A visit to the Midway 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 Midway Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Midway Cemetery (FG ID #68211).
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 Midway Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Midway Cemetery:
31.6181, -92.5866
The Midway Cemetery is located in Grant Parish<2>.
The parish seat for Grant Parish is located in Colfax. Colfax lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the Midway Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Midway Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Midway Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Midway Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Liberty Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dry Pong Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Corbett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gilly G. LeMoine Sr. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gray Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Iatt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Parsonage Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lone Pine Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bynum Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Guynes Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dartigo Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Colfax Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- McKay Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Tyson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Verda Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Valentine Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Valentine Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine Cemetery
- Raven Camp Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Coleman Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Frazier Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Knot Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Midway Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Midway Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Dry Prong
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Black Creek ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Black Creek is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Bentley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Colfax
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Antonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Stay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pollock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairmount
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Creola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Creola is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Creola has also been known as:
- Creola village
- Fishville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rock is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Zimmerman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Atlanta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Boyce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Whitford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ball
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Zenoria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tioga
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cloutierville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hot Wells
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Tullos
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
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 Midway Cemetery. The following communities are located in Grant Parish.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Midway Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Midway Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Louisiana:
- Pages specific to Grant 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 Midway Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #68211
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #547691 (Midway Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #547691 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: Grant
- Est. Elev: 46 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Dry Prong
- Location given for Midway Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.6176725 Lon: -92.5870892
- 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 Grant, 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- Midway 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. |