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A visit to the Cooper 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 Cooper Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Cooper Cemetery:

30.8396, -93.4427

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Cooper Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Cooper Cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish<2>.

The parish seat for Beauregard Parish is located in DeRidder. DeRidder lies just to the east of the Cooper Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Cooper Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> of the Cooper Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Hinson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • The Hinson Cemetery is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinson Cemetery
  • Old Cypress Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
  • Hennican Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • The Hennican Cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hennican Cemetery
  • Hennigan Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • The Hennigan Cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hennigan Cemetery
  • Cypress Creek Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • The Cypress Creek Cemetery is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Creek Cemetery
  • Merryville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • The Merryville Cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merryville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Merryville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Merryville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #68206 <5>
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
  • Beauregard Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Evans Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • The Evans Cemetery is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Evans Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Evans.
    • The Evans Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Galilee Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #67468 <5>
  • Griggs Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • The Griggs Cemetery is located in Newton County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griggs Cemetery
  • Newlin Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • The Newlin Cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin Cemetery
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Rosepine Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Rosepine Cemetery is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosepine Cemetery
    • Miller Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Miller Cemetery is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Newton County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
    • Hughes Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The Hughes Cemetery is located in Newton County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
    • Inman Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • The Inman Cemetery is located in Newton County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman Cemetery
    • Stark Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • The Stark Cemetery is located in Newton County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark Cemetery
    • Burks Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • The Burks Cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burks Cemetery
    • Meadow Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • The Meadow Cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Cemetery
    • Havens Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • The Havens Cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Cemetery
    • Bishop Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The Bishop Cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Cemetery
    • Cyer Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • The Cyer Cemetery is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyer Cemetery
    • Craft Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • The Craft Cemetery is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craft Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Cooper Cemetery.

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

  • Merryville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • DeRidder
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Ludington
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Ludington is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
  • Evans
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Rosepine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Newlin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Newlin is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
  • Hughes ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hughes is located in Newton County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
  • Singer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Pinewood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pinewood is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
  • Bon Wier
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Ikes
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Ikes is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ikes
  • Savage Fork
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Savage Fork is located in Vernon Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage Fork
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Elmwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Elmwood is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
    • Pickering
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pickering is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
    • Burkeville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Shanklerville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Shanklerville is located in Newton County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanklerville
    • Newton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Newton is located in Newton County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,329 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <6>
    • Billy Goat Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Billy Goat Hill is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billy Goat Hill
    • Wiergate
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

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 Cooper Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Beauregard Parish.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Cooper Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Louisiana:
  • Pages specific to Beauregard Parish:
  • Genealogy information for nearby parishes:
  • 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 Cooper Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #545421  (Cooper Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #545421 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
      • Parish: Beauregard
      • Est. Elev: 55 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Neale
      • Location given for Cooper Cemetery:
      • Lat: 30.8396411     Lon: -93.4426696
      • 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 Louisiana's parishes, including Beauregard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>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- Cooper 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.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.