A visit to the Morton Chapel 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 Morton Chapel Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Morton Chapel Cemetery:
34.7151, -88.6587
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Morton Chapel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Morton Chapel Cemetery is located in Prentiss County<2>.
The county seat for Prentiss County is located in Booneville. Booneville lies just to the southeast of the Morton Chapel Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Morton Chapel Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Morton Chapel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Morton Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Jumpertown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Jumpertown Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown Cemetery
- Pisgah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Pisgah Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Cemetery
- Carolina Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Carolina Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- Betts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Betts Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Betts Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Booneville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2447087 <5>
- Gaston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Gaston Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaston Cemetery
- Pauls Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Pauls Chapel Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls Chapel Cemetery
- Wolf Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Wolf Creek Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek Cemetery
- Oaklawn Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Oaklawn Memorial Park is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Memorial Park
- Alcorn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Alcorn Cemetery is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcorn Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Cemetery
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- Concord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Blackland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Blackland Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blackland Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the west of Booneville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #58097 <5>
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Scruggs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Scruggs Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scruggs Cemetery
- County Line Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The County Line Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
- Osborne Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Osborne Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne Cemetery
- Campground Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Campground Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campground Cemetery
- Rienzi Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Rienzi Cemetery is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi Cemetery
- Rienzi Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Rienzi Cemetery is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Morton Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Morton Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Jumpertown
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Pisgah
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pisgah is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Blackland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Booneville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Hightown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hightown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightown
- Rienzi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Geeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Geeville is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
- Wheeler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wheeler is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Biggersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Biggersville is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggersville
- Allentown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Allentown is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Kossuth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Dumas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Searcy Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Altitude
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Graham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Jacinto
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Baldwyn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Clarysville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Clarysville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarysville
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 Morton Chapel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Prentiss County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Morton Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Booneville
- Corinth
- Jacinto
- Ripley
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Morton Chapel Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Prentiss 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 Morton Chapel Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #673859 (Morton Chapel Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #673859 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: Prentiss
- Est. Elev: 178 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Jumpertown
- Location given for Morton Chapel Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.7150943 Lon: -88.6586652
- 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 Prentiss, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Morton Chapel 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. |