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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 Vancleave (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 Vancleave. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Vancleave is located in Jackson County.

To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Mobile (AL), George, Harrison & Stone.

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

  • Jackson County     (The home county of Vancleave)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vancleave, with the one closest to Vancleave listed first.
    • Brewton ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brewton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewton
      • Brewton is located in Jackson County
      • Brewton has also been known as:
      • Brewer's Bluff
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Brewton
      • From Vancleave to Brewton
    • Fort Bayou ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Bayou have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bayou
      • Fort Bayou is located in Jackson County
    • Hickory Hills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
      • Hickory Hills is located in Jackson County
    • Martin Bluff
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Bluff
      • Martin Bluff is located in Jackson County
    • Coll Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coll Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coll Town
      • Coll Town is located in Jackson County
    • Wade
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wade have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
      • Wade is located in Jackson County
    • Fountainebleau
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Gautier
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gautier have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gautier
      • Gautier is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,379 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gautier <3>
    • Latimer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Escatawpa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Escatawpa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
      • Escatawpa is located in Jackson County
    • Gulf Hills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gulf Park Estates
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gulf Park Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Park Estates
      • Gulf Park Estates is located in Jackson County
  • George County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vancleave, with the one closest to Vancleave listed first.
    • Agricola
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Howell
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Lucedale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucedale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucedale
      • Lucedale is located in George County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,120 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lucedale <3>
    • Bexley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bexley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexley
      • Bexley is located in George County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Bexley
      • From Vancleave to Bexley
  • Harrison County
  • Stone County
  • Mobile County (AL)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Vancleave, with the one closest to Vancleave listed first.
    • Grand Bay
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bay
      • Grand Bay is located in Mobile County (AL)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Bay <3>
    • Saint Elmo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Elmo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
      • Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County (AL)
    • Bayou La Batre
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayou La Batre have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou La Batre
      • Bayou La Batre is located in Mobile County (AL)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,457 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bayou La Batre <3>
    • Irvington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irvington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
      • Irvington is located in Mobile County (AL)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irvington <3>
    • Wilmer
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilmer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmer
      • Wilmer is located in Mobile County (AL)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmer <3>
    • Coden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coden
      • Coden is located in Mobile County (AL)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coden <3>
    • Theodore
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Theodore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theodore
      • Theodore is located in Mobile County (AL)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Theodore <3>
    • Semmes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Vancleave ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vancleave.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Old Shiloh Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Shiloh Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Shiloh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Carter Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ladner Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ladner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ladner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Good Hope Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Good Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Good Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Graham Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Graham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Martin Bluff Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Martin Bluff Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Martin Bluff Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • White Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cain Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cain Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cain Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Byrd Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Byrd Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Byrd Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mormon Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mormon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mormon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hudson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hudson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hudson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (224 more) ...
    • Coleman Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coleman Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coleman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Davis Chapel Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Chapel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Three Rivers Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Three Rivers Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Three Rivers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Vancleave had a population of 250 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Fort Bayou ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Bayou have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bayou
    • Fort Bayou is located in Jackson County
  • Three Rivers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Rivers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
    • Three Rivers is located in Jackson County
  • Ocean Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Springs
    • Ocean Springs is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,791 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocean Springs <3>
  • Escatawpa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Escatawpa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
    • Escatawpa is located in Jackson County
  • Moss Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moss Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Point
    • Moss Point is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,226 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moss Point <3>
  • Americus ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Americus. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
    • Americus is located in Jackson County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Americus
    • From Vancleave to Americus
  • Pascagoula
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Biloxi
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Orange Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
    • Orange Grove is located in Jackson County
  • Wool Market
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Beauvoir
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • De Buys
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Buys have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Buys
    • De Buys is located in Harrison County
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Grand Bay
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bay
      • Grand Bay is located in Mobile County (AL)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Bay <3>
    • Handsboro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Handsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsboro
      • Handsboro is located in Harrison County
    • Mississippi City
      (23 miles [37 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 Vancleave. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vancleave.

Newspapers Published in Vancleave ...

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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vancleave.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vancleave, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vancleave.

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 Vancleave:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Vancleave. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.ms.us/

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Vancleave, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Vancleave) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vancleave. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5409, Longitude: -88.6877    









 

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