A visit to the Mount Moriah 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. Moriah Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Moriah Cemetery:
33.0024, -89.4476
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mt. Moriah Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Attala County<2>.
The county seat for Attala County is located in Kosciusko. Kosciusko lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Mt. Moriah Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Mt. Moriah Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Moriah Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Breazeale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Breazeale Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breazeale Cemetery
- Smyrna Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Smyrna Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Jerusalem Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Jerusalem Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jerusalem Baptist Church Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the southeast of Kosciusko.
- The Jerusalem Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jerusalem Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1992671 <5>
- Patterson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Patterson Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Cemetery
- Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Center Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
- Providence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Providence Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Cemetery
- Brooks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Brooks Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery
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- Shield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Shield Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shield Cemetery
- Kelley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Kelley Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley Cemetery
- Kelly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Kelly Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Cemetery
- Tabernacle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Tabernacle Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle Cemetery
- Dodd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Dodd Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rocky Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Rocky Point Cemetery is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Doty Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Doty Springs Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doty Springs Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Moriah Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Vowell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Vowell is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
- Ethel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ethel is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 381 people
- Gregory ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Gregory is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Kosciusko
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hinze
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hinze is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinze
- Coosa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Coosa is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
- Langley ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Langley is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
- Plattsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Plattsburg is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattsburg
- McCool
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- McCool is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCool
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Zemuly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Zemuly is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemuly
- Hesterville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hesterville is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesterville
- Redwater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Redwater is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Newport
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Newport is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Rocky Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Point is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Sallis
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Saint Ann
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Ann is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ann
- Carthage
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pearl River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pearl River is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
- Possumneck
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Possumneck is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumneck
- Laurel Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
- Weir
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- French Camp
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hope is located in Neshoba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Auris ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Auris is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auris
- Standing Pine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Standing Pine is located in Leake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
- Noxapater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
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. Moriah Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Attala County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- French Camp
- Kosciusko
- Plattsburg
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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. Moriah Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Attala 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. Moriah Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #674056 (Mount Moriah Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #674056 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: Attala
- Est. Elev: 171 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ethel South
- Location given for Mount Moriah Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.0023523 Lon: -89.4475724
- 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 Attala, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mt. Moriah 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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