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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Willcox. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Willcox to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Willcox, please Contact Us.
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 Willcox (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 Willcox. 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 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Willcox is historic, it would have been located within present day Monroe 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 Monroe County: Lamar (AL), Chickasaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee & Lowndes.
Below are the counties that are near Willcox. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Willcox:
- Monroe County (The home county of Willcox)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willcox, with the one closest to Willcox listed first.
- Acker ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Acker is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acker
- Hatley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hatley is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Amory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Floyton ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Floyton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyton
- Cotton Gin Port ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cotton Gin Port is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Gin Port
- Ales ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ales is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ales
- Greenwood Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wren
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wren is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Smithville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Aberdeen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Wren
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Wren is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Wren
- Splunge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Splunge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Splunge
- Gattman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gattman is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Chickasaw County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willcox, with the one closest to Willcox listed first.
- Egypt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Egypt is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Okolona
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sycamore ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sycamore is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Van Vleet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Van Vleet is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Vleet
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willcox, with the one closest to Willcox listed first.
- Vinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Vinton is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
- Whites
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whites is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites
- Una
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Una is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Una
- Waverly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Waverly is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Abbott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Abbott is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
- West Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Siloam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Siloam is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siloam
- Griffith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Griffith is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffith
- Mhoons Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mhoons Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mhoons Valley
- Holmes County
- Egypt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Egypt is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Itawamba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willcox, with the one closest to Willcox listed first.
- Carolina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Carolina is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina
- Abney
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Abney is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abney
- Greenwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Ballardsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ballardsville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballardsville
- Fulton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Clay
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Clay is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Tremont
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mantachie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oakland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakland is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Bounds Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bounds Crossroads is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds Crossroads
- Eastman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eastman is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Lee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willcox, with the one closest to Willcox listed first.
- Richmond
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Richmond is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Shannon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Plantersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mooreville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mooreville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreville
- Verona
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tupelo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bissell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bissell is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
- Indian Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Hills is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Lowndes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willcox, with the one closest to Willcox listed first.
- Caledonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kolola Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kolola Springs is located in Lowndes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kolola Springs
- Columbus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pontotoc County
- Goodford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Goodford is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodford
- Lamar County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willcox, with the one closest to Willcox listed first.
- Detroit
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bedford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bedford is located in Lamar County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Sulligent
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Beaverton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hightogy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hightogy is located in Lamar County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightogy
- Fernbank
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fernbank is located in Lamar County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
- Marion County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willcox, with the one closest to Willcox listed first.
- Weston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Weston is located in Marion County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Pikeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pikeville is located in Marion County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Hamilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Guin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Guin is located in Marion County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,250 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guin <2>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Willcox, see our County-by-County Page for Willcox.
Cemeteries Near Willcox ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Willcox.
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 Willcox - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Willcox covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Willcox, with the one closest to Willcox listed first.
- Greenbrier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Posey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gilleylen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mound Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Howell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gilleylen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Haughton Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Boggan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Burns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beeks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (430 more) ...
- Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- County Home Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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.
While we didn't find Willcox in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Willcox.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Willcox, with the one closest to Willcox listed first.
- Acker ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Acker is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acker
- Greenbrier ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Greenbrier is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Amory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Quincy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Quincy is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Bigbee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bigbee is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bigbee
- Beeks ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Beeks is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeks
- Aberdeen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Smithville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Splunge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Splunge is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Splunge
- Central Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Central Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
- Grubb Springs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Grubb Springs is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubb Springs
- Gattman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Gattman is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hamilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Riggins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riggins is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggins
- Sykes ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sykes is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sykes
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Willcox. See our List of 1890's Communities around Willcox.
Newspapers Published in Willcox ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Willcox.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Willcox, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Willcox.
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 Willcox:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chickasaw County
- Clay County
- Holmes County
- Itawamba County
- Lee County
- Lowndes County
- Pontotoc County
- Lamar County
- Marion County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Willcox, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Willcox) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |