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 Wilkinson (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 Wilkinson. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Wilkinson is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Amite, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Pike & Walthall.
Below are the counties that are near Wilkinson. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wilkinson:
- Lincoln County (The home county of Wilkinson)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilkinson, with the one closest to Wilkinson listed first.
- Norfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Norfield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfield
- Wellman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wellman is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
- Brookhaven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cobbs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cobbs is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Montgomery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Montgomery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- New Sight
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- New Sight is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sight
- Caseyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Caseyville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
- Amite County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilkinson, with the one closest to Wilkinson listed first.
- Thompson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- McElveen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- McElveen is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElveen
- Mount Olive
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mount Olive is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Glading
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glading is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glading
- Brookside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Brookside is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Huron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Huron is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Gillsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gillsburg is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillsburg
- Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- O'Neil
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- O'Neil is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil
- Copiah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilkinson, with the one closest to Wilkinson listed first.
- Wesson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Beauregard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Beauregard is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Bowerton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bowerton is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerton
- Martinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Martinsville is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Sardis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Sardis is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Allen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Allen is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Glancy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Glancy is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glancy
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilkinson, with the one closest to Wilkinson listed first.
- McCall Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eddiceton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Eddiceton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddiceton
- Bude
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Meadville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson Davis County
- Oak Vale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Vale is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Vale
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilkinson, with the one closest to Wilkinson listed first.
- Verna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Verna is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verna
- Nola
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Nola is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nola
- Monticello
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tilton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tilton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Rosella
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rosella is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosella
- Arm
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Arm is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arm
- Tryus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tryus is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryus
- Hooker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hooker is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Silver Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilkinson, with the one closest to Wilkinson listed first.
- Kokomo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goss
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Goss is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilkinson, with the one closest to Wilkinson listed first.
- Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McComb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Topisaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Topisaw is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topisaw
- Bear Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bear Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Town
- Bacots
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bacots is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacots
- Holmesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Holmesville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- Magnolia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chatawa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Chatawa is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatawa
- Smithburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Smithburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithburg
- Osyka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Walthall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wilkinson, with the one closest to Wilkinson listed first.
- Sartinville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sartinville is located in Walthall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartinville
- Tylertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Washington Parish (LA)
- Mount Hermon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wilkinson, see our County-by-County Page for Wilkinson.
Cemeteries Near Wilkinson ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wilkinson.
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 Wilkinson - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wilkinson covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wilkinson, with the one closest to Wilkinson listed first.
- Moak Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Price Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dickerson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rollins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Friendship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McDavid Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brister Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Johnstons Station Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Henry D. Berry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry D. Berry Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Henry D. Berry Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the north of Summit.
- The Henry D. Berry Cemetery has also been known as:
- Berry Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57966 <3>
- Wells Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (673 more) ...
- Rawls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Missionary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montgomery Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 Wilkinson in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wilkinson.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wilkinson, with the one closest to Wilkinson listed first.
- Johnstons Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Johnstons Station is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstons Station
- Norfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Norfield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfield
- Bogue Chitto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bogue Chitto is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
- Ruth
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ruth is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Wellman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wellman is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
- Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McComb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Topisaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Topisaw is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topisaw
- Auburn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Auburn is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Fair River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fair River is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair River
- Brookhaven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fernwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fernwood is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Holmesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Holmesville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- Smithdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Smithdale is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithdale
- Thompson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wilkinson. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wilkinson.
Newspapers Published in Wilkinson ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilkinson.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wilkinson, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wilkinson.
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 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 Wilkinson:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Lincoln County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amite County
- Copiah County
- Franklin County
- Jefferson Davis County
- Lawrence County
- Marion County
- Pike County
- Walthall County
- Washington Parish
- 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wilkinson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Wilkinson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |