A visit to the Memory Gardens 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 Memory Gardens Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Memory Gardens Cemetery:
31.8321, -89.1756
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Memory Gardens Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Memory Gardens Cemetery is located in Jasper County<2>.
The county seat for Jasper County is located in Bay Springs. Bay Springs lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Memory Gardens Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Memory Gardens 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 Memory Gardens Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Memory Gardens Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- County Line Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The County Line Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Cemetery
- Welborn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Welborn Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welborn Cemetery
- Graham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Graham Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Matthews Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Matthews Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Cemetery
- Bethlehem Community Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Seminary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Sharon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Sharon Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Cemetery
- Old Sharon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Sharon Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sharon Cemetery
- Knight Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Knight Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Cemetery
- The Knight Cemetery has also been known as:
- Knight Family Cemetery
- Newton Knight Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #60306 <5>
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- Knight Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Knight Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Cemetery
- Union Line Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Union Line Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Line Cemetery
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Palestine Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Palestine Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine Cemetery
- Pisgah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Pisgah Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Cemetery
- Providence Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Providence Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Cemetery
- Bonner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Bonner Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonner Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bonner Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northeast of Laurel.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2240655 <5>
- Corinth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Corinth Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth Cemetery
- Terry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Terry Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry Cemetery
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 Memory Gardens Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Memory Gardens Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Moss
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Moss is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss
- Moss has also been known as:
- Mossville
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Stringer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Amy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Amy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amy
- Soso
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Soso is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Service
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Service is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service
- Errata
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Errata is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Errata
- Sandersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sandersville is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
- Lake Como
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Como is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Como
- Laurel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Acme ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Acme is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Waldrup ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waldrup is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrup
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Heidelberg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bay Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kelona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kelona is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelona
- Turnerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Turnerville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville
- Stevens ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stevens is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens
- Hamlet ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hamlet is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Fouke ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fouke is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fouke
- McNeal ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- McNeal is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeal
- Ellisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Antioch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Stafford Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Stafford Springs is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford Springs
- Vossburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Vossburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vossburg
- Ras
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ras is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ras
- Taylorsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
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 Memory Gardens Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jasper County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Memory Gardens Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bay Springs
- Ellisville
- Laurel
- Laurel lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Memory Gardens Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Laurel.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Sandersville
- Taylorsville
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 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 Memory Gardens Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Jasper 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 Memory Gardens Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #673473 (Memory Gardens Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #673473 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: Jasper
- Est. Elev: 96 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Moss
- Location given for Memory Gardens Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.832102 Lon: -89.1756136
- 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 Jasper, 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- Memory Gardens 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. |