A visit to the Valley Home 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 Valley Home Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Valley Home Cemetery:
32.8840, -90.6437
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Valley Home Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Valley Home Cemetery is located in Yazoo County<2>.
The county seat for Yazoo County is located in Yazoo City. Yazoo City lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the east of the Valley Home Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Valley Home Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km] of the Valley Home Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Valley Home Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Tanglewood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Tanglewood Cemetery is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood Cemetery
- Campbellsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shannon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Shannon Cemetery is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Cemetery
- Balup Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Balup Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balup Cemetery
- Huddleston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Huddleston Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddleston Cemetery
- Banks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Banks Cemetery is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks Cemetery
- John Roberson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mayday Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Mayday Cemetery is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayday Cemetery
- Kettleman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Kettleman Cemetery is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettleman Cemetery
- Oak Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Valley Cemetery is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Valley Cemetery
- Wolf Lake Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Harris Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Cemetery
- Jeffery Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Jeffery Cemetery is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffery Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Vicks Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Vicks Cemetery is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicks Cemetery
- Centrana Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Centrana Cemetery is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centrana Cemetery
- Fish Lake Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Fish Lake Cemetery is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Lake Cemetery
- Cameta Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Cameta Cemetery is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameta Cemetery
- Golden Link Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
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]<3> of the Valley Home Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Valley Home Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Louise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Louise is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Lake City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lake City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Kearney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kearney is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
- Auter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Auter is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auter
- Richey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richey is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richey
- Jonestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jonestown is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Anguilla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yazoo City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Yazoo City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yazoo City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
- Former names for Yazoo City:
- Hannan's Bluff
- Manchester
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yazoo City <6>
- Mont Helena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mont Helena is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mont Helena
- Riverside Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Riverside Junction is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Junction
- Rolling Fork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Crump
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Crump is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Satartia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Satartia is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satartia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Delta City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Delta City is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta City
- Nitta Yuma
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nitta Yuma is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitta Yuma
- Lorenzen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lorenzen is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenzen
- Murphy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Murphy is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Silver City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Silver City is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
- Cary
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Cary is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
- Population from the 2020 Census: 264 people
- Willet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Willet is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willet
- Pearce ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pearce is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearce
- Dover ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dover is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Gooden Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gooden Lake is located in Humphreys County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooden Lake
- Booth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Booth is located in Issaquena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booth
- Issaquena
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Issaquena is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Issaquena
- Oil City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Oil City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Panther Burn
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Panther Burn is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Burn
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 Valley Home Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Yazoo County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Valley Home Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Rolling Fork
- Satartia
- Yazoo City
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 Valley Home Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Yazoo 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 Valley Home Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #695065 (Valley Home Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #695065 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: Yazoo
- Est. Elev: 31 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bayland
- Location given for Valley Home Cemetery:
- Lat: 32.8840191 Lon: -90.6437066
- 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 Yazoo, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Valley Home 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. |