A visit to the Tolar 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 Tolar Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Tolar Cemetery:
31.2777, -89.6679
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Tolar Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Tolar Cemetery is located in Marion County<2>.
The county seat for Marion County is located in Columbia. Columbia lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west of the Tolar Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Tolar Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Tolar Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Tolar Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Enon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Enon Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon Cemetery
- Baylis Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Rocky Branch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Singley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Singley Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singley Cemetery
- Broom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Broom Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broom Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- Watts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Watts Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts Cemetery
- Improve Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Improve Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Improve Cemetery
- Stringer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Stringer Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringer Cemetery
- Breakfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Breakfield Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakfield Cemetery
- Slade Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Slade Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slade Cemetery
- Buchanan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Buchanan Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Watts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Watts Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts Cemetery
- Hopewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Cook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
- Oloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Oloh Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oloh Cemetery
- Stringer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Stringer Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringer Cemetery
- Martin - Lott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Gilead Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Gilead Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Gilead Cemetery
- Raybourn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Raybourn Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raybourn Cemetery
- St. Marys Catholic Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Marys Catholic Church Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Catholic Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Catholic Church Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northeast of Columbia.
- The St. Marys Catholic Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sylvest Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2316202 <5>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- East Columbia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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 Tolar Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Tolar Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Columbia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Pinebur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pinebur is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebur
- Melba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Melba is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melba
- Expose
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Expose is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Expose
- Sumrall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goss
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Goss is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Bassfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bassfield is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
- West Hattiesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Hattiesburg is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hattiesburg
- Purvis
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lux
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lux is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lux
- Kokomo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Twin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Twin is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wells Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wells Town is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Town
- Sanford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sanford is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Oak Vale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Vale is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Vale
- Seminary
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lumberton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hattiesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tilton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tilton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Angie
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Angie is located in Washington Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angie <6>
- Williamsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Williamsburg is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Petal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Prentiss
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Kola is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kola
- Arm
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Arm is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arm
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 Tolar Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Marion County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Tolar Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Columbia
- Hattiesburg
- Lumberton
- Petal
- Williamsburg
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 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 Tolar Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Marion 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 Tolar Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #678797 (Tolar Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #678797 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: Marion
- Est. Elev: 79 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Improve
- Location given for Tolar Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.2776761 Lon: -89.6678518
- 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 Marion, 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- Tolar 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. |