A visit to the Hawkins 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 Hawkins Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hawkins Cemetery:
31.8318, -90.6562
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hawkins Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Hawkins Cemetery is located in Copiah County<2>.
The county seat for Copiah County is located in Hazlehurst. Hazlehurst lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the east of the Hawkins Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Hawkins Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Hawkins Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hawkins Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Shelton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Shelton Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shelton Cemetery is located 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the west of Hazlehurst.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #62726 <5>
- Nelson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Nelson Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson Cemetery
- Hartley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Hartley Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley Cemetery
- Weeks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Weeks Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeks Cemetery
- Weeks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Weeks Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeks Cemetery
- Segrest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Antioch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Greenlee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Greenlee Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlee Cemetery
- Trimm Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hulburt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Hulburt Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulburt Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Hulburt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Hulburt Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulburt Cemetery
- Pisgah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Pisgah Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Cemetery
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Beech Grove Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove Cemetery
- Sarepta Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Sarepta Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarepta Cemetery
- Sanders Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
- Herlong Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Herlong Cemetery is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herlong Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Ridge UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Pleasant Ridge UMC Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Ridge UMC Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west of Hazlehurst.
- The Pleasant Ridge UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2277119 <5>
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel 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 Hawkins Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hawkins Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Allen
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Allen is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Bowerton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bowerton is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerton
- Glancy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Glancy is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glancy
- Caseyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Caseyville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
- Myles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Myles is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myles
- Carlisle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Carlisle is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Martinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Martinsville is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Saint Elmo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Elmo is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Carpenter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Carpenter is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
- Hazlehurst
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New Sight
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Sight is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sight
- Wesson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Beauregard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beauregard is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Bear Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Creek is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Cobbs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cobbs is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Montgomery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Sardis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sardis is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Thompsonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Thompsonville is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Utica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Willows
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Willows is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows
- Red Lick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Red Lick is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lick
- Rocky Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Springs is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
- Crystal Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brookhaven
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Port Gibson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
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 Hawkins Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Copiah County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hawkins Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Beauregard
- Brookhaven
- Crystal Springs
- Hazlehurst
- Port Gibson
- Utica
- Wesson
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 Hawkins Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Copiah 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 Hawkins Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #693432 (Hawkins Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #693432 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: Copiah
- Est. Elev: 83 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Barlow
- Location given for Hawkins Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.8318286 Lon: -90.6562094
- 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 Copiah, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hawkins 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. |