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 Southside (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 Southside. 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 and hospitals 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.
Southside is located in Hardin County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hardin County: Lauderdale (AL), Tishomingo (MS), Chester, Decatur, Henderson, McNairy & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Southside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Southside:
- Hardin County (The home county of Southside)
- The following are listed by their distance from Southside, with the one closest to Southside listed first.
- Nash Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Shiloh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hamburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- Pyburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pittsburg Landing Ferry is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 555 people
- Nixon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Bruton Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Crump
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Belle Meade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Belle Meade is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,017 people
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southside, with the one closest to Southside listed first.
- Milledgeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Milledgeville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 267 people
- Enville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Enville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Sweet Lips
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sweet Lips is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Lips
- Masseyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Masseyville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyville
- Jacks Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Montezuma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montezuma is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Decatur County
- Dunbar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dunbar is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Hardeman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southside, with the one closest to Southside listed first.
- Essary Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Essary Springs is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essary Springs
- Hornsby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hornsby is located in Hardeman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Middleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Henderson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southside, with the one closest to Southside listed first.
- Sardis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Henderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- McNairy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southside, with the one closest to Southside listed first.
- Tulu
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tulu is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulu
- Estimated population in 2014: 18,899 people
- Michie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stantonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Caffey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Eastview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Guys
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Guys is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Adamsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Falcon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Falcon is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon
- Ramer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Purdy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Purdy is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy
- Selmer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chewalla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Chewalla is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewalla
- Leapwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Leapwood is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leapwood
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southside, with the one closest to Southside listed first.
- Lutts
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cypress Inn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cypress Inn is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Inn
- Clifton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Colbert County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Southside, with the one closest to Southside listed first.
- Riverton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Ingleton ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ingleton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleton
- Doubleheads Village ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Doubleheads Village is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doubleheads Village
- Bishop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Cherokee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lauderdale County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Southside, with the one closest to Southside listed first.
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Waterloo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Threet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Threet is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threet
- Alcorn County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Southside, with the one closest to Southside listed first.
- Farmington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Corinth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Glen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Searcy Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Biggersville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Allentown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Jacinto
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Kossuth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rienzi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Hightown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Prentiss County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Southside, with the one closest to Southside listed first.
- Altitude
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Pisgah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pisgah is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Burton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Booneville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jumpertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Lake City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Tishomingo County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Southside, with the one closest to Southside listed first.
- Short
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Burnsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Iuka
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <1>
- Holcut
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Midway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Oldham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Paden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Tishomingo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Southside, see our County-by-County Page for Southside.
Cemeteries Near Southside ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Southside.
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 Southside - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Southside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Southside, with the one closest to Southside listed first.
- Beshears Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Counce Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Leath Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hoover Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McDonald Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Childers Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Turner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Turner Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southeast of Shiloh.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #19569 <3>
- Pisgah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Chambers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sugar Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (699 more) ...
- Shady Grove Cemetery #1
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Childers Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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 Southside in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Southside.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Southside, with the one closest to Southside listed first.
- Hamburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Michie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kendrick
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kendrick is located in Alcorn County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
- Hurley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hurley is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Nixon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nixon is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Estimated population in 2014: 718 people
- Pittsburg Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pittsburg Landing is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg Landing
- Stantonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stantonville is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stantonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Caffey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Caffey is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caffey
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Maddox
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Maddox is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maddox
- Gravel Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gravel Hill is located in McNairy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Corinth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Short
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Southside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Southside.
Newspapers Published in Southside ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Southside.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Southside, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Southside.
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 either 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 Southside:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Hardin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Decatur County
- Hardeman County
- Henderson County
- McNairy County
- Wayne County
- Colbert County
- Lauderdale County
- Alcorn County
- Prentiss County
- Tishomingo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
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> | 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- Southside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Southside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |