A visit to the Simmons 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 Simmons Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Simmons Cemetery:
30.9493, -90.2218
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Simmons Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Simmons Cemetery is located in Washington Parish<2>.
The parish seat for Washington Parish is located in Franklinton. Franklinton lies just to the south southeast of the Simmons Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Simmons Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Simmons Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Simmons Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Alford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Alford Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Bankston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Bankston Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankston Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Maples Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Maples Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maples Cemetery
- Carter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Carter Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Cemetery
- Seale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Seale Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seale Cemetery
- Turner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Turner Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Turner Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the northwest of Franklinton.
- The Turner Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kemp Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2323171 <5>
- Bulloch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Bulloch Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulloch Cemetery
- Magee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Magee Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee Cemetery
- Bickham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Bickham Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickham Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Hinson Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinson Cemetery
- Simmons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Simmons Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Cemetery
- Simmons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Simmons Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Cemetery
- Brock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Brock Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock Cemetery
- Connerley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Connerley Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connerley Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Schilling Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Schilling Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schilling Cemetery
- Burch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Burch Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burch Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- St. James Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The St. James Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Cemetery
- Moriah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Moriah Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah Cemetery
- Warner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Warner Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Brock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Brock Cemetery is located in Walthall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Simmons Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Simmons Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mount Hermon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sunny Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sunny Hill is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
- Smithburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Smithburg is located in Pike County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithburg
- Franklinton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stoney Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stoney Point is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
- Wilmer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmer is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmer
- Pine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pine is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
- Tylertown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Popeville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Popeville is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popeville
- Osyka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Henry City ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Henry City is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry City
- Enon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Enon is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Chatawa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chatawa is located in Pike County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatawa
- Kentwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Tangipahoa
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Holmesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Holmesville is located in Pike County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- Fluker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Husser
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Magnolia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bacots
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bacots is located in Pike County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacots
- Roseland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kokomo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Amite City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Folsom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
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 Simmons Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Washington Parish.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Simmons Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Amite City
- Kentwood
- Magnolia
- Osyka
- Osyka lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Simmons Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Osyka.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osyka
- Roseland
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 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 Simmons Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Louisiana:
- Pages specific to Washington 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 Simmons Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #539383 (Simmons Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #539383 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: Washington
- Est. Elev: 70 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Clifton
- Location given for Simmons Cemetery:
- Lat: 30.9493476 Lon: -90.2217564
- 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 Washington, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Simmons 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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