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A visit to the Newlight 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 Newlight Cemetery ...

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

31.3618, -92.5329

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

The Newlight Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish<2>.

The parish seat for Rapides Parish is located in Alexandria. Alexandria lies just to the southeast of the Newlight Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Newlight Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Newlight Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Labat Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • The Labat Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labat Cemetery
  • Venus Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Venus Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus Cemetery
  • Anthony Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cruikshank Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jewish Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Jewish Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewish Cemetery
  • Methodist Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Methodist Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist Cemetery
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
  • Wesley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Wesley Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Cemetery
  • Alexandria National Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenwood Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Maryhill Seminary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Frazier Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Belgard Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The Belgard Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgard Cemetery
    • Garden of Memories Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Holly Oak Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • The Holly Oak Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oak Cemetery
    • B'nai Israel Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • The B'nai Israel Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B'nai Israel Cemetery
    • Forest Lawn Memorial Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Coleman Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Union Baptist Church Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Union Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • The Union Cemetery is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
    • Boyce Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • The Boyce Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyce Cemetery
    • McNutt Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • The McNutt Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt Cemetery
    • McNutt Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • The McNutt Hill Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt Hill Cemetery
    • Williams Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • The Williams Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
    • Anandale Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The Anandale Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anandale Cemetery
    • Sunlight Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The Sunlight Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunlight Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunlight Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Alexandria.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2701834 <5>

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Newlight Cemetery.

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

  • Weil
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Weil is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weil
  • Creola
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
  • Alexandria
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pineville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Tioga
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Alexandria Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Alexandria Junction is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexandria Junction
  • Anandale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Anandale is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anandale
  • Ball
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Ball is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,906 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ball <6>
  • Stay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Stay is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stay
  • Boyce
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Bentley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Fairmount
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairmount is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Zimmerman
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Zimmerman is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
    • Hot Wells
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Hot Wells is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Wells
    • Gardner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Libuse
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Rock
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Rock is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
    • Moreland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Moreland is located in Rapides Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
    • Pollock
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodworth
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Kolin
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Fishville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Fishville is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishville
    • Colfax
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Otis
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Antonia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Antonia is located in Grant Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonia
    • Dry Prong
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Lena
      (15 miles [24.1 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 Newlight Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Rapides Parish.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Newlight 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 websites either 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 Newlight Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Louisiana:
  • Pages specific to Rapides 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 Newlight Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #547776  (Newlight Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #547776 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: Rapides
      • Est. Elev: 25 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Rapides
      • Location given for Newlight Cemetery:
      • Lat: 31.3618473     Lon: -92.5329184
      • 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 Rapides, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Newlight 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.