A visit to the Saint Marks 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 St. Marks Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Marks Cemetery:
32.3010, -88.9123
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Marks Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Marks Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County<2>.
The county seat for Lauderdale County is located in Meridian. Meridian lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east northeast of the St. Marks Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Marks Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the St. Marks Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Marks Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- McGee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The McGee Cemetery is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGee Cemetery
- Goodwater Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Goodwater Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwater Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Goodwater Baptist Church Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southwest of Meridian.
- The Goodwater Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Goodwater Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #59530 <5>
- Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ferguson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Ferguson Cemetery is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson Cemetery
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Osborne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Tunnel Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Tunnel Hill Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Hill Cemetery
- Hickory Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Hickory Cemetery is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Cemetery
- Old Good Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Fellowship Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Fellowship Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship Cemetery
- Sageville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Sageville Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageville Cemetery
- Burwell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Burwell Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burwell Cemetery
- Meridian Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Meridian Memorial Park is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Meridian Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Meridian.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1429432 <5>
- Fairchild Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Fairchild Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairchild Cemetery
- Gordon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Gordon Cemetery is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Cemetery
- Mt. Carmon Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Carmon Cemetery is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmon Cemetery
- Green Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Green Valley Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Enterprise Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Enterprise Cemetery is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Marks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Marks Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Chunky
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hickory is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 515 people
- Fellowship ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fellowship is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Former name for Fellowship:
- Masengale
- Fellowship has also been known as:
- Old Fellowship
- Lost Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lost Gap is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Gap
- Enterprise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nellieburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nellieburg is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nellieburg
- Rose Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rose Hill is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Hookston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hookston is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hookston
- Suqualena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Suqualena is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suqualena
- Penantly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Penantly is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penantly
- Garlandsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Garlandsville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garlandsville
- Stonewall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stonewall is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Meridian
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Orange
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Orange is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Collinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Decatur
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bailey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Baxter ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baxter is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Pine Bluff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pine Bluff is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
- Pachuta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pachuta is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pachuta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Marion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Martin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Martin is located in Lauderdale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Six Towns ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Six Towns is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Towns
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 St. Marks Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lauderdale County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Marks Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Decatur
- Enterprise
- Hickory
- Marion
- Meridian
- Newton
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 St. Marks Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Lauderdale 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 St. Marks Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #684041 (Saint Marks Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #684041 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: Lauderdale
- Est. Elev: 133 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Chunky
- Location given for Saint Marks Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.3009778 Lon: -88.9122742
- 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 Lauderdale, 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- St. Marks 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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