A visit to the Black Jack 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 Black Jack Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Black Jack Cemetery:
32.7926, -89.2303
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Black Jack Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Black Jack Cemetery is located in Neshoba County<2>.
The county seat for Neshoba County is located in Philadelphia. Philadelphia lies just to the east southeast of the Black Jack Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Black Jack Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Black Jack Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Black Jack Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- McNeill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The McNeill Cemetery is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeill Cemetery
- Bethany Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethany Cemetery is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Barrett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Barrett Cemetery is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett Cemetery
- Harmony Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Harmony Cemetery is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Cemetery
- Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Hope Cemetery is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Cemetery
- Henrys Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- White Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The White Oak Cemetery is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak Cemetery
- Old Pearl Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Laurel Hill Cemetery is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Good Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Good Hope Cemetery is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Cemetery
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- Philadelphia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Philadelphia Cemetery is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia Cemetery
- Donald Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Donald Cemetery is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald Cemetery
- Pearl Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Pearl Valley Cemetery is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Valley Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Sullivan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Sullivan Cemetery is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan Cemetery
- Mars Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Mars Hill Cemetery is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mars Hill Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Carolina Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Carolina Cemetery is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Cemetery
- Cedarlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Cedarlawn Cemetery is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarlawn Cemetery
- The Cedarlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cedar Lawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #58543 <5>
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Sand Hill Cemetery is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Black Jack Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Black Jack Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Pearl River
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pearl River is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
- Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hope is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Laurel Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Philadelphia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dowdville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dowdville is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowdville
- Dixon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Plattsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Plattsburg is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- Tucker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tucker is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Coosa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Coosa is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
- High Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- High Hill is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
- Neshoba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Neshoba is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshoba
- Ocobla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ocobla is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocobla
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Vowell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Vowell is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
- Standing Pine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Standing Pine is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
- Sebastopol
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Union
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Noxapater
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hinze
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hinze is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinze
- House
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- House is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- Bogue Chitto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bogue Chitto is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue Chitto
- Redwater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Redwater is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
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 Black Jack Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Neshoba County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Black Jack Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Black Jack Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Neshoba 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 Black Jack Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #707189 (Black Jack Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #707189 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: Neshoba
- Est. Elev: 160 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Pearl River
- Location given for Black Jack Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.7926335 Lon: -89.2303425
- 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 Neshoba, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Black Jack 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |