A visit to the Lea - Davis 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 Lea - Davis Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Lea - Davis Cemetery:
31.0105, -90.7498
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Lea - Davis Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Lea - Davis Cemetery is located in Amite County<2>.
The county seat for Amite County is located in Liberty. Liberty lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Lea - Davis Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Lea - Davis Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Lea - Davis Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Stewart Wall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Stewart Wall Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Wall Cemetery
- Lindsey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Lindsey Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey Cemetery
- Mt. Pilgrim Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Mt. Pilgrim Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pilgrim Cemetery
- Stewart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Stewart Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
- Lea Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Lea Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lea Cemetery
- Neilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Neilson Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neilson Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Hurst Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hurst Cemetery is located in Saint Helena Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst Cemetery
- Lee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Lee Cemetery is located in Saint Helena Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cemetery
- Frazier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Frazier Cemetery is located in Saint Helena Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Cemetery
- Carter - Evans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Benjamin Wall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Benjamin Wall Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin Wall Cemetery
- The Benjamin Wall Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wall Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57948 <5>
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lea Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Lea Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lea Cemetery
- Tobias Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Tobias Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobias Cemetery
- Fred Anderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- Cox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Cox Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Cemetery
- Maxwell Hamilton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Maxwell Hamilton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Amite River Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Amite River Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amite River Cemetery
- Kemp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Kemp Cemetery is located in Saint Helena Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kemp Cemetery
- Anglin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Anglin Cemetery is located in Saint Helena Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglin Cemetery
- Bates Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Bates Cemetery is located in Saint Helena Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates Cemetery
- Zeagler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Zeagler Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeagler Cemetery
- Polk - Tate Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Polk - Tate Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk - Tate Cemetery
- Newman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Newman Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman Cemetery
- Taylor Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Lea - Davis Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Lea - Davis Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Gillsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gillsburg is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillsburg
- Chipola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chipola is located in Saint Helena Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
- Huron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Huron is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Troy ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Troy is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Coleman Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman Town is located in Saint Helena Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Town
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Woodland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Woodland is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Glading
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glading is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glading
- Greensburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kentwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- McElveen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- McElveen is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElveen
- Tangipahoa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Osyka
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Chatawa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Chatawa is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatawa
- Clinton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <6>
- Thompson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Thompson is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Bewelcome
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bewelcome is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bewelcome
- Brookside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Brookside is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Grangeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Grangeville is located in Saint Helena Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville
- Fluker
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Centreville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gloster
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Whitaker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Whitaker is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
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 Lea - Davis Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Amite County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Lea - Davis Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clinton
- Gloster
- Greensburg
- Kentwood
- Magnolia
- Osyka
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Lea - Davis Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Amite 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 Lea - Davis Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #685313 (Lea-Davis Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #685313 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: Amite
- Est. Elev: 96 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Gillsburg
- Location given for Lea-Davis Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.0104561 Lon: -90.7498225
- 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 Amite, 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 from Point A (ie- Lea - Davis 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. |