A visit to the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church 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 Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (FG ID #2174167).
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 Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery:
31.9281, -82.0211
The Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Tattnall County<2>.
The county seat for Tattnall County is located in Reidsville. Reidsville lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hopewell UMC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bradley - Anderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stanfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Stanfield Cemetery is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfield Cemetery
- Battle Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Sand Hill Cemetery is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill Cemetery
- Surrency Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Surrency Cemetery is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surrency Cemetery
- Pine View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Pine View Cemetery is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine View Cemetery
- Matlock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Matlock Cemetery is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matlock Cemetery
- First Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glennville Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Mendes Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- McArthur Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The McArthur Cemetery is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McArthur Cemetery
- Padgett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Padgett Cemetery is located in Tattnall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padgett Cemetery
- Ebenezer FWB Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Halltown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- DeLoach Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glennville City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harmony UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Glennville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Midway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Donald
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reidsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Madray Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bellville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hagan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Manassas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Surrency
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gum Branch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gum Branch is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Branch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Claxton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Collins
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Odum
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Daisy
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Baxley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ohoopee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Doctortown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ludowici
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jesup
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cedar Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
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 Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Tattnall County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Baxley
- Baxley lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Baxley.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxley
- Glennville
- Hinesville
- Jesup
- Jesup lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Jesup.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesup
- Ludowici
- Lyons
- Lyons lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lyons.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Odum
- Odum lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the South (S) of the Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Odum.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odum
- Reidsville
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 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 Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery:
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- Pages specific to Tattnall 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 Watermelon Creek Baptist Church Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2174167
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> | If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Tattnall, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Watermelon Creek Baptist Church 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |