A visit to the McDonald 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 McDonald Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the McDonald Cemetery:
31.4888, -90.7726
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the McDonald Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The McDonald Cemetery is located in Franklin County<2>.
The county seat for Franklin County is located in Meadville. Meadville lies just to the west of the McDonald Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the McDonald Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the McDonald Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from McDonald Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rocky Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Rocky Point Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point Cemetery
- Montgomery Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Montgomery Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Cemetery
- Eddicetown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Eddicetown Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddicetown Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Byrd Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Byrd Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrd Cemetery
- Newman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Newman Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Montgomery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Montgomery Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Cemetery
- Hopewell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- O Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The O Zion Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O Zion Cemetery
- Judge Thomas Magee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- McGehee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The McGehee Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGehee Cemetery
- Herring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Herring Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring Cemetery
- McDanial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The McDanial Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDanial Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Zumbro Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Zumbro Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zumbro Cemetery
- Partridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Partridge Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge Cemetery
- Magee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Magee Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oak Grove Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Meadville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #61520 <5>
- Mulkey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mulkey Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulkey Cemetery
- Byrds Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Byrds Chapel Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrds Chapel Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the southeast of Bude.
- The Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #61256 <5>
- McCall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The McCall Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCall Cemetery
- Bockles Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Bockles Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bockles Cemetery
- New Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The New Salem Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Salem Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of McCall Creek.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #61439 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km] of the McDonald Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from McDonald Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Eddiceton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Eddiceton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddiceton
- Bude
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McCall Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Meadville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Olive
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Olive is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Cobbs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cobbs is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Brookside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Brookside is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- O'Neil
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- O'Neil is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil
- Caseyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Caseyville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
- Thompson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Roxie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- White Apple
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- White Apple is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Apple
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Norfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Norfield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfield
- Hamburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hamburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Allen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Allen is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Bewelcome
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bewelcome is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bewelcome
- Brookhaven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Knoxville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Knoxville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Bowerton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bowerton is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerton
- Garden City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Rosetta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rosetta is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosetta
- Crosby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- McElveen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- McElveen is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElveen
- Summit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Sight
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Sight is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sight
- Harriston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fayette
(22 miles [35.4 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 McDonald Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Franklin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The McDonald Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brookhaven
- Fayette
- Hamburg
- Meadville
- Summit
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 McDonald Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Franklin 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 McDonald Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #693911 (McDonald Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #693911 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: Franklin
- Est. Elev: 115 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bude
- Location given for McDonald Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.488783 Lon: -90.7726008
- 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 Franklin, 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- McDonald 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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