A visit to the Baker 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 Baker Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Baker Cemetery:
36.4295, -89.6334
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Baker Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Baker Cemetery is located in New Madrid County<2>.
The county seat for New Madrid County is located in New Madrid. New Madrid lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Baker Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Baker Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Baker Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Baker Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Scott Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kimes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Kimes Cemetery is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimes Cemetery
- Meatte Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Meatte Cemetery is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meatte Cemetery
- Arbuckle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Arbuckle Cemetery is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle Cemetery
- Teroy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Teroy Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teroy Cemetery
- Roher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Roher Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roher Cemetery
- Braswell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Braswell Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell Cemetery
- Barnes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- Le Sieur Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Le Sieur Cemetery is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Sieur Cemetery
- Yount Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Yount Cemetery is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount Cemetery
- Creviosur Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Creviosur Cemetery is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creviosur Cemetery
- Smith - Ellis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Smith - Ellis Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith - Ellis Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Kimes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Kimes Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimes Cemetery
- Portageville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Portageville Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portageville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Portageville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Portageville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30952 <5>
- Ross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- Stewart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Stewart Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
- Le Sieur Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Le Sieur Cemetery is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Sieur Cemetery
- Crabtree Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Crabtree Cemetery is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabtree Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crabtree Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Portageville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28245 <5>
- Branham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Branham Cemetery is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branham Cemetery
- Girvin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Riddles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
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 Baker Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Baker Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hayward
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Conran
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Conran is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conran
- Stewart
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Point Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Point Pleasant is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Portageville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Marston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tiptonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Howardville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Howardville is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
- Proctor City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Proctor City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor City
- North Wardell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Wardell is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wardell
- Wardell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wardell is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Netherlands
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- New Madrid
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lilbourn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- North Lilbourn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- North Lilbourn is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lilbourn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43 people
- Tallapoosa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tallapoosa is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallapoosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Homestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Catron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Catron is located in New Madrid County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Owl City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Owl City is located in Lake County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl City
- Risco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hayti
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgely
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pascola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Hayti Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Samburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gideon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
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 Baker Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in New Madrid County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Baker Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Gideon
- Hayti
- Hayti lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Baker Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hayti.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti
- Lilbourn
- New Madrid
- Portageville
- Ridgely
- Tiptonville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Baker Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to New Madrid County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- 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 Baker Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #713560 (Baker Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #713560 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
- County: New Madrid
- Est. Elev: 87 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Portageville
- Location given for Baker Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.4295079 Lon: -89.6334127
- 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 Missouri's counties, including New Madrid, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Baker 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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