A visit to the Walters 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 Walters Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Walters Cemetery:
31.5854, -89.3834
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Walters Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Walters Cemetery is located in Jones County<2>.
The county seat for Jones County is located in Laurel. Laurel lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Walters Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Walters Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Walters Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Walters Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Crossroads Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Crossroads Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads Cemetery
- Eminence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Eminence Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence Cemetery
- Eminence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Eminence Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence Cemetery
- Lebanon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Lebanon Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Cemetery
- Kelly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Kelly Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Fairfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Fairfield Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Cemetery
- New Bethany Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The New Bethany Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethany Cemetery
- County Line Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The County Line Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line Cemetery
- Crosby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Crosby Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby Cemetery
- Gandy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Gandy Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gandy Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Geiger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Geiger Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger Cemetery
- Speed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Speed Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Crosby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Crosby Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby Cemetery
- Centreville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Centreville Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centreville Cemetery
- Leaf River Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Leaf River Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaf River Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Leaf River Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the east of Collins.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #60377 <5>
- Willow Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Willow Grove Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove Cemetery
- Moscos Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Moscos Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscos Cemetery
- Bullock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Bullock Cemetery is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock Cemetery
- Shelton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Shelton Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton Cemetery
- Callahan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Callahan Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callahan Cemetery
- Jordan Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Jordan Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- Ellzey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Ellzey Cemetery is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellzey Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Walters Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Walters Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Seminary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sanford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sanford is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Kola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kola is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kola
- Lux
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lux is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lux
- Ellisville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Collins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hot Coffee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hot Coffee is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Coffee
- Service
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Service is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service
- Soso
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Soso is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soso
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Williamsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Sumrall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Amy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Amy is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amy
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Laurel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Arbo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Arbo is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbo
- Taylorsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Melba
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Melba is located in Jefferson Davis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melba
- West Hattiesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Hattiesburg is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hattiesburg
- Hattiesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Petal
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Antioch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Antioch is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Moss
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Moss is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss
- Moss has also been known as:
- Mossville
- Stringer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Olive
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
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 Walters Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jones County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Walters Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Collins
- Ellisville
- Hattiesburg
- Laurel
- Mize
- Mize lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Walters Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mize.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mize
- Petal
- Petal lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Walters Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Petal.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petal
- Taylorsville
- Williamsburg
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 Walters Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Jones 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 Walters Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #679308 (Walters Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #679308 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: Jones
- Est. Elev: 109 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Seminary
- Location given for Walters Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.5854437 Lon: -89.3833968
- 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 Jones, 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 from Point A (ie- Walters 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. |
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