A visit to the McCowan 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 McCowan Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the McCowan Cemetery:
34.8629, -88.9576
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the McCowan Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The McCowan Cemetery is located in Tippah County<2>.
The county seat for Tippah County is located in Ripley. Ripley lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south of the McCowan Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the McCowan Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the McCowan Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from McCowan Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery
- The Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Tipplersville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Coker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Coker Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker Cemetery
- Little Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Little Hope Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Polk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Polk Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk Cemetery
- Smyrna Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Smyrna Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Cemetery
- Tiplersville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pisgah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Pisgah Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Cemetery
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Hebron Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hebron Cemetery
- Enon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Enon Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon Cemetery
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Hopkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hopkins Cemetery is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Cemetery
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Pine Hill Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Cemetery
- Walnut Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Walnut Creek Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek Cemetery
- Ruckerville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Ruckerville Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckerville Cemetery
- Providence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Providence Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Cemetery
- Hopkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hopkins Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Cemetery
- New Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The New Salem Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem Cemetery
- Marlowe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Marlowe Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlowe Cemetery
- Camp Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Camp Hill Cemetery is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Hill Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- McKee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The McKee Cemetery is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee Cemetery
- Hamilton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Hamilton Cemetery is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Nance Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Nance Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nance Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Christ Temple Apostolic Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Christ Temple Apostolic Church Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christ Temple Apostolic Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Christ Temple Apostolic Church Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Walnut.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1992335 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the McCowan Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from McCowan Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Falkner
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Tiplersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tiplersville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiplersville
- Walnut
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whitten Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Whitten Town is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten Town
- Ripley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gravestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gravestown is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravestown
- Canaan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Canaan is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Rogers Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rogers Springs is located in Hardeman County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Springs
- Ashland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lowrey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lowrey is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey
- Blue Mountain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Essary Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Essary Springs is located in Hardeman County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essary Springs
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Saulsbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saulsbury is located in Hardeman County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Middleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Clarysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Clarysville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarysville
- Pine Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Dumas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Hightown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Snow Lake Shores
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Snow Lake Shores is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Lake Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Kossuth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Grand Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Michigan City
(18 miles [29 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 McCowan Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Tippah County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The McCowan Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ashland
- Blue Mountain
- La Grange
- Middleton
- Ripley
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 McCowan Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Tippah 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 McCowan Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #704676 (McCowan Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #704676 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: Tippah
- Est. Elev: 155 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Falkner
- Location given for McCowan Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.8628706 Lon: -88.9575619
- 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 Tippah, 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- McCowan 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. |
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