A visit to the Tharp 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 Tharp Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Tharp Cemetery:
34.4354, -88.1595
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Tharp Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Tharp Cemetery is located in Itawamba County<2>.
The county seat for Itawamba County is located in Fulton. Fulton lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the southwest of the Tharp Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Tharp Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Tharp Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Tharp Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ridge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Ridge Cemetery is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Cemetery
- Red Bay City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Red Bay City Cemetery is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bay City Cemetery
- Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- New Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Burges Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Burges Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burges Cemetery
- Burgess Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Burgess Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess Cemetery
- Hodge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Hodge Cemetery is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge Cemetery
- Bullen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bullen Cemetery is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullen Cemetery
- Berry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Berry Cemetery is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berry Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Berry Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Red Bay (AL).
- White Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The White Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- Epps Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Epps Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epps Cemetery
- Butler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Butler Cemetery is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- McCarley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The McCarley Cemetery is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCarley Cemetery
- Mann Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Mann Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mann Cemetery
- Belmont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Belmont Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont Cemetery
- Bennett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Bennett Cemetery is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett Cemetery
- Gober Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Gober Cemetery is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gober Cemetery
- Halltown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Halltown Cemetery is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halltown Cemetery
- Hale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Hale Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale Cemetery
- New Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The New Bethel Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel Cemetery
- Old Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Old Bethel Cemetery is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bethel Cemetery
- Locust Tree Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Locust Tree Cemetery is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Tree Cemetery
- Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Ridge Cemetery is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Cemetery
- Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Ridge Cemetery is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Cemetery
- Ebeneezer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Ebeneezer Cemetery is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebeneezer Cemetery
- Ebenezer MB Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Tharp Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Tharp Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Red Bay
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Golden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Eastman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eastman is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastman
- Bounds Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bounds Crossroads is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds Crossroads
- Vina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vina is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina
- Population from the 2020 Census: 358 people
- Burntout
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Burntout is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntout
- Burntout has also been known as:
- Burn Out
- Burnout
- Burnt Out
- Dennis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dennis is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
- Pleasant Site
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Site is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Site
- Oakland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Good Springs ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Good Springs is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Springs
- Tremont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Tishomingo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Slickrock Ford ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Slickrock Ford is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
- Clay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clay is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Hodges
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Denton ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Denton is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denton
- Paden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Paden is located in Tishomingo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 112 people
- Belgreen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Belgreen is located in Franklin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgreen
- Bishop
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bishop is located in Colbert County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- New Site
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Site is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Burton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burton is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
- Fulton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Marietta
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Marietta is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
- Kirkville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Kirkville is located in Itawamba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkville
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 Tharp Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Itawamba County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Tharp Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 Tharp Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Itawamba 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 Tharp Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #683710 (Tharp Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #683710 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: Itawamba
- Est. Elev: 194 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Red Bay
- Location given for Tharp Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.435376 Lon: -88.1594862
- 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 Itawamba, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tharp 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. |