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A visit to the Mortar Creek 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 Mortar Creek Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mortar Creek 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 Mortar Creek Cemetery

Lat:   35.3476°   (35° 20' 51")

Lon:   -92.2152°   (-92° 12' 54")

The Mortar Creek Cemetery is located in Faulkner County<2>.

The county seat for Faulkner County is located in Conway. Conway lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the southwest of the Mortar Creek Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Mortar Creek Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Faulkner County
  • Quitman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quitman Cemetery
    • The Quitman Cemetery is located in Cleburne County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Quitman Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Quitman.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #152620 <5>
  • Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery
    • The Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Cleburne County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Quitman.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #651121 <5>
  • King Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the King Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the King Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The King Cemetery is located in Faulkner County
  • Old Texas Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Texas Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Texas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Old Texas Cemetery is located in Faulkner County
  • Goodloe Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goodloe Cemetery
    • The Goodloe Cemetery is located in Cleburne County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Goodloe Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Quitman.
    • The Goodloe Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Goodloe Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2165533 <5>
  • Central Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Central Cemetery
    • The Central Cemetery is located in Cleburne County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Central Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Quitman.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2289537 <5>
  • McNew Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McNew Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McNew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The McNew Cemetery is located in Faulkner County
  • Brown Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • 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 Faulkner County
  • Aldridge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aldridge Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Aldridge Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • The Aldridge Cemetery is located in Cleburne County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Aldridge Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Quitman.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52800 <5>
  • Holland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holland Cemetery
    • The Holland Cemetery is located in Van Buren County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Holland Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Gravesville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #54390 <5>
  • Mode Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mode Cemetery
    • The Mode Cemetery is located in Faulkner County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mode Cemetery is located
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55094 <5>
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Hardy Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hardy Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hardy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hardy Cemetery is located in Faulkner County
    • Rose Bud Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Bud Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rose Bud Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rose Bud Cemetery is located in White County
    • Moon Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Moon Cemetery is located in White County
    • Wesley Chapel Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wesley Chapel Cemetery
      • The Wesley Chapel Cemetery is located in Cleburne County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Wesley Chapel Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southwest of Quitman.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1988978 <5>
    • Copperas Springs Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Copperas Springs Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Copperas Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Copperas Springs Cemetery is located in Faulkner County
    • Martin Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Flat Rock Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flat Rock Cemetery
      • The Flat Rock Cemetery is located in Cleburne County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Flat Rock Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east of Heber Springs.
      • The Flat Rock Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Flat Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
      • Flat Rock Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1983588 <5>
    • Antioch Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Antioch Cemetery is located in Faulkner County
    • McGinty Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McGinty Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McGinty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The McGinty Cemetery is located in Faulkner County
    • Heffington Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Heffington Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Heffington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Heffington Cemetery is located in Faulkner County
    • Friendship Freewill Baptissst Church Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Palestine Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palestine Cemetery
      • The Palestine Cemetery is located in Cleburne County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Palestine Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Pearson.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1786681 <5>

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mortar Creek Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mortar Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Enders
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enders
    • Enders is located in Faulkner County
  • Quitman
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Centerville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Centerville is located in Faulkner County
  • Guy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
    • Guy is located in Faulkner County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
  • Rose Bud
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rose Bud. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Bud
    • Rose Bud is located in White County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rose Bud <7>
  • Pearson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
    • Pearson is located in Cleburne County
  • Gravesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesville
    • Gravesville is located in Van Buren County
  • Mount Vernon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
    • Mount Vernon is located in Faulkner County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
  • Enola
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enola
    • Enola is located in Faulkner County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
  • Romance
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Yuba
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Yuba. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
    • Yuba is located in Cleburne County
  • Morganton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Morganton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganton
    • Morganton is located in Van Buren County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Damascus
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Damascus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
      • Damascus is located in Van Buren County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Damascus <7>
    • Twin Groves
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Groves have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Groves
      • Twin Groves is located in Faulkner County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
    • Greenbrier
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Miller ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Miller. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
      • Miller is located in Cleburne County
    • Bee Branch
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bee Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Branch
      • Bee Branch is located in Van Buren County
    • Holland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
      • Holland is located in Faulkner County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
    • Shiloh ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shiloh. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
      • Shiloh is located in Cleburne County
    • Chalk ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chalk have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk
      • Chalk is located in Van Buren County
    • Heber Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber Springs
      • Heber Springs is located in Cleburne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,906 people
      • Former name for Heber Springs:
      • Sugar Loaf
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heber Springs <7>
    • Greers Ferry
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Higden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Green Tree
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Tree
      • Green Tree is located in Van Buren County
    • Wooster
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wooster. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooster
      • Wooster is located in Faulkner County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,125 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wooster <7>
    • Eglantine
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eglantine
      • Eglantine is located in Van Buren County
    • El Paso
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

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 Mortar Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Faulkner County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mortar Creek Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Mortar Creek Cemetery:

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 Mortar Creek Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #52227  (Mortar Creek Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #52227 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: Barney
    • County: Faulkner         Elev: 177
    • Location given for GNIS #52227 (Mortar Creek Cemetery)

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 Faulkner, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Mortar Creek Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3476, Longitude: -92.2152       In this case, the coordinates for the Mortar Creek 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.




 

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