A visit to the Lawson 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 Lawson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Lawson Cemetery:
32.1276, -88.8812
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Lawson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Lawson Cemetery is located in Clarke County<2>.
The county seat for Clarke County is located in Quitman. Quitman lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Lawson Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Lawson Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Lawson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Lawson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Herrington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Herrington Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrington Cemetery
- Old Souenlovie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kramer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Kramer Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kramer Cemetery
- Enterprise Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Enterprise Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise Cemetery
- Fellowship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Fellowship Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- Pachuta Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Pachuta Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta Cemetery
- Stonewall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- 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>
- East Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The East Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cemetery
- Green Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Green Valley Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Concord Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Elwood Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood Cemetery
- Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- King Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The King Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Little Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Little Zion Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Zion Cemetery
- Alday Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Alday Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alday Cemetery
- Hopewell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Archusa Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Chancellor Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Chancellor Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancellor Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Lawson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Lawson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Orange
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Orange is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Pachuta
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pachuta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Stonewall
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Enterprise
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fellowship ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Rose Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Barnett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Barnett is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett
- Penantly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Penantly is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penantly
- Quitman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kelona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kelona is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelona
- Gridley ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gridley is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gridley
- Chunky
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Vossburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Vossburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vossburg
- De Soto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- De Soto is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto
- Ras
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ras is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ras
- Fouke ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fouke is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fouke
- Stafford Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Stafford Springs is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Springs
- Hickory
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
- Lost Gap
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lost Gap is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Gap
- Garlandsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Garlandsville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlandsville
- McNeal ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- McNeal is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeal
- Waldrup ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Waldrup is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrup
- Heidelberg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Baxter ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Baxter is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Verba ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Verba is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verba
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 Lawson 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 Lawson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Enterprise
- Hickory
- Quitman
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Lawson 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 Lawson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #690799 (Lawson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #690799 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: 134 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Rose Hill
- Location given for Lawson Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.1276485 Lon: -88.8811616
- 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lawson 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. |