A visit to the Guess 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 Guess Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Guess Cemetery:
34.0396, -89.8429
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Guess Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Guess Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County<2>.
The county seat for Yalobusha County is located in Water Valley. Water Valley lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the northeast of the Guess Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Guess Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Guess Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Guess Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sayles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Sayles Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayles Cemetery
- Swearengen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Swearengen Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swearengen Cemetery
- Carr Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Cook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Zion Grove Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Grove Cemetery
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The St. Andrews Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Andrews Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Lesters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Lesters Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesters Cemetery
- Goshen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Goshen Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Cemetery
- Pipkin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Pipkin Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipkin Cemetery
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- Long Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Long Branch Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch Cemetery
- Sardinia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Sardinia Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia Cemetery
- Parrish Henderson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Olvis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Olvis Cemetery is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olvis Cemetery
- Barnes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Grove Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Tillatoba.
- The Pine Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pine Grove West Missionary Baptist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #61941 <5>
- Jehovah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Jehovah Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jehovah Cemetery
- Fords Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Fords Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Cemetery
- Benson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Benson Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson Cemetery
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 Guess Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Guess Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Tillatoba
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tillatoba is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillatoba
- Population from the 2010 Census: 91 people
- Oakland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Coffeeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Velma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Velma is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velma
- Crevi ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Crevi is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crevi
- Charleston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rosebloom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rosebloom is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebloom
- Pope
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pope is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Water Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Paynes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Paynes is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes
- Courtland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Courtland is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Memphis Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Memphis Junction is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Junction
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- Leverett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leverett is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
- Springdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Springdale is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Turkey Foot Fork
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey Foot Fork is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot Fork
- Grenada
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chapeltown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Chapeltown is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapeltown
- Batesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Crowder
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crowder is located in Quitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Terza
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Terza is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terza
- Taylor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mims
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mims is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mims
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 Guess Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Yalobusha County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Guess Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Batesville
- Charleston
- Coffeeville
- Grenada
- Water Valley
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 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 Guess Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Yalobusha 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 Guess Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #693380 (Guess Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #693380 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: Yalobusha
- Est. Elev: 111 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Coker Lake
- Location given for Guess Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.0395565 Lon: -89.8428664
- 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 Yalobusha, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Guess 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. |