A visit to the Mount Pleasant 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 Mt. Pleasant Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery:
34.8487, -91.6390
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Prairie County<2>.
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Walters Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hazen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Hazen Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen Cemetery
- Green Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Green Grove Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Hazen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hazen Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hazen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Hazen.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #54281 <5>
- Old Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Bethel Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bethel Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The White Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- McBee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The McBee Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBee Cemetery
- Carlisle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Carlisle Cemetery is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Cemetery
- Carlisle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Carlisle Cemetery is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Cemetery
- Hebron Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Hebron Cemetery is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Cemetery
- Czech National Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Tucker Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Tucker Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Cemetery
- Whippoorwill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Whippoorwill Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whippoorwill Cemetery
- Ford Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Ford Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Cemetery
- Johnson Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Powell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Powell Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Cemetery
- Harper Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Harper Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
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 Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Screeton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Screeton is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screeton
- Cuneo ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cuneo is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuneo
- Hazen
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Carlisle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- McCreanor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- McCreanor is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCreanor
- Tollville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tollville is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollville
- De Valls Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hickory Plains
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Plains is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Plains
- Des Arc
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sisemore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sisemore is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisemore
- Parkers Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Parkers Corner is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Corner
- Biscoe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Biscoe is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscoe
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Fredonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Brasfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Brasfield is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasfield
- Lonoke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sand Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Hill is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Bayou Meto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bayou Meto is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Meto
- Oak Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Fairmount
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fairmount is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
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 Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Prairie County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Beebe
- Beebe lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Beebe.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe
- Carlisle
- Des Arc
- Hazen
- Lonoke
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 Mt. Pleasant Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Arkansas:
- Pages specific to Prairie 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 Mt. Pleasant Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #60029 (Mount Pleasant Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #60029 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: Prairie
- Est. Elev: 70 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Carlisle
- Location given for Mount Pleasant Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.8487025 Lon: -91.6390221
- 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 Prairie, 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- Mt. Pleasant 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. |