A visit to the Butler 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 Butler Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Butler Cemetery:
31.1946, -90.6307
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Butler Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Butler Cemetery is located in Amite County<2>.
The county seat for Amite County is located in Liberty. Liberty lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Butler Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 33 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Butler Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Butler Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Quin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Quin Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quin Cemetery
- Felder Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Felder Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Felder Cemetery
- Barron Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Barron Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron Cemetery
- Brown Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Brown Chapel Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Chapel Cemetery
- East Fork Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The East Fork Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork Cemetery
- Robinson - McElvin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Garner Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Cemetery
- Butler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Butler Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Cemetery
- Hebron Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hebron Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Cemetery
- Keith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Keith Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith Cemetery
- Gardner - McKnight Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Johns Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Cemetery
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Glading Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Glading Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glading Cemetery
- Rose Bower Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Rose Bower Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Bower Cemetery
- Gordon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Gordon Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Marsalis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Marsalis Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsalis Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Hughey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Hughey Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughey Cemetery
- Chandler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Chandler Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Cemetery
- Little Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Little Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cemetery
- Moses Robinson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Robinson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- Cockerham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Cockerham Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockerham Cemetery
- Bostic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Bostic Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bostic Cemetery
- Webb Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Webb Chapel Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Chapel Cemetery
- Honea Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Honea Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honea Cemetery
- Newman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Newman Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman Cemetery
- Carter - Powell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
- Butler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Butler Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Cemetery
- Robertson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Robertson Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Cemetery
- Hewitt Gordon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 16 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Butler Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Butler Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- McElveen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- McElveen is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElveen
- Glading
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Glading is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glading
- Thompson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Thompson is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Huron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Huron is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Magnolia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bear Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bear Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Town
- McComb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Brookside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brookside is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Gillsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gillsburg is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillsburg
- Mount Olive
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Chatawa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chatawa is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatawa
- Bacots
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bacots is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacots
- Osyka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- O'Neil
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neil is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil
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 Butler Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Amite County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Butler Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Gloster
- Kentwood
- Magnolia
- McComb
- Osyka
- Summit
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 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 Butler Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Amite 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 Butler Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #667855 (Butler Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #667855 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: Amite
- Est. Elev: 119 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Peoria
- Location given for Butler Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.1946204 Lon: -90.6306561
- 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 Amite, 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 from Point A (ie- Butler 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |