A visit to the Missionary 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 Missionary Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Missionary Cemetery:
31.4324, -90.4634
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Missionary Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Missionary Cemetery is located in Lincoln County<2>.
The county seat for Lincoln County is located in Brookhaven. Brookhaven lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north of the Missionary Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Missionary Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Missionary Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Missionary Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rawls Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Rawls Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawls Cemetery
- Price Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Price Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Cemetery
- Springfield MB Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Stewart Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
- Stewarts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Stewarts Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewarts Cemetery
- Moak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Moak Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moak Cemetery
- Montgomery Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Montgomery Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Cemetery
- Dickerson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Dickerson Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickerson Cemetery
- Brister Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Brister Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brister Cemetery
- Dunn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Dunn Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Cemetery
- Mt. Zion MB Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Zion MB Church Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion MB Church Cemetery
- The Mt. Zion MB Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Rose Hill MB Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Henry D. Berry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Henry D. Berry Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry D. Berry Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Henry D. Berry Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Summit.
- The Henry D. Berry Cemetery has also been known as:
- Berry Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57966 <5>
- Johnstons Station Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wells Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Wells Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Cemetery
- Old Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rollins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Rollins Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollins Cemetery
- Moak Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Moak Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moak Cemetery
- Brister Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Brister Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brister Cemetery
- Burns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Burns Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Missionary Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Missionary Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Norfield
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Norfield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfield
- Wellman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wellman is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
- Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brookhaven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cobbs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cobbs is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- McComb
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Verna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Verna is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verna
- Bear Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bear Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Town
- Topisaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Topisaw is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topisaw
- Montgomery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Montgomery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- McCall Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Olive
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Thompson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Bacots
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bacots is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacots
- New Sight
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- New Sight is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sight
- McElveen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- McElveen is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElveen
- Holmesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Holmesville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- Nola
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Nola is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nola
- Wesson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brookside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Brookside is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Magnolia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Eddiceton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Eddiceton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddiceton
- Beauregard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Beauregard is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Caseyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Caseyville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
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 Missionary Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lincoln County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Missionary Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Beauregard
- Brookhaven
- Magnolia
- McComb
- Summit
- Wesson
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 professional and volunteer 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 Missionary Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Lincoln 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 Missionary Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #673693 (Missionary Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #673693 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: Lincoln
- Est. Elev: 135 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bogue Chitto
- Location given for Missionary Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.4323957 Lon: -90.4634302
- 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 Lincoln, 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- Missionary 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. |