A visit to the Oregon 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 Oregon Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oregon Cemetery:
33.1398, -90.1115
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Oregon Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Oregon Cemetery is located in Holmes County<2>.
The county seat for Holmes County is located in Lexington. Lexington lies just to the east southeast of the Oregon Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Oregon Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oregon Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Zion Hill Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill Cemetery
- Boatwright Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Boatwright Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boatwright Cemetery
- Broughman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Broughman Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughman Cemetery
- Liberty Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Liberty Grove Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove Cemetery
- Wade Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Wade Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade Cemetery
- Hodges Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Hodges Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Cemetery
- Pinkston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Pinkston Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkston Cemetery
- Cunliff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Cunliff Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunliff Cemetery
- Wyatt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Wyatt Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Johnson Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Clifton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Clifton Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Old Rankin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Rankin Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Rankin Cemetery
- Stigler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Stigler Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stigler Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Odd Fellows Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd Fellows Cemetery
- Horring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Horring Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horring Cemetery
- Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Olive Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Cemetery
- Wadell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Wadell Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadell Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Calvary Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Rose Bank Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Rose Bank Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Bank Cemetery
- Pinecrest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron Methodist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Hebron Methodist Church Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Methodist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hebron Methodist Church Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the southwest of Lexington.
- The Hebron Methodist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hebron Cemetery
- Buck Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Buck Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Cemetery
- Wade Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Wade Cemetery is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Oregon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oregon Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Jones Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Crossing is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Lexington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ituma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ituma is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ituma
- Gwin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gwin is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwin
- Tchula
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tchula is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Tolarville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tolarville is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
- Mileston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mileston is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mileston
- Wyatt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wyatt is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt
- Acona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Acona is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acona
- Good Hope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Good Hope is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Coxburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coxburg is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Keirn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keirn is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keirn
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Bee Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bee Lake is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lake
- Bee Lake has also been known as:
- Bee Lake Plantation
- Richland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Richland is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Cruger
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cruger is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Durant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pluto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pluto is also located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pluto
- Eden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eden is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Fordyke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fordyke is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyke
- Goodman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Oregon Cemetery. The following communities are located in Holmes County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Oregon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Durant
- Goodman
- Lexington
- Pickens
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 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 Oregon Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Holmes 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 Oregon Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #706670 (Oregon Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #706670 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: Holmes
- Est. Elev: 103 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lexington North
- Location given for Oregon Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.1398492 Lon: -90.1114742
- 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 Holmes, 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- Oregon 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. |