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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 Waldo (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 Waldo. 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 hospitals 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.

Waldo is located in Neshoba 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 Neshoba County: Attala, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Newton, Scott & Winston.

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

  • Neshoba County     (The home county of Waldo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waldo, with the one closest to Waldo listed first.
    • Hope
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Hope is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Laurel Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
    • Dowdville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Dowdville is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowdville
    • Pearl River
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Pearl River is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
    • Dixon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Dixon is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Philadelphia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Neshoba
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Neshoba is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshoba
    • Tucker
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Tucker is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
    • Ocobla
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
    • House
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • House is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
    • Bogue Chitto
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
  • Attala County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waldo, with the one closest to Waldo listed first.
    • Ethel
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ethel is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
    • Kosciusko
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Gregory ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Gregory is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • Zemuly
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Zemuly is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemuly
  • Kemper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waldo, with the one closest to Waldo listed first.
    • Spinks ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Spinks is located in Kemper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
    • Rio
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Rio is located in Kemper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
    • Lynville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Lynville is located in Kemper County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynville
  • Lauderdale County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waldo, with the one closest to Waldo listed first.
    • Martin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Martin is located in Lauderdale County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
    • Collinsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Leake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waldo, with the one closest to Waldo listed first.
    • High Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • High Hill is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
    • Standing Pine
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Standing Pine is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
    • Coosa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Coosa is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
    • Walnut Grove
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Carthage
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Redwater
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Redwater is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
    • Tuscola
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Tuscola is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
    • Lena
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Ann
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Saint Ann is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ann
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waldo, with the one closest to Waldo listed first.
    • Union
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lucern
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Lucern is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucern
    • Stamper ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Stamper is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamper
    • Conehatta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Conehatta is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conehatta
    • Decatur
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Bluff
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Pine Bluff is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
    • Newton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waldo, with the one closest to Waldo listed first.
    • Sebastopol
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Cash
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Cash is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
    • Harperville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Harperville is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperville
    • Clifton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Clifton is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Beach is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
    • Ludlow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ludlow is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
    • Forest
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Raworth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Raworth is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raworth
  • Winston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waldo, with the one closest to Waldo listed first.
    • Plattsburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Plattsburg is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
    • Vowell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Vowell is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
    • Hinze
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Hinze is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinze
    • Noxapater
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Handle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Handle is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
    • Louisville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Waldo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Waldo.

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 Waldo - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Laurel Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Hope Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Carolina Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • McNeill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Black Jack Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Bethany Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Morrow Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dixon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (321 more) ...
    • Barrett Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Springfield Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Barnett Memorial Garden
      (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.<2>

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

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

  • Hope
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Hope is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
  • Laurel Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
  • Madden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Madden is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madden
  • Dixon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dixon is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
  • Edinburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Edinburg is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
  • Williston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Williston is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
  • Free Trade
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Free Trade is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Trade
  • High Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • High Hill is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
  • Philadelphia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Standing Pine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Standing Pine is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
  • Alice
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Alice is located in Neshoba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
  • Marydell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Marydell is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Coosa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Coosa is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
    • Freeny
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Freeny is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeny
    • Sebastopol
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Waldo ...

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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Waldo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Waldo, 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 Waldo.

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 either 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 Waldo:

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