A visit to the Holly Grove 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 Holly Grove Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Holly Grove Cemetery:
33.1810, -90.4268
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Holly Grove Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Holly Grove Cemetery is located in Humphreys County<2>.
The county seat for Humphreys County is located in Belzoni. Belzoni lies just to the west of the Holly Grove Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the Holly Grove Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Holly Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Woodland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Woodland Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- Mathena Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Mathena Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mathena Cemetery
- Mt. Everet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Everet Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Everet Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- Carson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Carson Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Fullilove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Fullilove Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullilove Cemetery
- Marcella Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Marcella Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcella Cemetery
- Graves Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Graves Cemetery is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Cemetery
- Sky Lake Bend Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Sky Lake Bend Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Lake Bend Cemetery
- Brooks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Brooks Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Thornton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Thornton Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton Cemetery
- Bellewood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Bellewood Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellewood Cemetery
- Pluto Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Pluto Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto Cemetery
- Good Hope Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Good Hope Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Cemetery
- Good Hope Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Good Hope Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Cemetery
- Hickory Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Albino Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- 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 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Holly Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Holly Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Belzoni
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jaketown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jaketown is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaketown
- Silver City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Pluto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pluto is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto
- Good Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Good Hope is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Gooden Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gooden Lake is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooden Lake
- Bee Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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
- Mileston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mileston is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mileston
- Gwin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gwin is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwin
- Tchula
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tchula is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Isola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Isola is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Wyatt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wyatt is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Crump
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Crump is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Dover ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Keirn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Keirn is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keirn
- Eden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Cruger
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cruger is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Morgan City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Morgan City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Tolarville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Inverness
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Inverness is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Population from the 2020 Census: 852 people
- Murphy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Murphy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Louise
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Louise is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Coxburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coxburg is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Jones Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jones Crossing is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
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 Holly Grove Cemetery. The following communities are located in Humphreys County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Holly Grove 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 Holly Grove Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Humphreys 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 Holly Grove Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #671313 (Holly Grove Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #671313 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: Humphreys
- Est. Elev: 35 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Belzoni
- Location given for Holly Grove Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.1809581 Lon: -90.4267552
- 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 Humphreys, 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- Holly Grove 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. |