A visit to the Sylvarena 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 Sylvarena Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Sylvarena Cemetery (FG ID #2255748).
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 Sylvarena Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sylvarena Cemetery:
32.0137, -89.3794
The Sylvarena Cemetery is located in Smith County<2>.
The county seat for Smith County is located in Raleigh. Raleigh lies just to the west of the Sylvarena Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Sylvarena Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Sylvarena Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sylvarena Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bethany Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ted Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Warren Hill Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The New Zion Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Zion Cemetery
- Royals Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Royals Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royals Cemetery
- Double Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Moore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jefcoats - Farnham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mineral Springs Missioanry Baptist
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- McCraw Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bay Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Holden Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Holden Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden Cemetery
- Shady Grove MB Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Blue Mtn. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Leaf River Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Trinity Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Trinity Methodist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Turner Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Eastside Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bezer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Unity Methodist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Center Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Sylvarena Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sylvarena Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Sylvarena
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bay Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hamlet ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stevens ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bezer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Louin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Raleigh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lake Como
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Turnerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Montrose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Taylorsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Stringer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Acme ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Burns
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- McNeal ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mize
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ras
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Verba ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Success ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fouke ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gridley ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Waldrup ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Amy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Baxter ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Trenton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Sylvarena Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Smith County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sylvarena Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bay Springs
- Mize
- Mize lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Sylvarena Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mize.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mize
- Raleigh
- Taylorsville
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 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 Sylvarena Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Smith 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 Sylvarena Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2255748
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 Smith, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sylvarena 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. |