A visit to the Salem 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 Salem Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Salem Cemetery:
34.5507, -89.2920
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Salem Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Salem Cemetery is located in Marshall County<2>.
The county seat for Marshall County is located in Holly Springs. Holly Springs lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Salem Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Salem 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 Salem Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Salem Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Cornersville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Cornersville Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersville Cemetery
- Brent Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Brent Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- Baptist Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Baptist Hill Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Hill Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Amaziah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Amaziah Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amaziah Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Macedonia Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the southwest of Myrtle.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #60600 <5>
- Potts Camp Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Potts Camp Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potts Camp Cemetery
- St. Mary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The St. Mary Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Potts Camp Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Potts Camp Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potts Camp Cemetery
- Butler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Butler Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Cemetery
- Lebanon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Cemetery
- Mt. Maria Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Maria Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Maria Cemetery
- Midway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Midway Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Pisgah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Pisgah Cemetery is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Salem Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Salem Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Cornersville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cornersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersville
- Darden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Darden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Potts Camp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hickory Flat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Myrtle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Abbeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Glenfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Glenfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Altus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Altus is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Fairview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Lafayette Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lafayette Springs is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Springs
- New Albany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Laws Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
- Ingomar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ingomar is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Blue Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Lowrey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lowrey is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey
- Holly Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oxford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Thaxton
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gravestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gravestown is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravestown
- Cornish
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cornish is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Snow Lake Shores
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Snow Lake Shores is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Lake Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
- Turnpike
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Turnpike is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike
- Possum Trot
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Possum Trot is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- Ecru
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Whitten Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whitten Town is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten Town
- Ashland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Marianna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Marianna is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marianna
- Chulahoma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Chulahoma is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulahoma
- Harmontown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Harmontown is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown
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 Salem Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Marshall County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Salem Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ashland
- Blue Mountain
- Ecru
- Ecru lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Salem Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ecru.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ecru
- Holly Springs
- New Albany
- Oxford
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 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 Salem Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Marshall 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 Salem Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #706323 (Salem Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #706323 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: Marshall
- Est. Elev: 112 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bethlehem
- Location given for Salem Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.5506569 Lon: -89.2920187
- 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 Marshall, 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- Salem 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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