A visit to the Buford 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 Buford Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Buford Cemetery:
34.4601, -89.6165
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Buford Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Buford Cemetery is located in Lafayette County<2>.
The county seat for Lafayette County is located in Oxford. Oxford lies just to the southeast of the Buford Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Buford Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Buford Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Buford Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Elijah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Elijah Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elijah Cemetery
- College Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The College Hill Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Hill Cemetery
- Free Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Free Springs Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Springs Cemetery
- Toby Tubby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Toby Tubby Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby Tubby Cemetery
- St. Peter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Peter Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peter Cemetery
- Harmontown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Harmontown Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown Cemetery
- Fulmer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Fulmer Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulmer Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Waldrip Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Waldrip Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrip Cemetery
- Lammey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Lammey Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lammey Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wyatt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Wyatt Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Cemetery
- Mt. Peryn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Peryn Cemetery is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Peryn Cemetery
- Langstons Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Langstons Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langstons Cemetery
- Emery Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Emery Cemetery is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery Cemetery
- North Oxford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The North Oxford Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oxford Cemetery
- Abbeville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Abbeville Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Abbeville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Abbeville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57632 <5>
- New Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Glenville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Glenville Cemetery is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Cemetery
- Simon Chapel #2 Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clear Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Clear Creek Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek Cemetery
- Confederate Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Confederate Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confederate Cemetery
- Smith Chapel CME Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Buford Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Buford Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Harmontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Harmontown is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown
- Alesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- Abbeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Laws Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
- Tyro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tyro is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Taylor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wyatte
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wyatte is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatte
- Aiken
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Aiken is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
- Chulahoma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Chulahoma is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulahoma
- Terza
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Terza is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terza
- Altus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Altus is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Looxahoma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Looxahoma is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looxahoma
- Springdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Springdale is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Marianna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Marianna is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marianna
- Sardis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Delay
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Delay is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delay
- Como
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cornish
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cornish is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- New Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Town is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Batesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Water Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Poagville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Poagville is located in Tate County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poagville
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 Buford 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 Buford Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Batesville
- Oxford
- Sardis
- Water Valley
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Buford 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 Buford Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #684340 (Buford Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #684340 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: 110 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Oxford North
- Location given for Buford Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.4601048 Lon: -89.616473
- 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Buford 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. |