A visit to the Liberty 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 Liberty Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Liberty Cemetery:
34.4765, -89.3209
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Liberty Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Liberty Cemetery is located in Lafayette County<2>.
The county seat for Lafayette County is located in Oxford. Oxford lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Liberty Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Liberty Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Liberty Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Liberty Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Midway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Midway Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Cemetery
- Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Jefferson Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Morrison Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Cornersville Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersville Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Baptist Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Baptist Hill Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Macedonia Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the southwest of Myrtle.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #60600 <5>
- Mt. Maria Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Maria Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Maria Cemetery
- Owens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Owens Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Cemetery
- Oak Grove Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cypress Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Cypress Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Cemetery
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Liberty Hill Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Brent Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Brent Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent 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 Liberty Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Liberty Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Cornersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cornersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersville
- Darden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Darden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Altus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Altus is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Abbeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lafayette Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lafayette Springs is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Springs
- Potts Camp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Myrtle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Flat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cornish
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cornish is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Thaxton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Delay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Delay is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delay
- Toccopola
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Toccopola is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toccopola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Ingomar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ingomar is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Glenfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Glenfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Laws Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
- Alesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- Turnpike
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Turnpike is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike
- Possum Trot
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Possum Trot is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- New Albany
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Ecru
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Harmontown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Harmontown is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown
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 Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lafayette County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Liberty Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ecru
- Ecru lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Liberty Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ecru.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ecru
- New Albany
- Oxford
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 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 Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Lafayette 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 Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #693716 (Liberty Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #693716 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: Lafayette
- Est. Elev: 125 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Puskus Lake
- Location given for Liberty Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.476492 Lon: -89.3209086
- 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 Lafayette, 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 from Point A (ie- Liberty 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. |