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A visit to the Smith Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Smith Chapel CME Church Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Smith Chapel CME Church Cemetery (FG ID #2400955).

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 Chapel CME Church Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Smith Chapel CME Church Cemetery:

34.4226, -89.4713

The Smith Chapel CME Church Cemetery is located in Lafayette County<2>.

The county seat for Lafayette County is located in Oxford. Oxford lies just to the southwest of the Smith Chapel CME Church Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Smith Chapel CME Church Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Smith Chapel CME Church Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith Chapel CME Church Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Cedar Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery
  • North Oxford Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • The North Oxford Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oxford Cemetery
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
  • Oak Grove Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Toby Tubby Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The Toby Tubby Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toby Tubby Cemetery
  • Owens Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • The Owens Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Cemetery
  • College Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • The College Hill Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Hill Cemetery
  • Confederate Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Confederate Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confederate Cemetery
  • Abbeville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • South Oxford Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • The South Oxford Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Oxford Cemetery
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
  • Jefferson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • The Jefferson Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Cemetery
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Shiloh Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
    • Midway Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Midway Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Cemetery
    • St. Peter Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The St. Peter Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peter Cemetery
    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Buford Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • The Buford Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford Cemetery
    • Bowles Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • The Bowles Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowles Cemetery
    • Yellow Leaf Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • The Yellow Leaf Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Leaf Cemetery
    • Midway Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The Midway Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Smith Chapel CME Church Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith Chapel CME Church Cemetery, with the nearest first:

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 Chapel CME Church 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 Chapel CME Church Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Oxford
    • Oxford lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Smith Chapel CME Church Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Oxford.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Water Valley

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Smith Chapel CME Church Cemetery:

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 Chapel CME Church Cemetery:

Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #2400955

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Smith Chapel CME Church 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.