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 Winstonville (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 Winstonville. 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 and 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.
Winstonville is located in Bolivar 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 Bolivar County: Desha (AR), Coahoma, Sunflower & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Winstonville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Winstonville:
- Bolivar County (The home county of Winstonville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Winstonville, with the one closest to Winstonville listed first.
- Shelby
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mound Bayou
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Merigold
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hushpuckena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hushpuckena is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hushpuckena
- Duncan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Duncan is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Deeson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deeson is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deeson
- Renova
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Renova is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Perthshire
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Perthshire is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perthshire
- Pace
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pace is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Victor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Victor is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
- Round Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Round Lake is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake
- Cleveland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gunnison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gunnison is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunnison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Coahoma County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winstonville, with the one closest to Winstonville listed first.
- Africa ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Africa is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa
- Roundaway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roundaway is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- Sunflower Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sunflower Landing is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower Landing
- Dublin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dublin is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Claremont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Claremont is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
- Hopson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hopson is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Clarksdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksdale is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,470 people
- Lyon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lyon is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Clover Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Hill is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill
- Eagles Nest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eagles Nest is located in Coahoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
- Leflore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winstonville, with the one closest to Winstonville listed first.
- Minter City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Minter City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minter City
- McNutt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- McNutt is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Schlater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Schlater is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- Sunnyside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Quitman County
- Vance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vance is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Sunflower County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winstonville, with the one closest to Winstonville listed first.
- Whitney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Whitney is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Drew
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Halstead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Halstead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halstead
- White City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Rome
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Rome is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Ruleville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Doddsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Doddsville is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doddsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Quiver ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Quiver is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quiver
- Roundaway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Roundaway is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
- Faisonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Faisonia is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faisonia
- Sunflower
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sunflower is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Tallahatchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winstonville, with the one closest to Winstonville listed first.
- Tutwiler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sumner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sumner is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Webb
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Webb is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 468 people
- Albin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Albin is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albin
- Glendora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Swan Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Swan Lake is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Winstonville, with the one closest to Winstonville listed first.
- Helm
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Helm is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helm
- Napanee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Napanee is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napanee
- Desha County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Winstonville, with the one closest to Winstonville listed first.
- Snow Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Snow Lake is located in Desha County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Lake
- Napoleon ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Napoleon is located in Desha County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Watson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kelso
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kelso is located in Desha County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
- Phillips County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Winstonville, with the one closest to Winstonville listed first.
- Crumrod
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crumrod is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumrod
- Mellwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mellwood is located in Phillips County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellwood
- Elaine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Winstonville, see our County-by-County Page for Winstonville.
Cemeteries Near Winstonville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Winstonville.
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 Winstonville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Winstonville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Winstonville, with the one closest to Winstonville listed first.
- Shelby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Place of Prayer Memorial Garden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bellamy Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smith & Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Merigold Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- German Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Peters Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sanders Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Turners Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (170 more) ...
- New Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Winstonville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Winstonville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Winstonville, with the one closest to Winstonville listed first.
- Shelby
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mound Bayou
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Merigold
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hushpuckena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hushpuckena is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hushpuckena
- Duncan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Duncan is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 376 people
- Renova
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Renova is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renova
- Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
- Deeson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Deeson is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deeson
- Perthshire
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Perthshire is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perthshire
- Cleveland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Round Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Round Lake is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Lake
- Gunnison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gunnison is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunnison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Alligator
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Alligator is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alligator
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Concordia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Concordia is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Mound City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mound City is located in Bolivar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Boyle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Winstonville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Winstonville.
Newspapers Published in Winstonville ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Winstonville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Winstonville, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Winstonville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Winstonville:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Bolivar County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Coahoma County
- Leflore County
- Quitman County
- Sunflower County
- Tallahatchie County
- Washington County
- Desha County
- Phillips 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 Winstonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Winstonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |