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A visit to the Souls Chapel 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 Souls Chapel Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Souls Chapel Cemetery:

32.8426, -88.2998

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Souls Chapel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Souls Chapel Cemetery is located in Sumter County<2>.

The county seat for Sumter County is located in Livingston. Livingston lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Souls Chapel Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Souls Chapel Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Souls Chapel Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Souls Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Giles Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Giles Cemetery is located in Kemper County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Cemetery
  • Watts Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • The Watts Cemetery is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts Cemetery
  • Binnsville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • The Binnsville Cemetery is located in Kemper County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville Cemetery
  • Hutchenson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Hutchenson Cemetery is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchenson Cemetery
  • Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • The Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Panola.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2514361 <5>
  • Old Scooba Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • The Old Scooba Cemetery is located in Kemper County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Scooba Cemetery
  • Boney Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • The Boney Cemetery is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boney Cemetery
  • New Bethel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • The New Bethel Cemetery is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel Cemetery
  • Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • The Odd Fellows Cemetery is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd Fellows Cemetery
  • Zion Valley Baptist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Old Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • The Old Cemetery is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Cemetery
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Jamestown Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • The Jamestown Cemetery is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Cemetery
    • Old Wahalak Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • The Old Wahalak Cemetery is located in Kemper County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Wahalak Cemetery
    • Blue Chapel Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • The Blue Chapel Cemetery is located in Kemper County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Chapel Cemetery
    • Roy Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • The Roy Cemetery is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy Cemetery
    • Hargrove Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • The Hargrove Cemetery is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrove Cemetery
    • Cooksville Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • The Cooksville Cemetery is located in Noxubee County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville Cemetery
    • Cedar Lawn Memorial Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Central Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • The Central Cemetery is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Cemetery
    • Bell Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • The Bell Cemetery is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Cemetery
    • Old Side Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • The Old Side Cemetery is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Side Cemetery
    • Brown Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • The Brown Cemetery is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
    • Hill Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • The Hill Cemetery is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
    • Craig Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • The Craig Cemetery is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Cemetery
    • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Souls Chapel Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Souls Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Geiger
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Geiger is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
  • Giles
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Giles is located in Kemper County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles
  • Binnsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Binnsville is located in Kemper County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville
  • Emelle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Emelle is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emelle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
  • Bethel ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Bethel is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
  • Panola
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Panola is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
  • Gainesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Gainesville is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
  • Sledge ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Sledge is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
  • Sumterville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Sumterville is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumterville
  • Electric Mills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Electric Mills is located in Kemper County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric Mills
  • Cooksville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Cooksville is located in Noxubee County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
  • Scooba
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Scooba is located in Kemper County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scooba
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 680 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scooba <6>
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Sucarnoochee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Sucarnoochee is located in Kemper County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucarnoochee
    • West Greene
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • West Greene is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greene
    • Wahalak
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Wahalak is located in Kemper County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahalak
    • Porterville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Porterville is located in Kemper County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
    • Epes
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Epes is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
    • Boyd
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Boyd is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
    • Miller
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Miller is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller

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 Souls Chapel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Sumter County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Souls Chapel Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 helpful websites 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 Souls Chapel Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Alabama:
  • Pages specific to Sumter 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 Souls Chapel Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #127109  (Souls Chapel Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #127109 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: Sumter
      • Est. Elev: 46 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Geiger
      • Location given for Souls Chapel Cemetery:
      • Lat: 32.8426306     Lon: -88.2997538
      • 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 Sumter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>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- Souls Chapel 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>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.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.