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 Walnut 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 Walnut 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 Walnut 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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Walnut Creek: Walnut Crk. (or less commonly used: Walnut Ck. or Walnut Cr.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Walnut Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Walnut Creek.
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 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.
Walnut Creek is located in Tippah 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 Tippah County: Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Union & Hardeman (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Walnut Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Walnut Creek:
- Tippah County (The home county of Walnut Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Creek, with the one closest to Walnut Creek listed first.
- Falkner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tiplersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tiplersville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiplersville
- Ripley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Whitten Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Whitten Town is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten Town
- Clarysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clarysville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarysville
- Dumas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Lowrey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lowrey is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey
- Gravestown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gravestown is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravestown
- Blue Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Alcorn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Creek, with the one closest to Walnut Creek listed first.
- Hightown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Kossuth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Allentown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Biggersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Rienzi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Searcy Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Corinth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Glen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Jacinto
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Glens
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Creek, with the one closest to Walnut Creek listed first.
- Canaan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Canaan is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Ashland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Snow Lake Shores
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Snow Lake Shores is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Lake Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Hickory Flat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Michigan City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Creek, with the one closest to Walnut Creek listed first.
- Corrona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Corrona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrona
- Boggan Bend
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Boggan Bend is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggan Bend
- Jug Fork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jug Fork is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jug Fork
- Birmingham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Birmingham is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Guntown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Creek, with the one closest to Walnut Creek listed first.
- Potts Camp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersville
- Hudsonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hudsonville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsonville
- Atway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Atway is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atway
- Pontotoc County
- Sherman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Prentiss County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Creek, with the one closest to Walnut Creek listed first.
- Pisgah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pisgah is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Jumpertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Blackland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Geeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Geeville is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
- Booneville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Wheeler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Baldwyn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Altitude
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Creek, with the one closest to Walnut Creek listed first.
- Molino
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Molino is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Graham
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Myrtle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alpine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Alpine is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Glenfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Glenfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- New Albany
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Ellistown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ellistown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellistown
- Mound City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mound City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Darden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Darden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Blue Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ingomar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ingomar is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Fairview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Fayette County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Creek, with the one closest to Walnut Creek listed first.
- Grand Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- La Grange
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- La Grange is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Forty Five
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forty Five is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Five
- Hardeman County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Creek, with the one closest to Walnut Creek listed first.
- Essary Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Essary Springs is located in Hardeman County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essary Springs
- Middleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rogers Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rogers Springs is located in Hardeman County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Springs
- Saulsbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Saulsbury is located in Hardeman County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Hickory Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Valley is located in Hardeman County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Hornsby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hornsby is located in Hardeman County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- McNairy County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Walnut Creek, with the one closest to Walnut Creek listed first.
- Chewalla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chewalla is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewalla
- Guys
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Guys is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Ramer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Eastview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Caffey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Falcon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Falcon is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Rose Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rose Creek is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Creek
- Michie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Selmer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Walnut Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Walnut Creek.
Cemeteries Near Walnut Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Walnut 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.
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 Walnut Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Walnut Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Walnut Creek, with the one closest to Walnut Creek listed first.
- Walnut Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Nance Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ruckerville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Polk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rucker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Golden Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peoples Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (492 more) ...
- Tipplersville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Boyd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Walnut Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Walnut Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Walnut Creek, with the one closest to Walnut Creek listed first.
- Falkner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ripley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Silver Springs is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Tiplersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tiplersville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiplersville
- Mitchell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mitchell is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
- Walnut
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lowrey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lowrey is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey
- Dumas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Blue Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Hightown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Theo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Theo is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theo
- Kossuth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cotton Plant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cotton Plant is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
- Molino
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Molino is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Essary Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Essary Springs is located in Hardeman County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essary Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Walnut Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Walnut Creek.
Newspapers Published in Walnut 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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Walnut Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Walnut Creek, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Walnut Creek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Walnut Creek:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Tippah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alcorn County
- Benton County
- Lee County
- Marshall County
- Pontotoc County
- Prentiss County
- Union County
- Fayette County
- Hardeman County
- McNairy 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> | 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 Walnut Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Walnut Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |