A visit to the Rocky Mount 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 Rocky Mount Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rocky Mount Cemetery:
34.0421, -89.6323
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Rocky Mount Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Rocky Mount Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County<2>.
The county seat for Yalobusha County is located in Water Valley. Water Valley lies just to the north of the Rocky Mount Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Rocky Mount Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Rocky Mount Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rocky Mount Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Adams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Adams Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- Hopewell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Gilead Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Gilead Cemetery
- Broadstreet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Broadstreet Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadstreet Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Broadstreet Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Coffeeville.
- The Broadstreet Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #58535 <5>
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Piney Grove Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove Cemetery
- Hervey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Hervey Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hervey Cemetery
- Harbor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Harbor Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Cemetery
- Brower Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Brower Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brower Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- Gilmore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Gilmore Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Union Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Hill Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Buntin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Buntin Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buntin Cemetery
- Brooms Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Brooms Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooms Cemetery
- Brooms Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Brooms Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooms Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Haven Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Haven Hill Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Hill Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Rocky Mount Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rocky Mount Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Velma
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Velma is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velma
- Coffeeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Water Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Springdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Springdale is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Banner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tillatoba
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tillatoba is located in Yalobusha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillatoba
- Population from the 2010 Census: 91 people
- Bruce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Taylor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Oakland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Big Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Big Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Pittsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pittsboro is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Memphis Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis Junction is located in Grenada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis Junction
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Delay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Delay is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delay
- Sarepta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sarepta is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarepta
- Rosebloom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rosebloom is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebloom
- Grenada
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pope is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Calhoun City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cornish
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cornish is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Alesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- Courtland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Courtland is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courtland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Derma
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Derma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 961 people
- Oxford
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Crevi ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Crevi is located in Tallahatchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crevi
- Loyd
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Loyd is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
- Terza
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Terza is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terza
- Altus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Altus is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Charleston
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
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 Rocky Mount Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Yalobusha County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Rocky Mount Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bruce
- Bruce lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Rocky Mount Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bruce.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce
- Calhoun City
- Charleston
- Coffeeville
- Grenada
- Oxford
- Pittsboro
- Water Valley
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 Rocky Mount Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Yalobusha 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 Rocky Mount Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #676798 (Rocky Mount Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #676798 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: Yalobusha
- Est. Elev: 123 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Velma
- Location given for Rocky Mount Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.042056 Lon: -89.6323066
- 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 Yalobusha, 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- Rocky Mount 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. |
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