A visit to the Smith 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 Smith Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Smith Cemetery:
31.3210, -83.9538
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Smith Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Smith Cemetery is located in Colquitt County<2>.
The county seat for Colquitt County is located in Moultrie. Moultrie lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the southeast of the Smith Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Smith Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Smith Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Doerun City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Doerun City Cemetery is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doerun City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Doerun City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Doerun.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960793 <5>
- Duncan Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Duncan Smith Cemetery is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan Smith Cemetery
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Liberty Hill Cemetery is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Cemetery
- Sale City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Sale City Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sale City Cemetery
- Pitts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Pitts Cemetery is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitts Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Hancock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Hancock Cemetery is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Cemetery
- Kimball Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Kimball Cemetery is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball Cemetery
- Rocky Mount Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Rocky Mount Cemetery is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount Cemetery
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Chapel Hill Cemetery is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill Cemetery
- Bridge Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Bridge Creek Cemetery is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge Creek Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Live Oak Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Live Oak Cemetery is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Live Oak Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northwest of Moultrie.
- The Live Oak Cemetery has also been known as:
- Live Oak Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #35038 <5>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Parkerville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Parkerville Cemetery is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkerville Cemetery
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Liberty Hill Cemetery is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Cemetery
- Harrisonville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Akridge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Akridge Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akridge Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Zion Hill Cemetery is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill Cemetery
- Suncrest Memorial Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oakdale Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Oakdale Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakdale Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the north of Moultrie.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2140154 <5>
- Tempy Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Tempy Cemetery is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tempy Cemetery
- Parker Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Parker Cemetery is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Minnesota
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Minnesota is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota
- Doerun
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bridgeboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sale City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Liberty Hill is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Anderson City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson City is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson City
- Hartsfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pebble City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pebble City is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble City
- Funston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alfords
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Alfords is located in Worth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfords
- Cotton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Baconton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Riverside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Colquitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Moultrie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- De Witt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- De Witt is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
- Population from the 2010 Census: 154 people
- Flint
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Flint is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Putney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pecan City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pecan City is located in Dougherty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan City
- Camilla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Norman Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Poulan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pelham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Smith Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Colquitt County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Camilla
- Doerun
- Meigs
- Moultrie
- Pelham
- Sumner
- Sylvester
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 Smith Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Georgia:
- Pages specific to Colquitt 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #323098 (Smith Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #323098 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: Colquitt
- Est. Elev: 112 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Doerun
- Location given for Smith Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.3210152 Lon: -83.9537894
- 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 Georgia's counties, including Colquitt, 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- Smith 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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