A visit to the Mount Pleasant Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery:
33.5859, -88.0511
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Lamar County<2>.
The county seat for Lamar County is located in Vernon. Vernon lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Holly Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Holly Grove Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Payne Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Payne Chapel Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Chapel Cemetery
- Canaan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Canaan Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Cemetery
- Oddfellows Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Oddfellows Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oddfellows Cemetery
- Higdon Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Eatman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Eatman Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatman Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Kennedy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Kennedy Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Cemetery
- Meadow Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Walnut Grove Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Cemetery
- Bell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Bell Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Cemetery
- Dorroh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Dorroh Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorroh Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Millport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kennedy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kennedy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Fernbank
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fernbank is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
- Hightogy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hightogy is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightogy
- Belk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Belk is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- Ashcraft Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ashcraft Corner is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcraft Corner
- Vernon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Coal Fire
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Coal Fire is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Fire
- Stafford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stafford is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Reform
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lubbub
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lubbub is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubbub
- Fayette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Old Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Old Town is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Ethelsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ethelsville is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethelsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- McShan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- McShan is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McShan
- Macedonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia
- Rossland City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rossland City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossland City
- New Hope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Lowndes County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Bell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bell is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Bedford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Kirkland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkland is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Caledonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stansel
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Stansel is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stansel
- Bluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lamar County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Gordo
- Gordo lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Gordo.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordo
- Kennedy
- Millport
- Reform
- Vernon
- Vernon lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Vernon.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Alabama:
- Pages specific to Lamar County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #123351 (Mount Pleasant Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #123351 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Lamar
- Est. Elev: 103 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Millport
- Location given for Mount Pleasant Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.5859469 Lon: -88.051137
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Lamar, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |