A visit to the Little 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 Little Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Little Cemetery
Lat: 33.0107° (33° 0' 38")
Lon: -83.8830° (-83° 52' 58")
The Little Cemetery is located in Monroe County<1>.
The county seat for Monroe County is located in Forsyth. Forsyth lies just to the west northwest of the Little Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> of the Little Cemetery.<3>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Little Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Chambliss Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chambliss Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chambliss Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Chambliss Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Stern Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Smith Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Zellner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maynard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maynard Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Maynard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Maynard Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Forsyth City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McCowen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Webb - Roquemore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Greater Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Garden of Prayer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garden of Prayer Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garden of Prayer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Garden of Prayer Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens is located in Monroe County
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Rest Haven Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rest Haven Memorial Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rest Haven Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Rest Haven Memorial Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- McCough African-American Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Battle Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Winn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wadley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wadley Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wadley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Wadley Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Holly Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holly Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holly Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Holly Grove Cemetery is located in Monroe County
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> of the Little Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Little Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Smarr
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smarr have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smarr
- Smarr is located in Monroe County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smarr <7>
- Forsyth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bolingbroke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Juliette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Juliette have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juliette
- Juliette is located in Monroe County
- Estimated population in 2019: 161 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Juliette <7>
- Box Ankle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Goggins
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Goggins. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goggins
- Goggins is located in Lamar County
- Goggins has also been known as:
- Goggans Station
- Goggans
- Goggansville
- Goggins Station
- Gogginsville
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Goggins
- From the Little Cemetery to Goggins
- Lizella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Culloden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Yatesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yatesville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Yatesville is located in Upson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yatesville <7>
- Payne
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wayside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Round Oak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flovilla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Barnesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Musella
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Musella have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musella
- Musella is located in Crawford County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Musella <7>
- Liberty Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Aldora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aldora have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldora
- Aldora is located in Lamar County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Vinson Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vinson Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson Village
- Vinson Village is located in Bibb County
- Macon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Clinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bradley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Milner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jackson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Knoxville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knoxville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Knoxville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knoxville <7>
- Cross Keys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Morton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Morton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
- Morton is located in Jones County
- Estimated population in 2019: 549 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Morton
- From the Little Cemetery to Morton
- Gray
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- The Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Rock
- The Rock is located in Upson County
- Former name for The Rock:
- Topeka Junction
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for The Rock <7>
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 Little Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Monroe County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Little Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Barnesville
- Flovilla
- Forsyth
- Gray
- Jackson
- Macon
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Little Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Georgia:
- Pages specific to Monroe County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
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 Little Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #334710 (Little Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #334710 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: Forsyth
- County: Monroe Elev: 183
- Location given for GNIS #334710 (Little Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Monroe County: www.monroecountygeorgia.com/
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<2> | 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 from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Little Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0107, Longitude: -83.8830 |
<3> | 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. |
<4> | 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. |
<5> | 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. |
<6> | 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. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |