A visit to the Bethel 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 Bethel Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bethel Cemetery:
31.6018, -89.4081
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bethel Cemetery is located in Covington County<2>.
The county seat for Covington County is located in Collins. Collins lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Bethel Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bethel Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Bethel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bethel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Eminence Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Eminence Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence Cemetery
- Eminence Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Eminence Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence Cemetery
- Kelly Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Kelly Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Cemetery
- Walters Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Walters Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters Cemetery
- Lebanon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Cemetery
- Geiger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Geiger Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger Cemetery
- Speed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Speed Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed Cemetery
- Crossroads Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Crossroads Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads Cemetery
- New Bethany Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The New Bethany Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethany Cemetery
- County Line Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The County Line Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Cemetery
- Willow Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Willow Grove Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove Cemetery
- Moscos Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Moscos Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscos Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Leaf River Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Leaf River Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf River Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Leaf River Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the east of Collins.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #60377 <5>
- Speed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Speed Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed Cemetery
- Big Lane Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Big Lane Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lane Cemetery
- Williamson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Williamson Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamson Cemetery
- Crosby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Crosby Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby Cemetery
- Fairfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Fairfield Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Cemetery
- Centreville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Centreville Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville 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 Bethel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bethel Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Seminary
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sanford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sanford is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Kola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kola is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kola
- Hot Coffee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hot Coffee is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Coffee
- Collins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lux
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lux is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lux
- Ellisville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Williamsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Soso
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Soso is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Service
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Service is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service
- Amy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amy
- Sumrall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Arbo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Arbo is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbo
- Taylorsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Melba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Melba is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melba
- Laurel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
- West Hattiesburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Hattiesburg is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hattiesburg
- Petal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Moss
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moss is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss
- Moss has also been known as:
- Mossville
- Hattiesburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mize
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Antioch is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Stringer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
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 Bethel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Covington County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bethel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Collins
- Ellisville
- Hattiesburg
- Laurel
- Mize
- Mize lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Bethel Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mize.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mize
- Petal
- Petal lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Bethel Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Petal.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petal
- Taylorsville
- Williamsburg
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Bethel Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Covington 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 Bethel Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #710610 (Bethel Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #710610 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: Covington
- Est. Elev: 113 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Seminary
- Location given for Bethel Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.6018322 Lon: -89.4081198
- 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 Mississippi's counties, including Covington, 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- Bethel 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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