A visit to the Speers 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 Speers Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Speers Cemetery:
36.2226, -89.7067
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Speers Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Speers Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County<2>.
The county seat for Pemiscot County is located in Caruthersville. Caruthersville lies just to the southeast of the Speers Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Speers Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Speers Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Speers Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- Patterson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Patterson Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Cemetery
- Morgan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Morgan Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Morgan Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Hayti.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30270 <5>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The White Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- Little Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Little Prairie Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Little Prairie Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Caruthersville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #29867 <5>
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pemiscot Memorial Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huffman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Huffman Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffman Cemetery
- Morgan Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Morgan Ridge Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Ridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Morgan Ridge Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Caruthersville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30275 <5>
- Maple Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Maple Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Caruthersville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #29983 <5>
- Magnolia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Magnolia Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Rice Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Rice Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery
- Averill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Averill Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill Cemetery
- Dry Bayou Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Dry Bayou Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Bayou Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Cupp Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Cupp Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupp Cemetery
- Darnell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Darnell Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Cemetery
- Ingram Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Ingram Ridge Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram Ridge Cemetery
- Long Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hatley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Hatley Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley Cemetery
- Pullam Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Pullam Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullam Cemetery
- Organ Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Organ Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Organ Cemetery
- Wagner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Wagner Cemetery is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagner Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Speers Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Speers Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hayti
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Caruthersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hayti Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hayti Heights is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayti Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Netherlands
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Netherlands is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherlands
- Braggadocio
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Braggadocio is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braggadocio
- Pascola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pascola is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pascola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Boothspoint
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boothspoint is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothspoint
- Homestown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Homestown is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Deering
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Deering is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering
- Ayers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ayers is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
- Wardell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wardell is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- Mid City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mid City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid City
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- North Wardell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Wardell is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wardell
- Stewart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stewart is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Bragg City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bragg City is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Steele
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgely
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hayward
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hayward is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
- Cooter
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gobler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gobler is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gobler
- Holland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Holland is located in Pemiscot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
- Portageville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tinkerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Tinkerville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkerville
- Mengelwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mengelwood is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
- Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
- Bogota
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bogota is located in Dyer County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogota
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 Speers Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pemiscot County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Speers Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Caruthersville
- Hayti
- Portageville
- Ridgely
- Steele
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Speers Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Pemiscot 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 Speers Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #726842 (Speers Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #726842 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: Pemiscot
- Est. Elev: 79 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Caruthersville
- Location given for Speers Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.2225682 Lon: -89.7067481
- 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 Pemiscot, 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 from Point A (ie- Speers 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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