A visit to the Saint Marks 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 St. Marks Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Marks Cemetery:
35.1993, -90.6887
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Marks Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Marks Cemetery is located in Cross County<2>.
The county seat for Cross County is located in Wynne. Wynne lies just to the west northwest of the St. Marks Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Marks 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 St. Marks Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Marks Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Walters Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Walters Cemetery is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters Cemetery
- Wynne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Wynne Cemetery is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynne Cemetery
- Cogbill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Cogbill Cemetery is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogbill Cemetery
- Gatlen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Gatlen Cemetery is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatlen Cemetery
- Harefarm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Harefarm Cemetery is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harefarm Cemetery
- Yarbo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Yarbo Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarbo Cemetery
- New Sardis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The New Sardis Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sardis Cemetery
- McDonald Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The McDonald Cemetery is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald Cemetery
- Dorriss Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Dorriss Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorriss Cemetery
- Mt. Maria Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Maria Cemetery is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Maria Cemetery
- McElroy Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The McElroy Cemetery is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElroy Cemetery
- Akin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Akin Cemetery is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Akin Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Vanndale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52794 <5>
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Warren Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Warren Cemetery is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Cemetery
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Walnut Grove Cemetery is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Hughes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Beazley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Beazley Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beazley Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Harris Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Cemetery
- New Hebron Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The New Hebron Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Marks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Marks Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Levesque
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Levesque is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levesque
- Wynne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Colt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Parkin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vanndale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vanndale is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanndale
- Caldwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Widener
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Widener is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widener
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Madison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Heth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Earle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cherry Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Forrest City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Jennette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jennette is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Twist
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Twist is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Bay Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bay Village is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- Bonair
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bonair is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonair
- Palestine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Rawlinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rawlinson is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlinson
- Proctor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Poindexter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Poindexter is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poindexter
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 St. Marks Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Cross County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Marks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Caldwell
- Earle
- Earle lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the St. Marks Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Earle.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earle
- Forrest City
- Hughes
- Madison
- Parkin
- Wynne
- Wynne lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the St. Marks Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Wynne.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynne
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 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 St. Marks Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Arkansas:
- Pages specific to Cross 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 St. Marks Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1730616 (Saint Marks Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1730616 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: Cross
- Est. Elev: 67 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wittsburg
- Location given for Saint Marks Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.1992556 Lon: -90.6887209
- 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 Cross, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- St. Marks 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. |