A visit to the Owens 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 Owens Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Owens Cemetery:
33.7648, -89.8818
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Owens Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Owens Cemetery is located in Grenada County<2>.
The county seat for Grenada County is located in Grenada. Grenada lies just to the east of the Owens Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Owens Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Owens Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Owens Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sweet Home Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Sweet Home Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home Cemetery
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Prospect Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Prospect Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
- Baker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Baker Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
- Cole Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Cole Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole Cemetery
- McSwine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The McSwine Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McSwine Cemetery
- Trimbell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Haven Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Haven Rest Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Rest Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Haven Rest Cemetery is located in Grenada.
- Confederate Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Confederate Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confederate Cemetery
- Jones Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Jones Chapel Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Chapel Cemetery
- Tascohoma Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Tascohoma Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tascohoma Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hardiman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hardiman Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardiman Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Harris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Cemetery
- Poa Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Poa Ridge Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poa Ridge Cemetery
- Pea Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Pea Ridge Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge Cemetery
- Beard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Beard Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beard Cemetery
- Hebron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Hebron Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Duncan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Duncan Cemetery is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan Cemetery
- Swange Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Franklin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Franklin Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Beck Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Beck Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beck Cemetery
- Bledsoe Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Bledsoe Cemetery is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Owens Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Owens Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Grenada
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Memphis Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Memphis Junction is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Junction
- Turkey Foot Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Turkey Foot Fork is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Foot Fork
- Rosebloom
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rosebloom is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebloom
- Jefferson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Elliott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elliott is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott
- Avalon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Avalon is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Duck Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Duck Hill is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,760 people
- Leverett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leverett is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
- Tillatoba
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Tillatoba is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillatoba
- Population from the 2010 Census: 91 people
- Paynes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Paynes is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes
- Teoc
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Teoc is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teoc
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Eskridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eskridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskridge
- North Carrollton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- North Carrollton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carrollton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Carrollton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Coffeeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sweatman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sweatman is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweatman
- Charleston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Money
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Money is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money
- Oakland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Browning
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Browning is located in Leflore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Winona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crevi ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crevi is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crevi
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 Owens Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Grenada County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Owens Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Carrollton
- Charleston
- Coffeeville
- Grenada
- Winona
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 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 Owens Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Grenada 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 Owens Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #675350 (Owens Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #675350 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: Grenada
- Est. Elev: 90 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Holcomb
- Location given for Owens Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.7648381 Lon: -89.8817529
- 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 Grenada, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Owens 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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