A visit to the Mount Home 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 Mt. Home Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Home Cemetery:
33.3823, -90.3945
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Home Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Home Cemetery is located in Leflore County<2>.
The county seat for Leflore County is located in Greenwood. Greenwood lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the northeast of the Mt. Home Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Mt. Home Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Home Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Robinson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- Hickory Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Bear Creek Cemetery is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Graves Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Graves Cemetery is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Cemetery
- Moorhead Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Moorhead Cemetery is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead Cemetery
- Sky Lake Bend Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Sky Lake Bend Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sky Lake Bend Cemetery
- Jeremiah Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Jeremiah Cemetery is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeremiah Cemetery
- Mt. Airy Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Airy Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Airy Cemetery
- Lennard Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Lennard Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lennard Cemetery
- McIntyre Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The McIntyre Cemetery is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntyre Cemetery
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- South Side Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The South Side Cemetery is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Side Cemetery
- Mt. Everet Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Everet Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Everet Cemetery
- Ingleside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Ingleside Cemetery is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside Cemetery
- St. Paul Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- Travel Rest Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Travel Rest Cemetery is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travel Rest Cemetery
- Rock of Ages Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Rock of Ages Cemetery is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock of Ages Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Pisgah Cemetery is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pisgah 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 Mt. Home Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Home Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Morgan City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Morgan City is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Moorhead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moorhead is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,059 people
- Itta Bena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jaketown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jaketown is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaketown
- Cruger
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cruger is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Sidon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sidon is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
- Roebuck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roebuck is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roebuck
- Fort Loring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Loring is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Loring
- Baird
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Baird is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
- Inverness
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Inverness is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Population from the 2020 Census: 852 people
- Keirn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Keirn is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keirn
- Wyatt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wyatt is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Sunflower
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sunflower is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunflower
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Isola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Isola is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
- Belzoni
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Greenwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Indianola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tchula
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tchula is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Faisonia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Faisonia is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faisonia
- Gwin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gwin is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwin
- Shellmound
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shellmound is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellmound
- Browning
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Browning is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Schlater
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Schlater is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 280 people
- McNutt
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- McNutt is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNutt
- Roundaway
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Roundaway is located in Sunflower County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundaway
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 Mt. Home Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Leflore County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Home Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Belzoni
- Greenwood
- Indianola
- Itta Bena
- McNutt
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 either 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 Mt. Home Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Leflore 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 Mt. Home Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #674026 (Mount Home Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #674026 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: Leflore
- Est. Elev: 36 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Colony Town
- Location given for Mount Home Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.3823435 Lon: -90.3945305
- 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 Leflore, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mt. Home 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |