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A visit to the Pontotoc Memorial Park ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Pontotoc Memorial Park ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Pontotoc Memorial Park

Lat:   34.3105°   (34° 18' 37")

Lon:   -88.9650°   (-88° 57' 54")

The Pontotoc Memorial Park is located in Pontotoc County<1>.

The county seat for Pontotoc County is located in Pontotoc. Pontotoc lies just to the southwest of the Pontotoc Memorial Park .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> of the Pontotoc Memorial Park.<3>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Pontotoc Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

  • Harmony Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmony Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harmony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Harmony Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
  • Miller Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Miller Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
  • Immanuel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immanuel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
  • Ecru Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Babb Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Babb Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Babb Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Babb Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
  • Weatherall Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weatherall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weatherall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Weatherall Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
  • Pontotoc City Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Spring Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
  • Oliver Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oliver Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oliver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Oliver Cemetery is located in Union County
  • Hickory Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickory Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hickory Grove Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Liberty Cemetery is located in Union County
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • College Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the College Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the College Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The College Hill Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
    • Henry Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henry Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Henry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Henry Cemetery is located in Union County
    • Ingomar Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ingomar Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ingomar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ingomar Cemetery is located in Union County
    • Wardlow Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wardlow Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wardlow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wardlow Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
    • Friendship Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friendship Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friendship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Friendship Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
    • New Zion Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Zion Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The New Zion Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
    • New Zion Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Zion Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The New Zion Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
    • New Harmony Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Harmony Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Harmony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The New Harmony Cemetery is located in Union County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Pontotoc Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Pontotoc Memorial Park, with the nearest first.

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 Pontotoc Memorial Park. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pontotoc County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Pontotoc Memorial Park.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Ecru
    • Ecru lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the Northwest (NW) of the Pontotoc Memorial Park.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ecru.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ecru
  • New Albany
  • Pontotoc
  • Tupelo
    • Tupelo lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Pontotoc Memorial Park.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Tupelo.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tupelo

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 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 Pontotoc Memorial Park:

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 Pontotoc Memorial Park:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #684724  (Pontotoc Memorial Park)
    • Note: GNIS record #684724 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Northeast Pontotoc
    • County: Pontotoc         Elev: 163
    • Location given for GNIS #684724 (Pontotoc Memorial Park)

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Pontotoc, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Pontotoc Memorial Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3105, Longitude: -88.9650    
<3>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<4>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.
<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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