A visit to the Mayflower 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 Mayflower Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mayflower Cemetery:
32.4582, -93.5738
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mayflower Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mayflower Cemetery is located in Bossier Parish<2>.
The parish seat for Bossier Parish is located in Benton. Benton lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Mayflower Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mayflower 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 Mayflower Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mayflower Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Oakland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- Red River Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Red River Cemetery is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River Cemetery
- Burns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Burns Cemetery is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Cemetery
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Jerusalem Cemetery is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Cemetery
- Suggs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Suggs Cemetery is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suggs Cemetery
- Koran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Koran Cemetery is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koran Cemetery
- Camp Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Camp Zion Cemetery is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Zion Cemetery
- Haughton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Haughton Cemetery is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haughton Cemetery
- Hillcrest Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Fillmore Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Fillmore Cemetery is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore Cemetery
- Fellowship Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Fellowship Cemetery is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Marshall Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Marshall Cemetery is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Cemetery
- Gilmer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Gilmer Cemetery is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Allen Town Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Allen Town Cemetery is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Town Cemetery
- Forest Park East Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Forest Park East Cemetery is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park East Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Park East Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Shreveport.
- The Forest Park East Cemetery has also been known as:
- Forest Park Cemetery East
- Forest Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #67544 <5>
- Raine Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Raine Cemetery is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raine Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Oakland Cemetery is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland Cemetery
- Hebrew Rest Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Hebrew Rest Cemetery is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebrew Rest Cemetery
- Hebrew Rest Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Hebrew Rest Cemetery is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebrew Rest Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Shreveport.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #68819 <5>
- Star Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Star Cemetery is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Cemetery
- Springfield Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Springfield Cemetery is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mayflower Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mayflower Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bodcau
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bodcau is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodcau
- Espanita Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Espanita Village is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espanita Village
- Haughton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eastwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Eastwood is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastwood
- Elm Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Red Chute
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Red Chute is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Chute
- Fillmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fillmore is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Princeton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Parkland Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Parkland Village is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland Village
- Bossier City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ellerbe Woods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ellerbe Woods is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerbe Woods
- Atkins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Atkins is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Doyline
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Normandy Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Normandy Village is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Village
- Shreveport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chateau Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chateau Village is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateau Village
- Summer Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Summer Grove is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Grove
- Yellow Pine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Yellow Pine is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Pine
- Bellevue
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bellevue is located in Bossier Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Silver Pine Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Silver Pine Village is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Pine Village
- South Towne Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Towne Heights is located in Caddo Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Towne Heights
- Frierson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Armistead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Armistead is located in Bienville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armistead
- Buckhorn ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Buckhorn is located in Webster Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
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 Mayflower Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bossier Parish.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mayflower Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bellevue
- Bossier City
- Shreveport
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 Mayflower Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Louisiana:
- Pages specific to Bossier 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 Mayflower Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #536947 (Mayflower Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #536947 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: Bossier
- Est. Elev: 61 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sligo
- Location given for Mayflower Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.458209 Lon: -93.5737865
- 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 Bossier, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mayflower 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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