A visit to the Chancellor 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 Chancellor Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Chancellor Cemetery:
32.1326, -88.7223
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Chancellor Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Chancellor Cemetery is located in Clarke County<2>.
The county seat for Clarke County is located in Quitman. Quitman lies just to the south of the Chancellor Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Chancellor Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Chancellor Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Chancellor Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Zion Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Zion Chapel Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Zion Chapel Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Stonewall.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #63788 <5>
- Little Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Little Zion Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Zion Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- Stonewall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Stonewall Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Stonewall Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Stonewall.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #63049 <5>
- Archusa Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- East Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The East Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cemetery
- Alday Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Alday Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alday Cemetery
- Kramer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Kramer Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Enterprise Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Enterprise Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The King Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Quitman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Pisgah Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Cemetery
- Cooper Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crossroads Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Crossroads Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads Cemetery
- Devoe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Devoe Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devoe Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Confederate Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Confederate Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confederate Cemetery
- McRae Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The McRae Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRae Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Lauderdale 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 27 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Chancellor Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Chancellor Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Stonewall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Quitman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Enterprise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- De Soto
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- De Soto is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Orange
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Orange is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Pachuta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pachuta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Increase
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Increase is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Increase
- Increase has also been known as:
- Causeyville
- Fellowship ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fellowship is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Former name for Fellowship:
- Masengale
- Fellowship has also been known as:
- Old Fellowship
- Barnett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barnett is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Junction City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Junction City is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Lost Gap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lost Gap is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Gap
- Gin ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gin is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gin
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Vimville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vimville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vimville
- Meridian
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Whynot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whynot is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
- Vossburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Vossburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vossburg
- Shubuta
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Shubuta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shubuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- Chunky
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stafford Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stafford Springs is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Springs
- Penantly
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Penantly is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penantly
- Nellieburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Nellieburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellieburg
- Kelona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kelona is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelona
- Matherville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Matherville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matherville
- Melvin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Melvin is located in Choctaw County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Russell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Russell is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Marion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
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 Chancellor Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clarke County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Chancellor Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Enterprise
- Marion
- Meridian
- Quitman
- Shubuta
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 either 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 Chancellor Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Clarke 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 Chancellor Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #690787 (Chancellor Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #690787 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: Clarke
- Est. Elev: 109 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sable
- Location given for Chancellor Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.1326479 Lon: -88.7222669
- 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 Clarke, 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- Chancellor 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. |
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