A visit to the Day 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 Day Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Day Cemetery:
31.2082, -90.9090
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Day Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Day Cemetery is located in Amite County<2>.
The county seat for Amite County is located in Liberty. Liberty lies just to the east southeast of the Day Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Day Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Day Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- Tolar Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Tolar Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolar Cemetery
- Wilkinson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Wilkinson Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson Cemetery
- Graves Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Graves Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Graves Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Cemetery
- Richard Anderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bryant - Harris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Roberts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Roberts Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Frith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Frith Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frith Cemetery
- Hinton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Hinton Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinton Cemetery
- Forman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Forman Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forman Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Sweet Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Sweet Home Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Big Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Big Antioch Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Antioch Cemetery
- Mayhall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Mayhall Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhall Cemetery
- Waggoner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Waggoner Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waggoner Cemetery
- Waggoner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Waggoner Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waggoner Cemetery
- Norman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Norman Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- William Frith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stubbs - Carter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jonathan Day Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Jonathan Day Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonathan Day Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Day Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Day Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bewelcome
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bewelcome is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bewelcome
- O'Neil
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- O'Neil is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil
- Gloster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Liberty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Crosby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brookside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brookside is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Centreville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rosetta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rosetta is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosetta
- Troy ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Troy is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Mount Olive
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Olive is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Glading
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Glading is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glading
- Thompson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Thompson is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Garden City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Whitaker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whitaker is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Huron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huron is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Bude
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Knoxville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Knoxville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Woodland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Woodland is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- McElveen
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- McElveen is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElveen
- Meadville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gillsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gillsburg is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillsburg
- White Apple
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- White Apple is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Apple
- Wilkinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Wilkinson is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
- Norwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Norwood is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwood <5>
- Chipola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Chipola is located in Saint Helena Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
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 Day 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 Day Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Day 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 Day Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #693069 (Day Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #693069 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: 116 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bewelcome
- Location given for Day Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.2082298 Lon: -90.9089917
- 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Day 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. |