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 White Plains (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 White Plains. 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 and doctors 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.
White Plains is located in Harrison 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 Harrison County: Hancock, Jackson & Stone.
Below are the counties that are near White Plains. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to White Plains:
- Harrison County (The home county of White Plains)
- The following are listed by their distance from White Plains, with the one closest to White Plains listed first.
- D'Iberville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Coalville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coalville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Wool Market
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wool Market is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
- Wool Market has also been known as:
- Woolmarket
- Lorraine Community ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lorraine Community is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine Community
- Biloxi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Beauvoir
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Beauvoir is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauvoir
- Lyman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lyman is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Wortham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Wortham is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortham
- Saucier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mississippi City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
- North Gulfport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Gulfport is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gulfport
- Howison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Howison is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howison
- George County
- Agricola
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Plains, with the one closest to White Plains listed first.
- Diamondhead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Necaise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Necaise is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necaise
- Bay Saint Louis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Plains, with the one closest to White Plains listed first.
- Latimer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Latimer is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Saint Martin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Martin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
- Gulf Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gulf Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Hills
- Ocean Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vancleave
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fort Bayou ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Bayou is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bayou
- Gulf Park Estates
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gulf Park Estates is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Park Estates
- Fountainebleau
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fountainebleau is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainebleau
- Brewton ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Brewton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewton
- Brewton has also been known as:
- Brewer's Bluff
- Hickory Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hickory Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Martin Bluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Martin Bluff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Bluff
- Gautier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from White Plains, with the one closest to White Plains listed first.
- McHenry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- McHenry is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Wiggins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Town
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Smith Town is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to White Plains, see our County-by-County Page for White Plains.
Cemeteries Near White Plains ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White Plains.
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 White Plains - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for White Plains covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from White Plains, with the one closest to White Plains listed first.
- White Plains Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Krohn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Walden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden Cemetery
- The Walden Cemetery has also been known as:
- Delancey Cemetery
- Camellia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dink Lamey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Fayard Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fayard Methodist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Fayard Methodist Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Latimer.
- The New Fayard Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Fayard UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2160864 <2>
- Johnson - Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Johnson Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ramsey Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Blackwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jordan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (219 more) ...
- Cedar Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake Cemetery
- The Cedar Lake Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cedar Lake UMC Cemetery
- Morris - Williams Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2264197 <2>
- Bibleway Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Seymour Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find White Plains in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of White Plains.
These communities are listed based on their distance from White Plains, with the one closest to White Plains listed first.
- Wool Market
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wool Market is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
- Wool Market has also been known as:
- Woolmarket
- Biloxi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Airey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Airey is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airey
- De Buys
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- De Buys is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Buys
- Beauvoir
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Beauvoir is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauvoir
- Handsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Handsboro is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsboro
- Mississippi City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
- Ocean Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Bayou ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Bayou is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bayou
- Vancleave
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gulfport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Long Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Three Rivers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Three Rivers is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
- Americus ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Americus is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Delisle
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Delisle is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delisle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around White Plains. See our List of 1890's Communities around White Plains.
Newspapers Published in White Plains ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around White Plains.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of White Plains, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for White Plains.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 White Plains:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Harrison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- George County
- Hancock County
- Jackson County
- Stone 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 White Plains, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- White Plains) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |