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 Willoughby (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 Willoughby. 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 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.
Willoughby is located in Newton 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 Newton County: Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba, Scott & Smith.
Below are the counties that are near Willoughby. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Willoughby:
- Newton County (The home county of Willoughby)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willoughby, with the one closest to Willoughby listed first.
- Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stamper ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stamper is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamper
- Decatur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lucern
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lucern is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucern
- Pine Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Bluff is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
- Conehatta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Conehatta is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conehatta
- Hickory
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hickory is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
- Newton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Chunky
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Six Towns ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Six Towns is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Towns
- Clarke County
- Enterprise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willoughby, with the one closest to Willoughby listed first.
- Garlandsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Garlandsville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlandsville
- Baxter ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Baxter is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Fellowship ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fellowship is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Former name for Fellowship:
- Masengale
- Fellowship has also been known as:
- Old Fellowship
- Penantly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Penantly is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penantly
- Success ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Success is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
- Rose Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Verba ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Verba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verba
- Montrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Montrose is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Kemper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willoughby, with the one closest to Willoughby listed first.
- Rio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rio is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Spinks ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spinks is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
- Lynville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lynville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynville
- De Kalb
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lauderdale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willoughby, with the one closest to Willoughby listed first.
- Martin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Martin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Collinsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Suqualena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Suqualena is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suqualena
- Hookston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hookston is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookston
- Nellieburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nellieburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellieburg
- Bailey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bailey is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Lost Gap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Gap is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Gap
- Daleville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Daleville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleville
- Meridian
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Marion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lockhart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lockhart is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockhart
- Russell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Russell is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Leake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willoughby, with the one closest to Willoughby listed first.
- High Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- High Hill is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Standing Pine
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Standing Pine is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
- Walnut Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tuscola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Tuscola is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
- Coosa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coosa is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
- Carthage
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Neshoba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willoughby, with the one closest to Willoughby listed first.
- House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- House is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Neshoba
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Neshoba is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshoba
- Tucker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tucker is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Dixon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Ocobla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
- Philadelphia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dowdville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dowdville is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowdville
- Hope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hope is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Pearl River
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl River is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
- Laurel Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Bogue Chitto
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willoughby, with the one closest to Willoughby listed first.
- Sebastopol
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harperville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Harperville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperville
- Forest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cash
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cash is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Clifton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willoughby, with the one closest to Willoughby listed first.
- Plattsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Plattsburg is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Handle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Handle is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handle
- Noxapater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Willoughby, see our County-by-County Page for Willoughby.
Cemeteries Near Willoughby ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Willoughby.
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 Willoughby - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Willoughby covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Willoughby, with the one closest to Willoughby listed first.
- Greenland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- County Line Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brand Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Roads Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Golden Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Neshoba Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Friendship Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- McDonald Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (278 more) ...
- Abney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Decatur Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Decatur Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Decatur.
- Johnson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Willoughby in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Willoughby.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Willoughby, with the one closest to Willoughby listed first.
- Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stamper ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stamper is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamper
- House
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- House is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Decatur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Roscoe ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roscoe is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roscoe
- Battlefield ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Battlefield is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
- Lucern
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lucern is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucern
- Rio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rio is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Tucker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tucker is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Dixon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dixon is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Prospect
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Prospect is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Collinsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Conehatta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Conehatta is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conehatta
- Spinks ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spinks is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinks
- Ocobla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Willoughby. See our List of 1890's Communities around Willoughby.
Newspapers Published in Willoughby ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Willoughby.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Willoughby, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Willoughby.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Willoughby:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Newton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clarke County
- Jasper County
- Kemper County
- Lauderdale County
- Leake County
- Neshoba County
- Scott County
- Winston 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Willoughby) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Willoughby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |