A visit to the Bluff Springs 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 Bluff Springs Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bluff Springs Cemetery:
34.3601, -89.3179
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bluff Springs Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bluff Springs Cemetery is located in Lafayette County<2>.
The county seat for Lafayette County is located in Oxford. Oxford lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west of the Bluff Springs Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bluff Springs Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Bluff Springs Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bluff Springs Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cypress Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Cypress Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Cemetery
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Liberty Hill Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Midway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Midway Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Cemetery
- Jefferson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Jefferson Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Lafayette Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Laodicea Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Laodicea Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laodicea Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Springdale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Springdale Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Morrison Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Kingdom Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Kingdom Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the southwest of New Albany.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #58006 <5>
- Salem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bluff Springs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bluff Springs Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Altus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Altus is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Lafayette Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lafayette Springs is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Springs
- Cornish
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cornish is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Thaxton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Delay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Delay is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delay
- Toccopola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Toccopola is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toccopola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Oxford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Turnpike
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Turnpike is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike
- Darden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Darden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Possum Trot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Possum Trot is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- Fairview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Cornersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cornersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersville
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Abbeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Taylor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sarepta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Sarepta is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarepta
- Ecru
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ingomar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ingomar is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Alesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- Myrtle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pannell
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pannell is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pannell
- Pontotoc
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cherry Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cherry Creek is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
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 Bluff Springs Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lafayette County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bluff Springs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ecru
- Ecru lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the East (E) of the Bluff Springs Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ecru.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ecru
- New Albany
- Oxford
- Pontotoc
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 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 Bluff Springs Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Lafayette 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 Bluff Springs Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #706719 (Bluff Springs Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #706719 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: Lafayette
- Est. Elev: 173 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Denmark
- Location given for Bluff Springs Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.3601055 Lon: -89.3178527
- 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 Lafayette, 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- Bluff Springs 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. |