A visit to the Forrest City 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 Forrest City Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forrest City Cemetery:
35.0048, -90.7807
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Forrest City Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Forrest City Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County<2>.
The county seat for Saint Francis County is located in Forrest City. Forrest City lies just to the northwest of the Forrest City Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Forrest City Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Forrest City Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Forrest City Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Forrest Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Forrest Park Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest Park Cemetery
- Henderson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Henderson Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- McDonald Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The McDonald Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- New Hebron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The New Hebron Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron Cemetery
- Harris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Cemetery
- Beazley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Beazley Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beazley Cemetery
- Freedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Freedonia Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedonia Cemetery
- Hodge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hodge Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Wyles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Wyles Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyles Cemetery
- St. John Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The St. John Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Cemetery
- Hughes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Hughes Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
- The Hughes Cemetery has also been known as:
- Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #583206 <5>
- Stanley Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Stanley Grove Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Grove Cemetery
- Bell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Bell Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Cemetery
- Elcana Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Elcana Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elcana Cemetery
- Linden Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Linden Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Cemetery
- New Sardis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The New Sardis Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sardis Cemetery
- Dorriss Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Dorriss Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorriss Cemetery
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 Forrest City Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forrest City Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Forrest City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bonair
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bonair is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
- Madison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Caldwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Widener
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Widener is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widener
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Palestine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Palestine is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Haynes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Haynes is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Colt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Colt is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colt <6>
- Rawlinson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
- Felton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Felton is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felton
- Goodwin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Goodwin is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
- Brickeys
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brickeys is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickeys
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Marianna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wynne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Winona ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Winona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Bledsoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bledsoe is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Heth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Levesque
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Levesque is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levesque
- Hughes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Moro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bemis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bemis is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Hunter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hunter is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
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 Forrest City Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Saint Francis County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Forrest City Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Caldwell
- Forrest City
- Hughes
- Madison
- Marianna
- Wynne
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Forrest City Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Arkansas:
- Pages specific to Saint Francis 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 Forrest City Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #82996 (Forrest City Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #82996 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: St. Francis
- Est. Elev: 102 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Forrest City
- Location given for Forrest City Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.004814 Lon: -90.7806672
- 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 Arkansas' counties, including Saint Francis, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Forrest City 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. |