A visit to the Saint Peter Rock 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. Peter Rock Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Peter Rock Cemetery:
31.7191, -90.3759
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Peter Rock Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Peter Rock Cemetery is located in Copiah County<2>.
The county seat for Copiah County is located in Hazlehurst. Hazlehurst lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north of the St. Peter Rock Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Peter Rock Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the St. Peter Rock Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Peter Rock Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wesson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Wesson Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesson Cemetery
- St. John Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The St. John Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Cemetery
- Franklin Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sylvarena Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Sylvarena Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvarena Cemetery
- Rocky Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Rocky Hill Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Hill Cemetery
- Little Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mission Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Russell - Tillman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Starling Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Starling Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starling Cemetery
- Thompson Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tyson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Tyson Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyson Cemetery
- New Sight Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The New Sight Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sight Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Hillcrest Church of Christ Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hillcrest Church of Christ Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Church of Christ Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillcrest Church of Christ Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of New Sight.
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Little Bahala Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Little Bahala Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Bahala Cemetery
- The Little Bahala Cemetery has also been known as:
- Little Bahala Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #60483 <5>
- Sardis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Sardis Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Cemetery
- Ellington - Redus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Ellington - Redus Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellington - Redus Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ellington - Redus Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southwest of Hazlehurst.
- The Ellington - Redus Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ellington Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #59152 <5>
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Warren Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Warren Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Cemetery
- Stronghope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Stronghope Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stronghope Cemetery
- Mullens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Mullens Cemetery is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullens Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 17 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Peter Rock Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Peter Rock Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Beauregard
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Beauregard is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauregard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Wesson
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Montgomery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Martinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Martinsville is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- New Sight
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Sight is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sight
- Sardis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sardis is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis
- Glancy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Glancy is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glancy
- Hazlehurst
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Brookhaven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Nola
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nola is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nola
- Tryus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Tryus is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryus
- Bowerton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bowerton is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerton
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Caseyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Caseyville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caseyville
- Cobbs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cobbs is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Rosella
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rosella is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosella
- Georgetown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Allen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Allen is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
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. Peter Rock Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Copiah County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Peter Rock Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Beauregard
- Brookhaven
- Crystal Springs
- Hazlehurst
- Monticello
- Wesson
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 St. Peter Rock Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Copiah 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. Peter Rock Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #677237 (Saint Peter Rock Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #677237 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: Copiah
- Est. Elev: 131 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wesson
- Location given for Saint Peter Rock Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.7190541 Lon: -90.3759254
- 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 Copiah, 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. Peter Rock 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. |