A visit to the Parsons 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 Parsons Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Parsons Cemetery:
31.3160, -90.6193
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Parsons Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Parsons Cemetery is located in Amite County<2>.
The county seat for Amite County is located in Liberty. Liberty lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the southwest of the Parsons Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Parsons Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Parsons Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Parsons Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Flowers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Flowers Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers Cemetery
- Gerald Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fenn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Fenn Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenn Cemetery
- Pate - Gardner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Garner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Garner Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Cemetery
- Freeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Freeman Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Cemetery
- Weathersby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Weathersby Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weathersby Cemetery
- Hampton Burris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Harrell - Kirkland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cupit Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Cupit Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupit Cemetery
- Gordon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Gordon Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Cemetery
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Temple Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Temple Hill Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hill Cemetery
- Lumpkin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Lumpkin Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Church of God Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Old Good Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marsalis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Marsalis Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsalis Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Butler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Butler Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Cemetery
- Hewitt Gordon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Robertson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Robertson Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Cemetery
- Tangipahoa Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Tangipahoa Cemetery is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangipahoa Cemetery
- Holmes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Holmes Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Cemetery
- Turner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Turner Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Parsons Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Parsons Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Thompson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Thompson is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Mount Olive
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Olive is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Brookside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brookside is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- McElveen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- McElveen is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElveen
- Summit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- McComb
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Norfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norfield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfield
- Bear Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Town
- Glading
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Glading is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glading
- Huron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Huron is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- McCall Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Liberty
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Magnolia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bacots
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bacots is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacots
- O'Neil
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- O'Neil is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil
- Eddiceton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eddiceton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddiceton
- Bude
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cobbs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cobbs is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Wellman
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wellman is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
- Bewelcome
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bewelcome is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bewelcome
- Chatawa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chatawa is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatawa
- Holmesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Holmesville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- Meadville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gillsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gillsburg is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillsburg
- Topisaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Topisaw is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topisaw
- Brookhaven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
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 Parsons Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Amite County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Parsons Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brookhaven
- Magnolia
- McComb
- Meadville
- Summit
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 websites either 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 Parsons Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Amite 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 Parsons Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #685365 (Parsons Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #685365 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: Amite
- Est. Elev: 122 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Auburn
- Location given for Parsons Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.3160079 Lon: -90.6192672
- 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 Amite, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Parsons 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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