A visit to the Ruth 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 Ruth Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ruth Cemetery:
31.3757, -90.3109
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Ruth Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Ruth Cemetery is located in Lincoln County<2>.
The county seat for Lincoln County is located in Brookhaven. Brookhaven lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Ruth Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Ruth Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Ruth Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ruth Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Price Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Price Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Cemetery
- Rawls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Rawls Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawls Cemetery
- Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- McDavid Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The McDavid Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDavid Cemetery
- Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McCullough Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The McCullough Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullough Cemetery
- Spring Beulah Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Moak Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Moak Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moak Cemetery
- Eaton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Eaton Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton Cemetery
- McEwen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The McEwen Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen Cemetery
- John Felder Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Herron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Herron Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herron Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- McCullough Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The McCullough Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullough Cemetery
- Garner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Garner Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Garner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Garner Cemetery is located in Walthall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Cemetery
- Greer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Greer Cemetery is located in Walthall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer Cemetery
- Brister Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Brister Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brister Cemetery
- Hoover Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Hoover Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover Cemetery
- Norman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Norman Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman Cemetery
- Busby Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Busby Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busby Cemetery
- Bridges Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Bridges Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges Cemetery
- Walker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- Bogue Chitto Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Ruth Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ruth Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Verna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Verna is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verna
- Topisaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Topisaw is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topisaw
- Wellman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wellman is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellman
- Norfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Norfield is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfield
- Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holmesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Holmesville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- Sartinville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sartinville is located in Walthall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartinville
- McComb
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bacots
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bacots is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacots
- Bear Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Town
- Brookhaven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Tilton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tilton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Nola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Nola is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nola
- Magnolia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Montgomery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Arm
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Arm is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arm
- Rosella
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rosella is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosella
- Thompson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- McElveen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- McElveen is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElveen
- Tylertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Sight
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Sight is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sight
- Oak Vale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Oak Vale is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Vale
- Cobbs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cobbs is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Kokomo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
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 Ruth Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lincoln County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ruth Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brookhaven
- Magnolia
- McComb
- Monticello
- Summit
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Ruth Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Lincoln 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 Ruth Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #676976 (Ruth Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #676976 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: Lincoln
- Est. Elev: 131 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ruth
- Location given for Ruth Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.3757295 Lon: -90.3109263
- 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 Lincoln, 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- Ruth 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. |