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 ...
The Newlight Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Alexandria National Cemetery
- Anandale Cemetery
- The Anandale Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anandale Cemetery
- Anthony Cemetery
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
- The B'nai Israel Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
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- Belgard Cemetery
- The Belgard Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
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- Boyce Cemetery
- The Boyce Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
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- Coleman Cemetery
- Cruikshank Cemetery
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Frazier Cemetery
- Garden of Memories Cemetery
- Greenwood Memorial Park
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- Holly Oak Cemetery
- The Holly Oak Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
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- Jewish Cemetery
- The Jewish Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
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- Labat Cemetery
- The Labat Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
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- Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
- Maryhill Seminary Cemetery
- McNutt Cemetery
- The McNutt Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
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- McNutt Hill Cemetery
- The McNutt Hill Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
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- Methodist Cemetery
- The Methodist Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
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- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
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- Sunlight Cemetery
- The Sunlight Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
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- 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 <2>
- Union Baptist Church Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery is located in Grant Parish
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- Venus Cemetery
- The Venus Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
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- Wesley Cemetery
- The Wesley Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
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- Williams Cemetery
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
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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 alphabetically:
- Alexandria Junction
- Alexandria Junction is located in Rapides Parish
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- Alexandria
- Anandale
- Anandale is located in Rapides Parish
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- Antonia
- Antonia is located in Grant Parish
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- Ball
- Bentley
- Boyce
- Colfax
- Creola
- Creola is located in Grant Parish
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Creola has also been known as:
- Creola village
- Dry Prong
- Fairmount
- Fairmount is located in Grant Parish
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- Fishville
- Fishville is located in Grant Parish
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- Gardner
- Hot Wells
- Hot Wells is located in Rapides Parish
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- Kolin
- Lena
- Libuse
- Moreland
- Moreland is located in Rapides Parish
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- Otis
- Pineville
- Pollock
- Rock
- Rock is located in Rapides Parish
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- Stay
- Stay is located in Grant Parish
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- Tioga
- Weil
- Weil is located in Rapides Parish
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- Woodworth
- Zimmerman
- Zimmerman is located in Rapides Parish
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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.
- Alexandria
- Colfax
- Pineville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 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
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Newlight Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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