A visit to the East 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 East Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the East Cemetery:
32.1740, -88.7909
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the East Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The East Cemetery is located in Clarke County<2>.
The county seat for Clarke County is located in Quitman. Quitman lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south southeast of the East Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the East Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the East Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from East Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Kramer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Kramer Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer Cemetery
- Alday Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Alday Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alday Cemetery
- Enterprise Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Enterprise Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise Cemetery
- Stonewall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Zion Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Chancellor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Chancellor Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor Cemetery
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Pine Hill Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Cemetery
- Little Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Little Zion Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Zion Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Concord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lawson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Lawson Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Osborne Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Old Souenlovie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Archusa Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Devoe Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Devoe Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devoe Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Fellowship Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Fellowship Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The King Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the East Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from East Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Enterprise
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Stonewall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Orange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orange is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Fellowship ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Pachuta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pachuta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Quitman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lost Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lost Gap is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Gap
- Rose Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Chunky
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barnett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barnett is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- De Soto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- De Soto is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Increase
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Increase is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Increase
- Increase has also been known as:
- Causeyville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Meridian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Penantly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Penantly is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penantly
- Vimville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vimville is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vimville
- Nellieburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Nellieburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellieburg
- Hickory
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
- Hookston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hookston is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookston
- Suqualena
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Suqualena is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suqualena
- Kelona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kelona is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelona
- Vossburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Vossburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vossburg
- Junction City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Junction City is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Whynot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Whynot is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whynot
- Russell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Russell is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Marion
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Garlandsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Garlandsville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlandsville
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 East 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 East Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Enterprise
- Hickory
- Marion
- Meridian
- Quitman
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 East 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 East Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #669563 (East Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #669563 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: 116 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Stonewall
- Location given for East Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.1740362 Lon: -88.7908809
- 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 '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- East 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. |