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:
34.8840, -88.2592
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 Tishomingo County<2>.
The county seat for Tishomingo County is located in Iuka. Iuka lies just to the southeast 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 26 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Salem Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Salem Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Patrick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Patrick Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Cemetery
- North Cross Roads Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Old Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mulberry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Mulberry Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Moores Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Moores Chapel Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Chapel Cemetery
- Camp Ground Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Camp Ground Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Ground Cemetery
- Curtis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Curtis Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Cemetery
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Chapel Hill Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Opossum Trot Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Opossum Trot Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opossum Trot Cemetery
- Carpenter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Carpenter Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Cemetery
- Bishop Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Bishop Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop Cemetery
- Beall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Beall Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beall Cemetery
- Short Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Short Creek Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Whitehurst Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Whitehurst Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehurst Cemetery
- Burnsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Burnsville Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville Cemetery
- Hebron Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Hebron Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Cemetery
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Gilead Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Gilead Cemetery
- Kirk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Kirk Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk Cemetery
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north of Iuka.
- The Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Poplar Springs Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery
- Popular Springs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #62132 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Salem Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Salem Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Burnsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Short
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Short is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
- Iuka
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Iuka is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,928 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iuka <6>
- Glens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glens is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glens
- Glen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glen is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Haddock ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Haddock is located in Lauderdale County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock
- Holcut
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Holcut is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcut
- Midway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Oldham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oldham is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldham
- Riverton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Riverton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Chickasaw ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chickasaw is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Walnut Grove ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Farmington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Farmington is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,160 people
- Caryton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Caryton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caryton
- Waterloo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- White Sulphur ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- White Sulphur is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur
- Slab Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Slab Town is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab Town
- Jacinto
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jacinto is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Crows Camp ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Crows Camp is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Camp
- Gibbs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Gibbs is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
- Bruton Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bruton Branch is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruton Branch
- Nash Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Nash Landing is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Landing
- Searcy Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Searcy Town is located in Alcorn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searcy Town
- Hamburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hamburg is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Pyburn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pyburn is located in Hardin County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyburn
- Corinth
(14 miles [22.5 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 Salem Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Tishomingo County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Salem Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Burnsville
- Corinth
- Iuka
- Jacinto
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 Salem Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Tishomingo 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 #689977 (Salem Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #689977 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: Tishomingo
- Est. Elev: 160 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Doskie
- Location given for Salem Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.8839776 Lon: -88.2592092
- 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 Tishomingo, 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 obstructions 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |