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A visit to the Merryville 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 Merryville Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Merryville Cemetery (FG ID #68206).

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 Merryville Cemetery ...

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

30.7484, -93.5367

The Merryville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Merryville.

The cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish<2>.

The parish seat for Beauregard Parish is located in DeRidder. DeRidder lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Merryville Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Merryville Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the Merryville Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Hennican Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • The Hennican Cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hennican Cemetery
  • Hennigan Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • The Hennigan Cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hennigan Cemetery
  • Hughes Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • The Hughes Cemetery is located in Newton County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
  • Inman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Inman Cemetery is located in Newton County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inman Cemetery
  • Stark Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Stark Cemetery is located in Newton County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark Cemetery
  • Burks Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Burks Cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burks Cemetery
  • Meadow Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Meadow Cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Cemetery
  • Whitman Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • The Whitman Cemetery is located in Newton County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitman Cemetery
  • Cooper Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • The Cooper Cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Cemetery
  • Franks Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • The Franks Cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks Cemetery
  • Newlin Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • The Newlin Cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin Cemetery
  • Davis Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • The Davis Cemetery is located in Newton County (TX)
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  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Belgrade Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • The Belgrade Cemetery is located in Newton County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgrade Cemetery
    • Herrin Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • The Herrin Cemetery is located in Newton County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrin Cemetery
    • Hughes Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • The Hughes Cemetery is located in Newton County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
    • Good Hope Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Good Hope Cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Cemetery
    • Havens Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Havens Cemetery is located in Beauregard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Cemetery
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
    • Griggs Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The Griggs Cemetery is located in Newton County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griggs Cemetery
    • Hinson Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The Hinson Cemetery is located in Vernon Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinson Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Merryville Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Merryville 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 Merryville 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 Merryville Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Merryville 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 Merryville Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #68206

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #544793  (Merryville Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #544793 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: 27 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Merryville South
      • Location given for Merryville Cemetery:
      • Lat: 30.748256     Lon: -93.5371175
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    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 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 '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- Merryville 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.