A visit to the Old Wahalak 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 Old Wahalak Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Wahalak Cemetery:
32.9207, -88.4364
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Old Wahalak Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Old Wahalak Cemetery is located in Kemper County<2>.
The county seat for Kemper County is located in De Kalb. De Kalb lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the southwest of the Old Wahalak Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Old Wahalak Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Wahalak Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Eaves Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Eaves Cemetery is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaves Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- Binnsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Binnsville Cemetery is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville Cemetery
- Wahalak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Wahalak Cemetery is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahalak Cemetery
- Watts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Watts Cemetery is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts Cemetery
- Bell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Bell Cemetery is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Cemetery
- Cedar Lawn Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blue Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Blue Chapel Cemetery is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Chapel Cemetery
- Old Scooba Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Old Scooba Cemetery is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Scooba Cemetery
- Giles Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Giles Cemetery is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Cemetery
- Cooksville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Cooksville Cemetery is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville Cemetery
- Prairie Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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- Twin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- DeJarnate Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The DeJarnate Cemetery is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeJarnate Cemetery
- Slaughter Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Slaughter Cemetery is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Cemetery
- Martin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Martin Cemetery is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
- Shuqualak Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Shuqualak Cemetery is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Souls Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Souls Chapel Cemetery is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Souls Chapel Cemetery
- Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Panola (AL).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2514361 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Old Wahalak Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Wahalak Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Binnsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Binnsville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnsville
- Wahalak
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wahalak is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahalak
- Scooba
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cooksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cooksville is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Giles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Giles is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles
- Geiger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Geiger is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Shuqualak
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shuqualak is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuqualak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Panola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Panola is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
- Electric Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Electric Mills is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electric Mills
- Harlan ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Harlan is located in Noxubee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlan
- Sucarnoochee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sucarnoochee is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucarnoochee
- Emelle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Emelle is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Macon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- De Kalb
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Porterville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Porterville is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Sledge ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sledge is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledge
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Memphis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Memphis is located in Pickens County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Gainesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gainesville is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Narkeeta ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Narkeeta is located in Kemper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narkeeta
- Sumterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sumterville is located in Sumter County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumterville
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 Wahalak Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kemper County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Wahalak Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Aliceville
- De Kalb
- Gainesville
- Geiger
- Macon
- Macon lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Old Wahalak Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Macon.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Scooba
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Wahalak Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Kemper 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 Old Wahalak Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #675273 (Old Wahalak Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #675273 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: Kemper
- Est. Elev: 85 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Paulette
- Location given for Old Wahalak Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.9206849 Lon: -88.4364264
- 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 Kemper, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Old Wahalak 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. |