A visit to the Smith 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 Smith Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Smith Cemetery:
34.4959, -89.3345
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Smith Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Smith Cemetery is located in Lafayette County<2>.
The county seat for Lafayette County is located in Oxford. Oxford lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the southwest of the Smith Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Smith Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Smith Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Midway Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Midway Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Baptist Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Baptist Hill Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Hill Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Jefferson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Jefferson Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Cemetery
- Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cornersville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Cornersville Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersville Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Mt. Maria Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Maria Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Maria Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Morrison Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Brent Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Brent Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Owens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Owens Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Cemetery
- Oak Grove Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- Lebanon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Cemetery
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Martin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Martin Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Liberty Hill Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Amaziah Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Amaziah Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amaziah Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Cornersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cornersville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersville
- Darden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Darden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Abbeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Potts Camp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Altus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Altus is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Hickory Flat
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lafayette Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lafayette Springs is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette Springs
- Oxford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Myrtle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Laws Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Laws Hill is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laws Hill
- Cornish
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cornish is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
- Thaxton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fairview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Glenfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Glenfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- Alesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alesville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alesville
- Delay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Delay is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delay
- Ingomar
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ingomar is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Pine Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Toccopola
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Toccopola is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toccopola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Turnpike
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Turnpike is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike
- New Albany
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Harmontown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Harmontown is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmontown
- Possum Trot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Possum Trot is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- Taylor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ecru
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chulahoma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chulahoma is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulahoma
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 Smith Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lafayette County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ecru
- Ecru lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Smith 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 begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Lafayette 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #704890 (Smith Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #704890 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: Lafayette
- Est. Elev: 117 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Puskus Lake
- Location given for Smith Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.4959361 Lon: -89.3345201
- 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 Lafayette, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Smith 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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