A visit to the Ware 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 Ware Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ware Cemetery:
34.1265, -88.9617
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Ware Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Ware Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County<2>.
The county seat for Pontotoc County is located in Pontotoc. Pontotoc lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Ware Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Ware Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Ware Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ware Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- McCleskey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The McCleskey Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCleskey Cemetery
- Redland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Redland Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Cemetery
- Edington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Edington Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edington Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holladay Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Holladay Cemetery is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holladay Cemetery
- East County Line Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Halsey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Halsey Cemetery is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halsey Cemetery
- Troy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Troy Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Cemetery
- The Troy Cemetery has also been known as:
- Falkner Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #59258 <5>
- Smerney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Smerney Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smerney Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Macedonia Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of Algoma.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2253925 <5>
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Rose Hill Cemetery is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill Cemetery
- Bluff Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Bluff Springs Cemetery is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Springs Cemetery
- Pontocola Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Pontocola Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontocola Cemetery
- Bass Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Bass Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Cemetery
- Old Coffee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Old Coffee Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Coffee Cemetery
- College Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The College Hill Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Hill Cemetery
- Pontotoc City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Indian Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Indian Creek Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Cemetery
- Cooke Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Cooke Cemetery is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooke Cemetery
- Reid Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Reid Cemetery is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid Cemetery
- Palmetto Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Palmetto Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto Cemetery
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 Ware Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ware Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Goodford
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Goodford is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodford
- Algoma
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- New Houlka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Houlka is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Houlka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 601 people
- Former names for New Houlka:
- Houlka
- Old Houlka
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Houlka <6>
- Pannell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pannell is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pannell
- Pontotoc
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Thelma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Thelma is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
- Van Vleet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Van Vleet is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Vleet
- Nixon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Nixon is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Shannon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bissell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bissell is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissell
- Okolona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Verona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Possum Trot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Possum Trot is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot
- Turnpike
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Turnpike is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike
- Sycamore ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Sycamore is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Cherry Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cherry Creek is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Ecru
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Houston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tupelo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plantersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sherman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thaxton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Toccopola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Toccopola is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toccopola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Loyd
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Loyd is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
- Sarepta
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Sarepta is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarepta
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 Ware 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 Ware Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ecru
- Ecru lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Ware Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ecru.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ecru
- Houston
- Okolona
- Pontotoc
- Tupelo
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Ware Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Pontotoc 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 Ware Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #679343 (Ware Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #679343 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: Pontotoc
- Est. Elev: 149 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Southeast Pontotoc
- Location given for Ware Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.1264967 Lon: -88.9617265
- 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 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ware 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. |