A visit to the Liberty African-American Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Liberty African-American Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Liberty African-American Cemetery (FG ID #2323064).
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 Liberty African-American Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Liberty African-American Cemetery:
34.8872, -88.6587
The Liberty African-American Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Kossuth.
The cemetery is located in Alcorn County<2>.
The county seat for Alcorn County is located in Corinth. Corinth lies just to the east northeast of the Liberty African-American Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Liberty African-American Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Liberty African-American Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Liberty African-American Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Oak Hill Church of Christ Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Wheeler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Wheeler Cemetery is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Cemetery
- Tuscumbia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Tuscumbia Cemetery is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscumbia Cemetery
- Dilworth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Forrest Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Forrest Memorial Park is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest Memorial Park
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Hatchie Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dilworth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Corinth Church of God Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Old Gaines Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Cedar Mound Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Cedar Mound Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Mound Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Alcorn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Alcorn Cemetery is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcorn Cemetery
- Tuscumbias Grave
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Tuscumbias Grave is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscumbias Grave
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Liberty African-American Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Liberty African-American Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Kossuth
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Allentown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hightown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Biggersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Corinth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pisgah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chewalla
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Searcy Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Rienzi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Guys
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Essary Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jumpertown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Farmington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Ramer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Glen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Glens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Walnut
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Tiplersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jacinto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Caffey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eastview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eastview is located in McNairy County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Falkner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Booneville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Blackland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Michie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Middleton
(17 miles [27.4 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 Liberty African-American Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Alcorn County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Liberty African-American Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Booneville
- Corinth
- Corinth lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Liberty African-American Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Corinth.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Jacinto
- Middleton
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 helpful 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 Liberty African-American Cemetery:
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- Pages specific to Alcorn 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 Liberty African-American Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2323064
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Alcorn, 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- Liberty African-American 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. |