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 Zeiglerville (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 Zeiglerville. 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 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.
Zeiglerville is primarily located in Holmes County. A portion of Zeiglerville extends into 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 Holmes County: Attala, Carroll, Humphreys, Leflore, Madison & Yazoo.
Below are the counties that are near Zeiglerville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Zeiglerville:
- Holmes County (The home county of Zeiglerville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Zeiglerville, with the one closest to Zeiglerville listed first.
- Coxburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coxburg is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Tolarville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Richland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Richland is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Jones Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jones Crossing is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Bee Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Pickens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Good Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Good Hope is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Mileston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mileston is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mileston
- Lexington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pluto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pluto is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto
- Goodman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gwin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Gwin is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwin
- Attala County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zeiglerville, with the one closest to Zeiglerville listed first.
- Newport
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Sallis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Zemuly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Zemuly is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemuly
- Possumneck
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Possumneck is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumneck
- Humphreys County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zeiglerville, with the one closest to Zeiglerville listed first.
- Lake City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lake City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Silver City
(21 miles [33.8 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Louise
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Louise is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Jaketown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jaketown is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaketown
- Gooden Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gooden Lake is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooden Lake
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zeiglerville, with the one closest to Zeiglerville listed first.
- Sharpsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
- Davis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Davis is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Cobbville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cobbville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbville
- Camden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mill Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mill Town is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
- Canton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Maris Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Maris Town is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maris Town
- Sharon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Kearney Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kearney Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney Park
- Flora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mannsdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mannsdale is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsdale
- Yazoo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Zeiglerville, with the one closest to Zeiglerville listed first.
- Fordyke
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fordyke is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyke
- Evans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Evans is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Eden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
- Dover ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Dover is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Vaughan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughan is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- Nod
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Nod is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nod
- Crump
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Crump is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Yazoo City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Jonestown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Anding
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Anding is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anding
- Oil City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Oil City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Zeiglerville, see our County-by-County Page for Zeiglerville.
Cemeteries Near Zeiglerville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Zeiglerville.
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 Zeiglerville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Zeiglerville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Zeiglerville, with the one closest to Zeiglerville listed first.
- Tolar Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Riley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hoover Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Malone Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Harlands Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Brantley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Piney Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Midway UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Meggs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (336 more) ...
- Coxburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Watson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethany Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Zeiglerville had a population of 91 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Zeiglerville, with the one closest to Zeiglerville listed first.
- Fordyke
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fordyke is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyke
- Ebenezer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ebenezer is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Coxburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Coxburg is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Eulogy
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eulogy is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulogy
- Evans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Evans is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Free Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Free Run is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Run
- Tolarville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Eden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
- Benton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Richland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Richland is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Deasonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Deasonville is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deasonville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Franklin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Bee Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Howard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Howard is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Zeiglerville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Zeiglerville.
Newspapers Published in Zeiglerville ...
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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Zeiglerville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Zeiglerville, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Zeiglerville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Zeiglerville:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Holmes County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Attala County
- Humphreys County
- Madison County
- Yazoo 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 Zeiglerville, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Zeiglerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |