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:
34.9145, -89.7970
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 DeSoto County<2>.
The county seat for DeSoto County is located in Hernando. Hernando lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the west southwest 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 27 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Bethel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bethel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Botts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Botts Cemetery is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botts Cemetery
- Kelsey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Kelsey Cemetery is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey Cemetery
- Wiggins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Wiggins Cemetery is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiggins Cemetery
- Blocker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Blocker Cemetery is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocker Cemetery
- Clemonts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Clemonts Cemetery is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemonts Cemetery
- Bass Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bass Cemetery is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Cowan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Cowan Cemetery is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Cemetery
- South Woods Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The South Woods Memorial Park is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woods Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Woods Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Memphis (TN).
- The South Woods Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Southwoods Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1983707 <5>
- Whites Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Winbourn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Winbourn Cemetery is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winbourn Cemetery
- Fountain Head Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- St. Mathis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Mathis Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mathis Cemetery
- McGehee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The McGehee Cemetery is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGehee Cemetery
- Halliburton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Halliburton Cemetery is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halliburton Cemetery
- Center Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Center Hill Cemetery is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill Cemetery
- Castleberry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Castleberry Cemetery is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleberry Cemetery
- New Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- All Saints Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The All Saints Cemetery is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Saints Cemetery
- Stateline Church of Christ
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Thomas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Thomas Cemetery is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Thomas Cemetery
- Jeremiah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Jeremiah Cemetery is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremiah Cemetery
- Center Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Center Point Cemetery is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point Cemetery
- Drain Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Drain Family Cemetery is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drain Family Cemetery
- Kelly Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Kelly Cemetery is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Cemetery
- Byhalia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Byhalia Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byhalia Cemetery
- Barton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Barton Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton 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 Bethel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bethel Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Olive Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ingrams Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ingrams Mill is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingrams Mill
- Byhalia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Barton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Bright
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bright is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright
- Capleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Capleville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capleville
- Alphaba
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alphaba is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alphaba
- Cayce
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cayce is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Bailey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bailey is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Forest Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill
- Southaven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Victoria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Victoria is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Collierville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- De Soto Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Nesbit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hernando
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Piperton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Piperton is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piperton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,128 people
- Parkway Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Parkway Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
- Aldens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- Taska
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Taska is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taska
- Oakville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Horn Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Red Banks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Antioch is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- The Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
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 DeSoto County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bethel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Byhalia
- Collierville
- Germantown
- Hernando
- Olive Branch
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 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 Bethel Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to DeSoto 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 #690221 (Bethel Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #690221 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: DeSoto
- Est. Elev: 101 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Olive Branch
- Location given for Bethel Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.9145395 Lon: -89.7970309
- 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 DeSoto, 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 obstructions 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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