A visit to the Prospect 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 Prospect Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Prospect Cemetery:
34.5607, -88.5856
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Prospect Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Prospect Cemetery is located in Prentiss County<2>.
The county seat for Prentiss County is located in Booneville. Booneville lies just to the north of the Prospect Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Prospect Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Prospect Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Prospect Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- East Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The East Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the East Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Baldwyn.
- The East Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #59092 <5>
- Prentiss County Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Hopewell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Meadow Creek Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Creek Cemetery
- Hodges Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Hodges Chapel Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodges Chapel Cemetery
- Asbury Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Asbury Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Osborne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Osborne Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne Cemetery
- Rubens Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Rubens Chapel Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubens Chapel Cemetery
- Old Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Calvary Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Calvary Cemetery
- Carrollville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Carrollville Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollville Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Masonic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Masonic Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masonic Cemetery
- Casey Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Casey Creek Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Creek Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Everett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Everett Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Cemetery
- Sheppard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Sheppard Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppard Cemetery
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Nebo Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Nebo Cemetery
- Pratts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Pratts Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Cemetery
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Pisgah Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
- Old County Home Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Lakeview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Lakeview Cemetery is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Prospect Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Prospect Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Wheeler
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wheeler is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Baldwyn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lake City is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Booneville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Geeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Geeville is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
- Marietta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Blackland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blackland is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackland
- Guntown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
- New Site
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Jumpertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jumpertown is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumpertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
- Altitude
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Altitude is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altitude
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Graham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Graham is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Alpine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Alpine is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Corrona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Corrona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrona
- Boggan Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Boggan Bend is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggan Bend
- Pisgah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pisgah is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Saltillo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Burton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Rienzi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rienzi is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rienzi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Jug Fork
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jug Fork is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jug Fork
- Dumas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Ellistown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ellistown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellistown
- Jacinto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
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 Prospect 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 Prospect Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Prospect 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 Prospect Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #706205 (Prospect Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #706205 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: 147 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wheeler
- Location given for Prospect Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.5606535 Lon: -88.5856078
- 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Prospect 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. |