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A visit to the Old Antioch Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Old Antioch Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Antioch Cemetery

Lat:   31.7744°   (31° 46' 27")

Lon:   -89.3163°   (-89° 18' 58")

The Old Antioch Cemetery is located in Jones County<1>.

The county seat for Jones County is located in Laurel. Laurel lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Old Antioch Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Old Antioch Cemetery.<3>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Antioch Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Harper Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harper Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Harper Cemetery is located in Jones County
  • Union Line Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Line Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Line Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Union Line Cemetery is located in Jones County
  • Pine Valley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Summerland Baptist Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hinton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hinton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hinton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hinton Cemetery is located in Jones County
  • Center Ridge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Center Ridge Cemetery is located in Jones County
  • Knight Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Knight Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knight Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knight Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Knight Cemetery is located in Jasper County
    • The Knight Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Knight Family Cemetery
    • Newton Knight Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #60306 <5>
  • Edon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Edon Cemetery is located in Jasper County
  • Hatton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hatton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hatton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hatton Cemetery is located in Jones County
  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Jones County
  • Hebron Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebron Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hebron Cemetery is located in Jones County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Hill Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hill Cemetery is located in Jones County
    • Shows Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shows Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shows Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Shows Cemetery is located in Jones County
    • Matthews Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Matthews Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Matthews Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Matthews Cemetery is located in Jones County
    • Providence Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Providence Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Providence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Providence Cemetery is located in Jasper County
    • Cherry Grove MB Church Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Rogers Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Barnes Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barnes Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barnes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Barnes Cemetery is located in Covington County
    • Jack Knight Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jack Knight Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jack Knight Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jack Knight Cemetery is located in Jones County
    • Hebron Lodge Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebron Lodge Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebron Lodge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hebron Lodge Cemetery is located in Jones County
    • Pickering Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pickering Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pickering Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pickering Cemetery is located in Jones County
    • Big Creek Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Big Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Big Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Big Creek Cemetery is located in Jones County
    • Lebanon Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lebanon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lebanon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Jones County
    • Spring Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Jones County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Old Antioch Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Antioch Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Old Antioch Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jones County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Antioch Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 helpful 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 Old Antioch Cemetery:

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 Old Antioch Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #708264  (Old Antioch Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #708264 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Unknown
    • County: Jones
    • Location given for GNIS #708264 (Old Antioch Cemetery)

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Jones, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Old Antioch Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7744, Longitude: -89.3163    
<3>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<4>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.
<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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