A visit to the Whitefield 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 Whitefield Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Whitefield Cemetery:
33.4557, -92.9660
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Whitefield Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Whitefield Cemetery is located in Ouachita County<2>.
The county seat for Ouachita County is located in Camden. Camden lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northeast of the Whitefield Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Whitefield Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Whitefield Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Whitefield Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Good Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Good Hope Cemetery is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Tate Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Watkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Watkins Cemetery is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Cemetery
- The Watkins Cemetery has also been known as:
- Haltom Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56721 <5>
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Zion Hill Cemetery is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill Cemetery
- Old Liberty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Old Liberty Cemetery is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Liberty Cemetery
- Smeed Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Smeed Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smeed Cemetery
- Watson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Watson Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Cemetery
- Silver Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Silver Hill Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hill Cemetery
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- Round Oak Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Round Oak Cemetery is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Oak Cemetery
- Gatlin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Gatlin Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatlin Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Mt. Horeb Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Horeb Cemetery is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Horeb Cemetery
- Patton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Patton Cemetery is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Cemetery
- Cullendale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Cullendale Cemetery is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullendale Cemetery
- Mt. Holly Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Holly Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Holly Cemetery
- Powell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Powell Cemetery is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Cemetery
- Hawkins Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Hawkins Cemetery is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins Cemetery
- Eternal Rest Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Eternal Rest Cemetery is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eternal Rest Cemetery
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 Whitefield Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Whitefield Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Pace City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pace City is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pace City
- Lufra ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lufra is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lufra
- Stephens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Cullendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cullendale is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullendale
- Mount Holly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Louann
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Louann is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louann
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Milner ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milner
- Camden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- College Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- College Hill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Hill
- Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Village is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village
- Lisbon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Smackover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bragg City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bragg City is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- McNeil
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Camden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Camden is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Camden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Chidester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Chidester is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chidester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Sandy Land
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Land is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Land
- Vanduzer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vanduzer is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduzer
- Dumas City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dumas City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas City
- Zama ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Zama is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zama
- Magnolia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Calhoun is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun
- Norphlet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Norphlet is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norphlet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
- Joyce City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Joyce City is located in Ouachita County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyce City
- Cale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cale is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
- Willisville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Willisville is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 139 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 Whitefield Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Ouachita County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Whitefield Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Camden
- Magnolia
- Norphlet
- Stephens
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 Whitefield Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Arkansas:
- Pages specific to Ouachita 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 Whitefield Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #56312 (Whitefield Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #56312 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: Ouachita
- Est. Elev: 86 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Buena Vista
- Location given for Whitefield Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.4556748 Lon: -92.9659977
- 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 Ouachita, 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- Whitefield 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. |
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