A visit to the Carter Hill 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 Carter Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Carter Hill Cemetery:
31.1868, -88.9662
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Carter Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Carter Hill Cemetery is located in Perry County<2>.
The county seat for Perry County is located in New Augusta. New Augusta lies just to the west northwest of the Carter Hill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Carter Hill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Carter Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Carter Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Belton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Belton Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belton Cemetery
- Hinton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Hinton Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton Cemetery
- Hinton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Hinton Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton Cemetery
- New Augusta Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The New Augusta Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Augusta Cemetery
- Sweetwater Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Sweetwater Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater Cemetery
- Hinton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Hinton Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton Cemetery
- Lott Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Lott Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lott Cemetery
- Hinton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Hinton Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton Cemetery
- Stevens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Stevens Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Cemetery
- McSwain Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The McSwain Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McSwain Cemetery
- Denham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Denham Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham Cemetery
- Herring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Herring Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring Cemetery
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- Sylvester Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Sylvester Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvester Cemetery
- Hollimon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Hollimon Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollimon Cemetery
- Sylvester Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Sylvester Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvester Cemetery
- Sylvester Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Sylvester Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvester Cemetery
- McSwain Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The McSwain Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McSwain Cemetery
- Courtney Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Courtney Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtney Cemetery
- Ferguson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Ferguson Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson Cemetery
- McKenzie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The McKenzie Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenzie Cemetery
- Nazareth Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Isaiah Hinton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Carter Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Carter Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Beaumont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beaumont is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 894 people
- Wingate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wingate is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
- New Augusta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- McLain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- McLain is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Richton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Goodluck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Goodluck is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodluck
- McLaurin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- McLaurin is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLaurin
- Brooklyn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Avera
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Avera is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avera
- Bothwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bothwell is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bothwell
- Hillman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hillman is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillman
- Petal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Ovett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ovett is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovett
- Carnes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Carnes is located in Forrest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnes
- Carson City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carson City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson City
- Mulberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mulberry is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Hattiesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bexley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bexley is located in George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexley
- Leakesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Clark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Wiggins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Hattiesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Hattiesburg is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hattiesburg
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 Carter Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Perry County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Carter Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Beaumont
- Hattiesburg
- Leakesville
- Lucedale
- New Augusta
- Petal
- Petal lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Carter Hill Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Petal.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petal
- Richton
- Wiggins
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 Carter Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Perry 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 Carter Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #705615 (Carter Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #705615 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: Perry
- Est. Elev: 50 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Beaumont
- Location given for Carter Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.1868489 Lon: -88.9661591
- 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 Perry, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carter Hill 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. |