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A visit to the Hinson 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 Hinson Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   31.7827°   (31° 46' 57")

Lon:   -82.6274°   (-82° 37' 38")

The Hinson Cemetery is located in Jeff Davis County<2>.

The county seat for Jeff Davis County is located in Hazlehurst. Hazlehurst lies just to the north northeast of the Hinson Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Hinson Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Jeff Davis County
  • Satilla Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Denton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Simmons Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Simmons Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Simmons Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Simmons Cemetery is located in Jeff Davis County
  • Yawn Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Bazemore Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bazemore Cemetery
    • The Bazemore Cemetery is located in Jeff Davis County
  • Hazlehurst City Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hazlehurst City Cemetery
    • The Hazlehurst City Cemetery is located in Jeff Davis County
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hazlehurst City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Hazlehurst.
    • The Hazlehurst City Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hazlehurst Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2135142 <5>
  • Harris & McDew Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harris & McDew Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harris & McDew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Harris & McDew Cemetery is located in Jeff Davis County
  • Zoar Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zoar Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zoar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Zoar Cemetery is located in Appling County
  • McEachin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McEachin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McEachin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The McEachin Cemetery is located in Jeff Davis County
  • Palms Memorial Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palms Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palms Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Palms Memorial Gardens is located in Jeff Davis County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Williams Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Williams Cemetery is located in Jeff Davis County
    • Wilcox Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilcox Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilcox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wilcox Cemetery is located in Coffee County
    • Wilson Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wilson Cemetery is located in Jeff Davis County
    • Campground Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Campground Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Campground Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Campground Cemetery is located in Appling County
    • Crapps Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crapps Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crapps Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Crapps Cemetery is located in Appling County
    • Hester Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hester Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hester Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hester Cemetery is located in Jeff Davis County
    • Cedar Grove Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Grove Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Telfair County
    • Riverside Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Riverside Cemetery is located in Telfair County
    • Burkett Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burkett Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burkett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Burkett Cemetery is located in Coffee County
    • Mims Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mims Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mims Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mims Cemetery is located in Bacon County
    • Taylor Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylor Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Taylor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Taylor Cemetery is located in Bacon County
    • Holton Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Holton Cemetery is located in Bacon County
    • Wilcox andHall Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilcox andHall Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilcox andHall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wilcox andHall Cemetery is located in Jeff Davis County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 18 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Hinson Cemetery.

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

  • Denton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hazlehurst
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Graham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
    • Graham is located in Appling County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
  • Kirkland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kirkland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
    • Kirkland is located in Jeff Davis County
  • Lumber City Ferry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lumber City Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City Ferry
    • Lumber City Ferry is located in Jeff Davis County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,257 people
  • Lumber City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lumber City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
    • Lumber City is located in Telfair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,251 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lumber City <6>
  • West Green
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Green have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Green
    • West Green is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Green <6>
  • Baxley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Broxton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Nicholls
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Uvalda
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Alma
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
    • Alma is located in Bacon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,336 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <6>
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Jacksonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Scotland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
      • Scotland is located in Telfair County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scotland <6>
    • Cedar Crossing
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crossing
      • Cedar Crossing is located in Toombs County
    • Douglas
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Alston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rock Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
      • Rock Springs is located in Toombs County

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 Hinson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jeff Davis County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Alamo
    • Alamo lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Hinson Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Alamo.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
  • Alma
    • Alma lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Hinson Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Alma.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
  • Baxley
  • Broxton
  • Douglas
  • Hazlehurst
  • McRae
    • McRae lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Hinson Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for McRae.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRae

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 helpful 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 Hinson 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 Hinson Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #315454  (Hinson Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #315454 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: Roper
    • County: Jeff Davis         Elev: 71
    • Location given for GNIS #315454 (Hinson Cemetery)

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.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 Georgia's counties, including Jeff Davis, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Hinson Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7827, Longitude: -82.6274       In this case, the coordinates for the Hinson 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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