A visit to the Salmon 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 Salmon Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Salmon Cemetery:
34.1837, -89.1937
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Salmon Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Salmon Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County<2>.
The county seat for Pontotoc County is located in Pontotoc. Pontotoc lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Salmon Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Salmon Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Salmon Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Salmon Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Harrison - Tutor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bramlett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Bramlett Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramlett Cemetery
- Tutor Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Tutor Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tutor Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Herndon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Herndon Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon Cemetery
- Oak Forest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Springhill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Springhill Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill Cemetery
- Guinn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Guinn Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinn Cemetery
- Old Dallas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Old Dallas Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Dallas Cemetery
- Hunters Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Hunters Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Cemetery
- Blount Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Blount Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blount Cemetery
- Indian Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Indian Creek Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Cemetery
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- Indian Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Indian Creek Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Cemetery
- Cooke Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Cooke Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooke Cemetery
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Macedonia Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Algoma.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2253925 <5>
- Wardlow Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Wardlow Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardlow Cemetery
- Lafayette Springs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Springdale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Springdale Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Cemetery
- Tula Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Tula Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tula Cemetery
- New El Bethel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The New El Bethel Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New El Bethel Cemetery
- Collums Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Collums Cemetery is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collums Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Salmon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Salmon Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Toccopola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Toccopola is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toccopola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Pannell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pannell is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pannell
- Sarepta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sarepta is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarepta
- Turnpike
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Turnpike is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike
- Thaxton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Algoma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lafayette Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lafayette Springs is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Springs
- Possum Trot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Possum Trot is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- Pontotoc
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cornish
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cornish is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Banner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Delay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Delay is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delay
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- New Houlka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- New Houlka is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Houlka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 601 people
- Former names for New Houlka:
- Houlka
- Old Houlka
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Houlka <6>
- Nixon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Nixon is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Bruce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Loyd
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Loyd is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
- Goodford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Goodford is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodford
- Ecru
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Altus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Altus is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Thelma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thelma is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
- Cherry Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Creek is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Fairview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Ingomar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ingomar is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
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 Salmon Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pontotoc County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Salmon Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bruce
- Ecru
- Ecru lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Salmon Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ecru.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ecru
- Pittsboro
- Pontotoc
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 websites either 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 Salmon Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Pontotoc 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 Salmon Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #677302 (Salmon Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #677302 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: Pontotoc
- Est. Elev: 147 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Randolph
- Location given for Salmon Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.1837188 Lon: -89.1936809
- 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 Pontotoc, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Salmon 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. |