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A visit to the Abernathy Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Abernathy Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Abernathy Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Abernathy Cemetery

Lat:   32.4882°   (32° 29' 17")

Lon:   -90.4109°   (-90° 24' 39")

The Abernathy Cemetery is located in Madison County<2>.

The county seat for Madison County is located in Canton. Canton lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Abernathy Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Abernathy Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Abernathy Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Lula Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lula Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lula Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lula Cemetery is located in Madison County
  • Clayton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clayton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clayton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Clayton Cemetery is located in Madison County
  • Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Madison County
  • Cox Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cox Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cox Cemetery is located in Hinds County
  • Dawson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dawson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dawson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Dawson Cemetery is located in Hinds County
  • Shady Grove Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shady Grove Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shady Grove Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Shady Grove Church Cemetery is located in Madison County
  • Tarpley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tarpley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tarpley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Tarpley Cemetery is located in Madison County
  • Hinter Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hinter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hinter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hinter Cemetery is located in Madison County
  • Roberts Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roberts Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roberts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Roberts Cemetery is located in Hinds County
  • Tinnin Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tinnin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tinnin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Tinnin Cemetery is located in Hinds County
  • Clark Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clark Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Clark Cemetery is located in Madison County
  • Flora Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Flora Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Flora Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Flora Cemetery is located in Madison County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Underhill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Underhill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Underhill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Underhill Cemetery is located in Hinds County
    • Pocahontas Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pocahontas Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pocahontas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pocahontas Cemetery is located in Hinds County
    • Hammack Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hammack Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hammack Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hammack Cemetery is located in Madison County
    • Fearns Chapel Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fearns Chapel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fearns Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Fearns Chapel Cemetery is located in Madison County
    • Woodman Hill MB Church Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodman Hill MB Church Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodman Hill MB Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Woodman Hill MB Church Cemetery is located in Madison County
    • Hebron Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebron Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hebron Cemetery is located in Yazoo County
    • Birdsong Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Birdsong Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Birdsong Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Birdsong Cemetery is located in Hinds County
    • Balfour - Gartley Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Smith Chapel Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Chapel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Smith Chapel Cemetery is located in Madison County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Abernathy Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Abernathy Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Adelle
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelle
    • Adelle is located in Madison County
  • Brownsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brownsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Brownsville is located in Hinds County
  • Flora
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
    • Flora is located in Madison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,866 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flora <6>
  • Kearney Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney Park
    • Kearney Park is located in Madison County
  • Bolton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bolton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
    • Bolton is located in Hinds County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
  • Clinton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clinton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
    • Clinton is located in Hinds County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,873 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <6>
  • Bentonia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bentonia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonia
    • Bentonia is located in Yazoo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bentonia <6>
  • Mannsdale
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mannsdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsdale
    • Mannsdale is located in Madison County
  • Satartia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Satartia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satartia
    • Satartia is located in Yazoo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
  • Anding
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anding
    • Anding is located in Yazoo County
  • Oil City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
    • Oil City is located in Yazoo County
  • Russellville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Russellville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
    • Russellville is located in Warren County
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Edwards
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Raymond
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raymond have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
      • Raymond is located in Hinds County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,082 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymond <6>
    • Ridgeland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Madison
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Jackson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oakley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
      • Oakley is located in Hinds County
    • North Town Plaza
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Town Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Town Plaza
      • North Town Plaza is located in Hinds County

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 Abernathy Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Madison County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Abernathy Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Abernathy Cemetery:

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 Abernathy Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #666131  (Abernathy Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #666131 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Brownsville
    • County: Madison         Elev: 107
    • Location given for GNIS #666131 (Abernathy Cemetery)

The official website for Madison County: www.madison-co.com/

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

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 Mississippi's counties, including Madison, 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' (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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Abernathy Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4882, Longitude: -90.4109       In this case, the coordinates for the Abernathy Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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