A visit to the Mount Avery Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Mt. Avery Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Mt. Avery Cemetery (FG ID #35483)
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 Mt. Avery Cemetery ...
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Avery Cemetery has been estimated.<3>
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Avery Cemetery
Lat: 32.0657° (32° 3' 56")
Lon: -84.4892° (-84° 29' 21")
The cemetery is located in Webster County<4>.
As an estimate, the Mt. Avery Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the west of Preston.
The county seat for Webster County is located in Preston. Preston lies just to the west of the Mt. Avery Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Mt. Avery Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Avery Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Preston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Mark AME Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lebanon Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lebanon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Sumter County
- Magnolia Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Magnolia Springs Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Magnolia Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Magnolia Springs Cemetery is located in Sumter County
- Tabernacle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tabernacle Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tabernacle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Tabernacle Cemetery is located in Sumter County
- Lowrey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Marks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marks Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Marks Cemetery is located in Sumter County
- Shiloh - Marion Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Smyrna Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smyrna Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smyrna Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Smyrna Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Askew Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Friendship Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friendship Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friendship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Sumter County
- Providence Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Providence Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Providence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Providence Cemetery is located in Sumter County
- Harmony Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmony Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harmony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Harmony Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Bryants Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bryants Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bryants Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Bryants Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Whitt Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitt Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Whitt Cemetery is located in Stewart County
- Weston Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weston Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Weston Cemetery is located in Webster County
- Weston Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weston Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Weston Cemetery is located in Webster County
- Foremans Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Foremans Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Foremans Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Foremans Cemetery is located in Webster County
- Antioch Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Sumter County
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> of the Mt. Avery Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Avery Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Preston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Plains
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Leveretts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Concord
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Weston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weston have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Weston is located in Webster County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weston <7>
- Draneville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Parrott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parrott have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
- Parrott is located in Terrell County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parrott <7>
- Thalean
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Richland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richland have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Richland is located in Stewart County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richland <7>
- Shiloh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sumter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sumter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumter
- Sumter is located in Sumter County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Sumter
- From the Mt. Avery Cemetery to Sumter
- Americus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Ellaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- La Crosse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Zion ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bronwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smithville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lumpkin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Glen Alta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Concord
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
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. Avery Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Webster County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Avery Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Americus
- Buena Vista
- Dawson
- Ellaville
- Richland
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 Mt. Avery Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Georgia:
- Pages specific to Webster County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Mt. Avery Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal 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 Mt. Avery Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #318559 (Mount Avery Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #318559 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: Plains
- County: Webster Elev: 137
- Location given for GNIS #318559 (Mount Avery Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #35483
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> | 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. |
<2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Mt. Avery Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0657, Longitude: -84.4892 In this case, the coordinates for the Mt. Avery Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
<3> | 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. |
<4> | If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Webster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<5> | 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. |
<6> | 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. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |