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A visit to the Troy 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 Troy Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Troy Cemetery (FG ID #59258)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Troy Cemetery ...

Note: While we are using the above GPS location for the Troy Cemetery, it has not been verified and we are uncertain about its accuracy - use with caution.

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Troy Cemetery

Lat:   34.1038°   (34° 6' 13")

Lon:   -88.8840°   (-88° 53' 2")

The Troy Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County<2>.

The county seat for Pontotoc County is located in Pontotoc. Pontotoc lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the northwest of the Troy Cemetery .

Name Variations for Troy Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Troy Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Falkner Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Troy Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Troy Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Smerney Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smerney Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smerney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Smerney Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
  • Edington Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edington Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Edington Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
  • Halsey Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Halsey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Halsey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Halsey Cemetery is located in Chickasaw County
  • Ware Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ware Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ware Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ware Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
  • Old Coffee Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Coffee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Coffee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Old Coffee Cemetery is located in Lee County
  • Pontocola Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pontocola Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pontocola Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pontocola Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
  • McCleskey Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCleskey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCleskey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The McCleskey Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
  • Redland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Redland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Redland Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
  • Bluff Springs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bluff Springs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bluff Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bluff Springs Cemetery is located in Chickasaw County
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located in Lee County
  • Williams Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Williams Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
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    • Palmetto Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palmetto Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palmetto Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Palmetto Cemetery is located in Lee County
    • Bass Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bass Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bass Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bass Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
    • Holladay Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holladay Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holladay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Holladay Cemetery is located in Chickasaw County
    • East County Line Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East County Line Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East County Line Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The East County Line Cemetery is located in Chickasaw County
    • Palmetto Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palmetto Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palmetto Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Palmetto Cemetery is located in Lee County
    • Ebenezer Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebenezer Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebenezer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
    • Friendship Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friendship Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friendship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Friendship Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
    • Rose Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rose Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Chickasaw County
    • Mt. Moriah Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Moriah Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Moriah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Chickasaw County
    • Old Union Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Union Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Union Cemetery is located in Lee County
    • Mallory Family Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mallory Family Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mallory Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Mallory Family Cemetery is located in Lee County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Troy Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Troy 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 Troy Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pontotoc County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Troy 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 Troy 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 Troy Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #693199  (Falkner Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #693199 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Troy
    • County: Pontotoc         Elev: 152
    • Location given for GNIS #693199 (Falkner Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #59258

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 Pontotoc, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Troy Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1038, Longitude: -88.8840    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.