A visit to the Puckett Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Puckett Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Puckett Cemetery (FG ID #62206).
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 Puckett Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Puckett Cemetery:
32.0842, -89.7763
The Puckett Cemetery is located in Rankin County<2>.
The county seat for Rankin County is located in Brandon. Brandon lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the northwest of the Puckett Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Puckett Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Puckett Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Puckett Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Burnham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Burnham Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham Cemetery
- County Line Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The County Line Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Galilee Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Everett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Silverena Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Silverena Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverena Cemetery
- Rosehill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Rosehill Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosehill Cemetery
- Miley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Miley Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Cemetery
- Rock Bluff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Rock Bluff Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bluff Cemetery
- Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cato Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Cato Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato Cemetery
- Everett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Everett Cemetery is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Overby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Overby Cemetery is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overby Cemetery
- Dukes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- White Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Terry Graveyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Prospect Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Prospect Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
- New Prospect Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Good Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- James Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The James Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Puckett Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Puckett Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Puckett
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Puckett is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
- Galilee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Daniel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cato
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Polkville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Polkville is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
- D'Lo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- D'Lo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Lo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Mendenhall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Trenton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cooperville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Braxton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Braxton is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Sanatorium
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Burns
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Magee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Raleigh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pelahatchie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Coats
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Westville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hunter Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hunter Town is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Town
- Bezer
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Brandon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
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 Puckett 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 Puckett Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brandon
- Magee
- Mendenhall
- Mize
- Mize lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Puckett Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mize.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mize
- Morton
- Pelahatchie
- Raleigh
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Puckett 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 Puckett Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #62206
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #709125 (Puckett Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #709125 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: 110 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Puckett
- Location given for Puckett Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.0840422 Lon: -89.7761864
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Puckett 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |