A visit to the Paris 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 Paris Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Paris Cemetery:
34.1759, -89.4495
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Paris Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Paris Cemetery is located in Lafayette County<2>.
The county seat for Lafayette County is located in Oxford. Oxford lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Paris Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Paris Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Paris Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Paris Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Drivers Flat Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Drivers Flat Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drivers Flat Cemetery
- Keel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Keel Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keel Cemetery
- Mt. Liberty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Liberty Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Liberty Cemetery
- Union Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Union Grove Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove Cemetery
- Webb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Webb Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Cemetery
- Pine Flat Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Pine Flat Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flat Cemetery
- Holt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Holt Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt Cemetery
- Young Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Young Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Cemetery
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Pilgrim Rest Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Spring Creek Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek Cemetery
- New El Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The New El Bethel Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New El Bethel Cemetery
- McGonigal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The McGonigal Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGonigal Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Humphreys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Humphreys Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys Cemetery
- Jumpers Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Jumpers Chapel Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpers Chapel Cemetery
- The Jumpers Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Humphreys Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2247222 <5>
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Tula Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Tula Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tula Cemetery
- Turkey Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Turkey Creek Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek Cemetery
- Bowles Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Bowles Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowles Cemetery
- Ship Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Ship Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ship Cemetery
- Palestine Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Palestine Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine Cemetery
- Wyatt Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Wyatt Chapel Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt Chapel Cemetery
- Tabernacle Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Tabernacle Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle Cemetery
- Old Dallas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Old Dallas Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Dallas Cemetery
- Kingdom Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Kingdom Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingdom Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Paris Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Paris Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Delay
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Delay is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delay
- Banner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cornish
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cornish is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Sarepta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sarepta is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarepta
- Taylor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Springdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Springdale is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Water Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Altus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Altus is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Velma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Velma is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velma
- Oxford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bruce
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Toccopola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Toccopola is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toccopola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Lafayette Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lafayette Springs is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Springs
- Alesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- Pittsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pittsboro is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Coffeeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Thaxton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Loyd
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Loyd is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
- Pannell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pannell is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pannell
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 Paris Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lafayette County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Paris Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bruce
- Bruce lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Paris Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bruce.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Calhoun City
- Coffeeville
- Oxford
- Pittsboro
- Water Valley
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 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 Paris Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Lafayette 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 Paris Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #706738 (Paris Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #706738 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: Lafayette
- Est. Elev: 121 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Paris
- Location given for Paris Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.1759426 Lon: -89.4495236
- 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 Lafayette, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Paris 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. |