A visit to the Medford 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 Medford Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Medford Cemetery:
34.7865, -88.8064
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Medford Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Medford 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 west southwest of the Medford Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Medford Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Medford Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Medford Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Peoples Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Peoples Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoples Cemetery
- Lowrey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Lowrey Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey Cemetery
- Golden Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Golden Hill Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hill Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Richardson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Richardson Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Cemetery
- Cedar Mound Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Cedar Mound Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Mound Cemetery
- Rogers Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- The Shiloh Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shiloh Church Cemetery
- Shiloh Independent Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #62741 <5>
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Walnut Creek Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Creek Cemetery
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Nance Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Nance Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nance Cemetery
- Boyd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Boyd Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Chapman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Chapman Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Cemetery
- Jeter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Jeter Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeter Cemetery
- Waldon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Waldon Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldon Cemetery
- Ruckerville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Ruckerville Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruckerville Cemetery
- Pisgah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Pisgah Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Cemetery
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Pine Hill Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill Cemetery
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Rucker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Rucker Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker Cemetery
- Westminister Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Westminister Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminister Cemetery
- Paynes Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Turners Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Medford Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Medford Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hightown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Falkner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ripley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jumpertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Tiplersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tiplersville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiplersville
- Dumas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Pisgah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pisgah is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Clarysville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarysville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarysville
- Kossuth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blackland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Walnut
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Allentown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lowrey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lowrey is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey
- Blue Mountain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Biggersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Whitten Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Whitten Town is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten Town
- Molino
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Molino is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Geeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Geeville is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
- Rienzi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Essary Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Essary Springs is located in Hardeman County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essary Springs
- Gravestown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gravestown is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravestown
- Graham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Graham is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Booneville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Searcy Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
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 Medford 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 Medford Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Blue Mountain
- Booneville
- Ripley
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Medford 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 Medford Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #673458 (Medford Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #673458 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: 184 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Peoples
- Location given for Medford Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.7864826 Lon: -88.8064468
- 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Medford 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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