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A visit to the Mater Dolorosa Catholic 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 Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery (FG ID #568044)

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 Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery

Lat:   30.9680°   (30° 58' 4")

Lon:   -91.9812°   (-91° 58' 52")

The Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery is located in Avoyelles Parish<2>.

The parish seat for Avoyelles Parish is located in Marksville. Marksville lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery .

Establishment of the Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery ...

The Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery was established in 1870.

Name Variations for Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Plaucheville Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery.<4>

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

  • St. Anthony Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthony Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anthony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Anthony Cemetery is located in Avoyelles Parish
  • Goudeau Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goudeau Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goudeau Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Goudeau Cemetery is located in Avoyelles Parish
  • Jersalem Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jersalem Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jersalem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Jersalem Cemetery is located in Avoyelles Parish
  • Snowden Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Snowden Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Snowden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Snowden Cemetery is located in Avoyelles Parish
  • Morrow Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morrow Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morrow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Morrow Cemetery is located in Avoyelles Parish
  • Robinson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robinson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robinson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Robinson Cemetery is located in Avoyelles Parish
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Avoyelles Parish
  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Avoyelles Parish
  • Hatfield Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hatfield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hatfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hatfield Cemetery is located in Avoyelles Parish
  • Spring Bluff Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Bluff Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Bluff Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Spring Bluff Cemetery is located in Saint Landry Parish
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Avoyelles Parish
  • Apostolic Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Apostolic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Apostolic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Apostolic Cemetery is located in Saint Landry Parish
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery. The following communities are located in Avoyelles Parish.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Bunkie
    • Bunkie lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the West (W) of the Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bunkie.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunkie
  • Cottonport
  • Marksville

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 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 Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery:

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 Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #545563  (Plaucheville Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #545563 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: Plaucheville
    • County: Avoyelles         Elev: 14
    • Location given for GNIS #545563 (Plaucheville Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #568044

The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.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>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Avoyelles, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9680, Longitude: -91.9812    
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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