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 Woodlawn (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 Woodlawn. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Woodlawn is located in Yazoo 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 Yazoo County: Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Madison, Sharkey & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Woodlawn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodlawn:
- Yazoo County (The home county of Woodlawn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlawn, with the one closest to Woodlawn listed first.
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
- Evans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Evans is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Nod
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Nod is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nod
- Yazoo City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Yazoo City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yazoo City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
- Former names for Yazoo City:
- Hannan's Bluff
- Manchester
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yazoo City <1>
- Eden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Jonestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jonestown is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Fordyke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fordyke is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyke
- Dover ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Crump
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crump is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Anding
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Anding is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anding
- Vaughan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Vaughan is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Oil City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Attala County
- Newport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Hinds County
- Brownsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brownsville is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Holmes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlawn, with the one closest to Woodlawn listed first.
- Coxburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coxburg is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Bee Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bee Lake is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lake
- Bee Lake has also been known as:
- Bee Lake Plantation
- Tolarville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Pluto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pluto is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto
- Good Hope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Good Hope is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Mileston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mileston is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mileston
- Pickens
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Richland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Richland is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Jones Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Crossing is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Gwin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Gwin is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwin
- Lexington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Goodman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlawn, with the one closest to Woodlawn listed first.
- Lake City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lake City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Louise
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Louise is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Silver City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Belzoni
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gooden Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gooden Lake is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooden Lake
- Jaketown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jaketown is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaketown
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlawn, with the one closest to Woodlawn listed first.
- Kearney Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kearney Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney Park
- Davis
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Davis is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Sharpsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
- Cobbville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cobbville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbville
- Flora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mill Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Town is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
- Canton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maris Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maris Town is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maris Town
- Mannsdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mannsdale is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsdale
- Sharon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Adelle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Adelle is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelle
- Camden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sharkey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodlawn, with the one closest to Woodlawn listed first.
- Auter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Auter is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auter
- Richey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Richey is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richey
- Warren County
- Russellville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Russellville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Washington County
- Murphy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Murphy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodlawn, see our County-by-County Page for Woodlawn.
Cemeteries Near Woodlawn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodlawn.
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 Woodlawn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodlawn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodlawn, with the one closest to Woodlawn listed first.
- Coopers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pickett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hardshell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tranquil Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Smith's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Luce Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Midway UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. James Church of God In Christ Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Riley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hicks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (288 more) ...
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Piney Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old Temple Love Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<2>
While we didn't find Woodlawn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Woodlawn.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodlawn, with the one closest to Woodlawn listed first.
- Benton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hilton ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hilton is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
- Evans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Evans is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Free Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Free Run is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Run
- Yazoo City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Yazoo City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yazoo City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
- Former names for Yazoo City:
- Hannan's Bluff
- Manchester
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yazoo City <1>
- Eden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Zeiglerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Zeiglerville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeiglerville
- Fordyke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fordyke is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyke
- Myrleville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Myrleville is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrleville
- Dover ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dover is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Coxburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coxburg is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Deasonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deasonville is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deasonville
- Belle Prairie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Prairie is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Prairie
- Crump
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crump is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodlawn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodlawn.
Newspapers Published in Woodlawn ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodlawn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodlawn, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodlawn.
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 Woodlawn:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Yazoo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Attala County
- Hinds County
- Holmes County
- Humphreys County
- Madison County
- Sharkey County
- Warren County
- Washington 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> | 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 Woodlawn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Woodlawn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |