A visit to the Wesley 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 Wesley Cemetery ...
The Wesley Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Alexander Memorial Gardens
- Anandale Cemetery
- The Anandale Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anandale Cemetery
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
- The B'nai Israel Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B'nai Israel Cemetery
- Cloverdale Cemetery
- The Cloverdale Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale Cemetery
- Craig Cemetery
- The Craig Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Cemetery
- Czech National Cemetery
- Figgins Cemetery
- The Figgins Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Figgins Cemetery
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Garden of Memories Cemetery
- Greenwood Memorial Park
- Holly Oak Cemetery
- The Holly Oak Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Oak Cemetery
- Hooper Cemetery
- The Hooper Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
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- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Labat Cemetery
- The Labat Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
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- Libuse Czech Cemetery
- The Libuse Czech Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libuse Czech Cemetery
- Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
- Lofton Cemetery
- The Lofton Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofton Cemetery
- Maryhill Seminary Cemetery
- Newlight Cemetery
- The Newlight Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlight Cemetery
- Peart Cemetery
- The Peart Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peart Cemetery
- Sunlight Cemetery
- 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 <2>
- Venus Cemetery
- The Venus Cemetery is located in Rapides Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus Cemetery
- Wise Cemetery
- The Wise 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 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Wesley 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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- Ball
- Bentley
- Boyce
- Center Point
- 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
- Deville
- Fairmount
- Fairmount is located in Grant Parish
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- Fishville
- Fishville is located in Grant Parish
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- Gardner
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hot Wells
- Hot Wells is located in Rapides Parish
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- Kolin
- Lecompte
- Libuse
- Moreland
- Moreland is located in Rapides Parish
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- North Point
- North Point is located in Avoyelles Parish
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- Pineville
- Pollock
- Ruby
- Stay
- Stay is located in Grant Parish
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- Tioga
- Weil
- Weil is located in Rapides Parish
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- Whittington
- Whittington is located in Rapides Parish
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- Woodworth
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 Wesley Cemetery. The following communities are located in Rapides Parish.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wesley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alexandria
- Lecompte
- Pineville
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 Wesley 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 Wesley Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #541874 (Wesley Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #541874 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: 26 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Alexandria
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 from Point A (ie- Wesley Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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