one closest to Trotter Landing listed first.
- Falcon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Falcon is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Sledge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sledge is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Marks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bobo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bobo is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
- Lambert
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lambert is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,325 people
- Yarbrough
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yarbrough is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarbrough
- Tate County
- The following are listed by their distance from Trotter Landing, with the one closest to Trotter Landing listed first.
- Goode
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Goode is located in Tate County
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- Arkabutla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Arkabutla is located in Tate County
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- Crittenden County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trotter Landing, with the one closest to Trotter Landing listed first.
- Horseshoe Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Horseshoe Lake is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Seyppel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Seyppel is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seyppel
- Lee County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trotter Landing, with the one closest to Trotter Landing listed first.
- Phillips Bayou
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Phillips Bayou is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Bayou
- LaGrange
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- LaGrange is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaGrange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Rondo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rondo is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rondo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
- Peters
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Peters is located in Lee County (AR)
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- Marianna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vineyard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Vineyard is located in Lee County (AR)
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- Brickeys
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brickeys is located in Lee County (AR)
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- Felton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Felton is located in Lee County (AR)
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- Bledsoe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bledsoe is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Winona ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Winona is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Aubrey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Aubrey is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Haynes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Monroe County (AR)
- Palmer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Palmer is located in Monroe County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Phillips County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trotter Landing, with the one closest to Trotter Landing listed first.
- Helena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Helena - West Helena
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Helena - West Helena is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena - West Helena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,032 people
- West Helena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Huma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Huma is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huma
- Latour
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Latour is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latour
- Barton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Barton is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Lexa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lexa is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lexa <1>
- North Creek ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- North Creek is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creek
- Oneida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Oneida is located in Phillips County (AR)
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- Old Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Lakeview
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 349 people
- Poplar Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Poplar Grove is located in Phillips County (AR)
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- Saint Francis County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Trotter Landing, with the one closest to Trotter Landing listed first.
- Rawlinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
- Hughes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hughes is located in Saint Francis County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,200 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hughes <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Trotter Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Trotter Landing.
Cemeteries Near Trotter Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Trotter Landing.
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 Trotter Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Trotter Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Trotter Landing, with the one closest to Trotter Landing listed first.
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Crouse Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Saunder Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beth El Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beth El Cemetery
- The Beth El Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel Cemetery
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (224 more) ...
- Mt. Sinia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stephens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bosket 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.<4>
While we didn't find Trotter Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Trotter Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Trotter Landing, with the one closest to Trotter Landing listed first.
- Helena
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Powell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Powell is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Dundee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lula
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Southland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Southland is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southland
- Huma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Huma is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huma
- Austin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Austin is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Dubbs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dubbs is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubbs
- Phillips Bayou
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Phillips Bayou is located in Lee County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Bayou
- Rich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rich is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich
- Evansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Evansville is located in Tunica County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Coahoma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wildwood ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Latour
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Latour is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latour
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Trotter Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Trotter Landing.
Newspapers Published in Trotter Landing ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Trotter Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Trotter Landing, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Trotter Landing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Trotter Landing:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Tunica County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coahoma County
- DeSoto County
- Panola County
- Quitman County
- Tate County
- Crittenden County
- Lee County
- Monroe County
- Phillips County
- Saint Francis 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Trotter Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Trotter Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |