A visit to the Pelahatchie 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 Pelahatchie Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pelahatchie Cemetery:
32.3174, -89.7984
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Pelahatchie Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Pelahatchie Cemetery is located in Rankin County<2>.
The county seat for Rankin County is located in Brandon. Brandon lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Pelahatchie Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Pelahatchie Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Pelahatchie Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pelahatchie Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Reagan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Reagan Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reagan Cemetery
- Lodebar Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Lodebar Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar Cemetery
- Eastside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Eastside Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastside Cemetery
- Farris Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Farris Hill Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farris Hill Cemetery
- Gulde Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Gulde Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulde Cemetery
- Thornhill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Thornhill Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill Cemetery
- Line Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Line Creek Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Line Creek Cemetery
- Neal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Neal Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Cemetery
- Barefoot Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Jordan Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Jordan Grove Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Grove Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Crossroads Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Crossroads Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads Cemetery
- Pelahatchie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Pelahatchie Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelahatchie Cemetery
- Hollybush Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Hollybush Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollybush Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Rehobeth Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehobeth Cemetery
- Andrew Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- St. Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The St. Hill Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Hill Cemetery
- Mountain Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Mountain Ridge Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Ridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain Ridge Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the east of Brandon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #61280 <5>
- Concord Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Pelahatchie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pelahatchie Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Pelahatchie
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cooperville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cooperville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperville
- Morton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Branch is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- Polkville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Polkville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
- Fannin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fannin is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fannin
- Brandon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sand Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sand Hill is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Hunter Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hunter Town is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Town
- Kalem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kalem is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalem
- Goshen Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen Springs is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Springs
- Daniel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Daniel is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniel
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Raworth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Raworth is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raworth
- Trenton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Trenton is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Greenfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Greenfield is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beach is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
- Cato
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cato is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Puckett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Puckett is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Clifton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Madisonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Madisonville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
- Flowood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pearl
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Galilee
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Galilee is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galilee
- Forest
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ludlow
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ludlow is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- North Town Plaza
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- North Town Plaza is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Town Plaza
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 Pelahatchie Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Rankin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pelahatchie Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brandon
- Forest
- Morton
- Pearl
- Pelahatchie
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 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 Pelahatchie Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Rankin 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 Pelahatchie Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #709116 (Pelahatchie Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #709116 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: Rankin
- Est. Elev: 116 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Pelahatchie
- Location given for Pelahatchie Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.3173677 Lon: -89.7984097
- 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 Rankin, 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 from Point A (ie- Pelahatchie 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. |