A visit to the Good Hope 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 Good Hope Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Good Hope Cemetery:
33.0948, -90.3043
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Good Hope Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Good Hope Cemetery is located in Holmes County<2>.
The county seat for Holmes County is located in Lexington. Lexington lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the east of the Good Hope Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Good Hope Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Good Hope Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Thornton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Thornton Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton Cemetery
- Good Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Good Hope Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Cemetery
- Marcella Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Marcella Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcella Cemetery
- Brooks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Brooks Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Fullilove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Fullilove Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullilove Cemetery
- Pluto Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Pluto Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Old Rankin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Old Rankin Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Rankin Cemetery
- Tredwell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Tredwell Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tredwell Cemetery
- Clifton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Clifton Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Mathena Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Mathena Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathena Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Cemetery
- Coxburg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Coxburg Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg Cemetery
- Watson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Watson Cemetery is located in Holmes County
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- Johnson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Pinecrest Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Holly Grove Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove Cemetery
- Malone Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Malone Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Cemetery
- Hebron Methodist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Hebron Methodist Church Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Methodist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hebron Methodist Church Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southwest of Lexington.
- The Hebron Methodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hebron Cemetery
- Wyatt Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Wyatt Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Cemetery
- New Zion Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The New Zion Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Zion Cemetery
- Albino Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Albino Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albino Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Good Hope Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Good Hope Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Good Hope
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Good Hope is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Mileston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mileston is located in Holmes County
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- Bee Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bee Lake is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lake
- Bee Lake has also been known as:
- Bee Lake Plantation
- Pluto
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pluto is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto
- Tolarville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Eden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Gwin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gwin is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwin
- Tchula
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tchula is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Dover ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dover is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Coxburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Coxburg is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Crump
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crump is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Jones Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jones Crossing is located in Holmes County
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- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Wyatt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wyatt is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Silver City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Silver City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Belzoni
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Keirn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Keirn is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keirn
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
- Lexington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ituma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ituma is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ituma
- Jaketown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jaketown is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaketown
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 Good Hope Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Holmes County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Good Hope Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Belzoni
- Lexington
- Yazoo City
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 professional and volunteer 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 Good Hope Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Holmes 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 Good Hope Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #706626 (Good Hope Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #706626 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: Holmes
- Est. Elev: 34 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Thornton
- Location given for Good Hope Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.0948494 Lon: -90.3042542
- 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 Holmes, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Good Hope 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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