A visit to the Bledsoe Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Bledsoe Cemetery ...
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bledsoe Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bledsoe Cemetery
Lat: 35.3634° (35° 21' 48")
Lon: -90.1637° (-90° 9' 49")
The Bledsoe Cemetery is located in Crittenden County<2>.
The county seat for Crittenden County is located in Marion. Marion lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south of the Bledsoe Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Bledsoe Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bledsoe Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sunrise Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunrise Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunrise Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Sunrise Cemetery is located in Crittenden County
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Crittenden County
- New Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The New Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Crittenden County
- Island Forty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Island Forty Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Island Forty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Island Forty Cemetery is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Rupe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rupe Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rupe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Rupe Cemetery is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56037 <5>
- Malone Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Malone Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Malone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Malone Cemetery is located in Crittenden County
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walnut Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walnut Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Walnut Grove Cemetery is located in Crittenden County
- Cruse Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cruse Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cruse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Cruse Cemetery is located in Crittenden County
- Booker Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Booker Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Booker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Booker Cemetery is located in Crittenden County
- Brown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Crittenden County
- Friendship Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friendship Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friendship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Crittenden County
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Mt. Pisgah Cemetery is located in Shelby County (TN)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Barrow Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barrow Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barrow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Barrow Cemetery is located in Tipton County (TN)
- New Bethel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Bethel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The New Bethel Cemetery is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55321 <5>
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Crittenden County
- Billow Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Billow Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Billow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Billow Cemetery is located in Crittenden County
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Crittenden County
- Benjestown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Benjestown Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Benjestown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Benjestown Cemetery is located in Shelby County (TN)
- St. Matthew Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Matthew Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Matthew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Matthew Cemetery is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Embury Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Embury Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Embury Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Embury Cemetery is located in Shelby County (TN)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bledsoe Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bledsoe Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Clarkedale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarkedale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Jericho
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jericho. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Turrell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turrell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turrell
- Turrell is located in Crittenden County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turrell <7>
- James Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for James Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County
- Giles Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Giles Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Corona
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Corona. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Corona is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Gilmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilmore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Gilmore is located in Crittenden County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Frenchmans Bayou
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County
- Ramsey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ramsey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Birdsong
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsong
- Birdsong is located in Mississippi County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Sunset
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Cuba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cuba. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Cuba is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Denwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County
- Heafer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heafer
- Heafer is located in Crittenden County
- Marion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Joiner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Woodstock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Whitton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County
- Bardstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bardstown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County
- Mound City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mound City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County
- Bassett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Crawfordsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tyronza
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Memphis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Memphis have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Memphis
- West Memphis is located in Crittenden County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,158 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Memphis <7>
- Lucy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Lucy is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Poindexter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Poindexter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
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 Bledsoe Cemetery. The following communities are located in Crittenden County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bledsoe 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 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 Bledsoe Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Arkansas:
- Pages specific to Crittenden County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
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 Bledsoe Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #59250 (Bledsoe Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #59250 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: Jericho
- County: Crittenden Elev: 68
- Location given for GNIS #59250 (Bledsoe Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
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 Arkansas' counties, including Crittenden, 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Bledsoe Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3634, Longitude: -90.1637 In this case, the coordinates for the Bledsoe Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |