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 Wallace Creek (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 Wallace Creek. 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 Wallace Creek ...
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 have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Wallace Creek: Wallace Crk. (or less commonly used: Wallace Ck. or Wallace Cr.)
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Wallace Creek is located in Yalobusha 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 Yalobusha County: Calhoun, Grenada, Lafayette, Panola & Tallahatchie.
Below are the counties that are near Wallace Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wallace Creek:
- Yalobusha County (The home county of Wallace Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wallace Creek, with the one closest to Wallace Creek listed first.
- Oakland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Oakland is located in Yalobusha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakland <2>
- Tillatoba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Water Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Water Valley is located in Yalobusha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,221 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Water Valley <2>
- Velma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast) - Coffeeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeeville
- Coffeeville is located in Yalobusha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coffeeville <2>
- Calhoun County
- Banner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Banner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Banner <2>
- Banner
- Grenada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wallace Creek, with the one closest to Wallace Creek listed first.
- Memphis Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Memphis Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Junction
- Memphis Junction is located in Grenada County
- Turkey Foot Fork
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot Fork
- Turkey Foot Fork is located in Grenada County
- Grenada
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grenada
- Grenada is located in Grenada County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,105 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grenada <2>
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wallace Creek, with the one closest to Wallace Creek listed first.
- Springdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Springdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Springdale is located in Lafayette County
- Taylor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Taylor is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <2>
- Alesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Oxford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Oxford is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,635 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <2>
- Delay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east) - Harmontown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown
- Harmontown is located in Lafayette County
- Panola County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wallace Creek, with the one closest to Wallace Creek listed first.
- Pope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Courtland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
- Courtland is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Batesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Batesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Batesville is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Batesville <2>
- Chapeltown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapeltown
- Chapeltown is located in Panola County
- Terza
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Mims
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mims
- Mims is located in Panola County
- Sardis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sardis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Sardis is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,529 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sardis <2>
- Como
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Como is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <2>
- Longtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Longtown is located in Panola County
- Crenshaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crenshaw have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crenshaw
- Crenshaw is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 845 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crenshaw <2>
- Askew
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askew
- Askew is located in Panola County
- Quitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wallace Creek, with the one closest to Wallace Creek listed first.
- Crowder
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Bobo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobo
- Bobo is located in Quitman County
- Lambert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Lambert is located in Quitman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,325 people
- Marks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marks
- Marks is located in Quitman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,408 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marks <2>
- Yarbrough
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarbrough
- Yarbrough is located in Quitman County
- Falcon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Sledge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Sledge is located in Quitman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
- Vance
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Vance is located in Quitman County
- Tallahatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wallace Creek, with the one closest to Wallace Creek listed first.
- Crevi ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Charleston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charleston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Charleston is located in Tallahatchie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,882 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charleston <2>
- Rosebloom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Paynes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Leverett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Swan Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County
- Webb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest) - Albin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albin
- Albin is located in Tallahatchie County
- Sumner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
- Sumner is located in Tallahatchie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wallace Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Wallace Creek.
Cemeteries Near Wallace Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wallace Creek.
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 Wallace Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wallace Creek, with the one closest to Wallace Creek listed first.
- Duke Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duke Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Duke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapel Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chapel Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Andrews Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Andrews Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Sardinia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sardinia Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sardinia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hubbard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hubbard Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hubbard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Hill Cemetery
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Burkhalter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burkhalter Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burkhalter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Parrish Henderson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parrish Henderson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parrish Henderson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jackson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (281 more) ...
- Benson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Benson Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Benson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Fords Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fords Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fords Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Benson Cemetery
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 Wallace Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wallace Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wallace Creek, with the one closest to Wallace Creek listed first.
- Pope
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Eureka Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Springs
- Eureka Springs is located in Panola County
- Courtland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
- Courtland is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Oakland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Oakland is located in Yalobusha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakland <2>
- Teasdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Central Academy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central Academy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Academy
- Central Academy is located in Panola County
- Chapeltown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapeltown
- Chapeltown is located in Panola County
- Batesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Batesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batesville
- Batesville is located in Panola County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Batesville <2>
- Crevi ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Terza
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Charleston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charleston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Charleston is located in Tallahatchie County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,882 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charleston <2>
- Water Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Water Valley is located in Yalobusha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,221 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Water Valley <2>
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Velma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast) - Springdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Springdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Springdale is located in Lafayette County
- Coffeeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeeville
- Coffeeville is located in Yalobusha County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coffeeville <2>
- Velma
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wallace Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wallace Creek.
Newspapers Published in Wallace Creek ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wallace Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wallace Creek, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wallace Creek.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Wallace Creek:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Mississippi Department of Archives & History
- Pages specific to Yalobusha County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Grenada County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Lafayette County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Panola County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Quitman County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Tallahatchie County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Calhoun County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Yalobusha County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Mississippi
- Cemeteries of Yalobusha County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wallace Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Wallace Creek, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wallace Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wallace Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1604, Longitude: -89.8923 In this case, the coordinates for Wallace Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |