A visit to the Watts 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 Watts Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Watts Cemetery:
32.9262, -88.3428
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Watts Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Watts Cemetery is located in Sumter County<2>.
The county seat for Sumter County is located in Livingston. Livingston lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Watts Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Watts Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Watts Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Watts Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Binnsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Binnsville Cemetery is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville Cemetery
- Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Cooksville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Cooksville Cemetery is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville Cemetery
- Old Wahalak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Old Wahalak Cemetery is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Wahalak Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Zion Valley Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Giles Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Giles Cemetery is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Cemetery
- Souls Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Souls Chapel Cemetery is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Souls Chapel Cemetery
- Hargrove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Hargrove Cemetery is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrove Cemetery
- Adams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Adams Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- Dancy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Dancy Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dancy Cemetery
- Prairie Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Prairie Ridge Cemetery is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ridge Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Jamestown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Jamestown Cemetery is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Eaves Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Eaves Cemetery is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaves Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- Old Scooba Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Scooba Cemetery is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Scooba Cemetery
- Cluster Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Cluster Cemetery is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Cemetery
- Blue Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Blue Chapel Cemetery is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Chapel Cemetery
- Hebron Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Watts Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Watts Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Binnsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Binnsville is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville
- Cooksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cooksville is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Geiger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Geiger is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Panola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Panola is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
- Giles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Giles is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles
- Scooba
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wahalak
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wahalak is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahalak
- Electric Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Electric Mills is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric Mills
- Harlan ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Harlan is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
- Emelle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Emelle is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Gainesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gainesville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Shuqualak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- West Greene
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- West Greene is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greene
- Memphis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Memphis is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Sucarnoochee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sucarnoochee is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucarnoochee
- Sledge ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sledge is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Sumterville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sumterville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumterville
- Aliceville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Porterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Porterville is located in Kemper County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- McMullen
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- McMullen is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
- Garden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Garden is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden
- Macon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Macon is located in Noxubee County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,384 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macon <6>
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 Watts 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 Watts Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Aliceville
- Gainesville
- Geiger
- Macon
- Scooba
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Watts 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 Watts Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #158980 (Watts Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #158980 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: 56 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Panola
- Location given for Watts Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.9262401 Lon: -88.3428119
- 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Watts 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. |