A visit to the Brown 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 Brown Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brown Cemetery:
32.9496, -90.4759
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Brown Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Brown Cemetery is located in Humphreys County<2>.
The county seat for Humphreys County is located in Belzoni. Belzoni lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the north of the Brown Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km] of the Brown Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wolf Lake Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huddleston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Huddleston Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddleston Cemetery
- Balup Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Balup Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balup Cemetery
- Goshen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mayday Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Mayday Cemetery is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayday Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Cemetery
- John Roberson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Banks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Banks Cemetery is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks Cemetery
- Pluto Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Pluto Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto Cemetery
- Bellewood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Bellewood Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellewood Cemetery
- Valley Home Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Valley Home Cemetery is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Home Cemetery
- Tranquil Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Tranquil Cemetery is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquil Cemetery
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- Hardshell Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Hardshell Cemetery is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardshell Cemetery
- Short Creek Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The Short Creek Cemetery is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek Cemetery
- Coopers Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Coopers Cemetery is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers Cemetery
- Thornton Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Thornton Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton Cemetery
- Brooks Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Brooks Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
- Carson Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- The Carson Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Cemetery
- Oak Valley Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- The Oak Valley Cemetery is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Valley Cemetery
- Good Hope Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Good Hope Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Fullilove Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- The Fullilove Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullilove 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 Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lake City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Crump
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crump is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Dover ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Louise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Louise is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Jonestown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jonestown is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Yazoo City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yazoo City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yazoo City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
- Former names for Yazoo City:
- Hannan's Bluff
- Manchester
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yazoo City <6>
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
- Pluto
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pluto is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto
- Eden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Bee Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bee Lake is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lake
- Bee Lake has also been known as:
- Bee Lake Plantation
- Silver City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Silver City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Good Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Good Hope is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Auter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Auter is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auter
- Coxburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Coxburg is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Gooden Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gooden Lake is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooden Lake
- Richey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Richey is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richey
- Belzoni
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tolarville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Mileston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mileston is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mileston
- Murphy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Murphy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Oil City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Oil City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Anding
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Anding is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anding
- Evans
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Evans is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans
- Satartia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Satartia is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satartia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Nod
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Nod is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nod
- Willet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Willet is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
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 Brown Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Humphreys County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Belzoni
- Satartia
- Yazoo City
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 Brown Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Humphreys 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 Brown Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #667618 (Brown Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #667618 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: Humphreys
- Est. Elev: 32 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Carter
- Location given for Brown Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.9495744 Lon: -90.475925
- 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 Humphreys, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brown 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. |