A visit to the Piney Grove 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 Piney Grove Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Piney Grove Cemetery:
34.5740, -88.3317
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Piney Grove Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Piney Grove Cemetery is located in Prentiss County<2>.
The county seat for Prentiss County is located in Booneville. Booneville lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Piney Grove Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Piney Grove Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Piney Grove Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Piney Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Trollinger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Trollinger Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trollinger Cemetery
- Brumley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Brumley Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brumley Cemetery
- Old Mackeys Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dean Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Dean Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Cemetery
- Mackeys Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Mackeys Creek Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackeys Creek Cemetery
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Nebo Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Nebo Cemetery
- East Prentiss Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The East Prentiss Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Prentiss Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Cotton Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Phillips Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Jackson Camp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Jackson Camp Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Camp Cemetery
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- Bullard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Bullard Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullard Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Smith - Howell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Little Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Little Brown Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Brown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Little Brown Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of New Site.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #60485 <5>
- Rhoads Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Rhoads Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoads Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- Bonds Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Bonds Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Cemetery
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Union Chapel Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Chapel Cemetery
- Stephens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Stephens Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Piney Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Piney Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- New Site
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Burton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Dennis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Tishomingo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Belmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Marietta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Altitude
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Golden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holcut
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Kirkville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- Midway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Red Bay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Bishop
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Lake City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Jacinto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Booneville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Site
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Wheeler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wheeler is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Baldwyn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Eastman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Eastman is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Rienzi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
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 Piney Grove Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Prentiss County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Piney Grove Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Belmont
- Booneville
- Burnsville
- Iuka
- Iuka lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Piney Grove Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Iuka.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Jacinto
- Red Bay
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 professional and volunteer 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 Piney Grove Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Prentiss 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 Piney Grove Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #675893 (Piney Grove Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #675893 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: Prentiss
- Est. Elev: 135 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Paden SE
- Location given for Piney Grove Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.5739851 Lon: -88.3317127
- 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 Prentiss, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Piney Grove 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. |