A visit to the Wells Chapel 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 Wells Chapel Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wells Chapel Cemetery:
34.5776, -88.9453
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Wells Chapel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Wells Chapel Cemetery is located in Union County<2>.
The county seat for Union County is located in New Albany. New Albany lies just to the southwest of the Wells Chapel Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Wells Chapel Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 29 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Wells Chapel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wells Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Concord Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Hall Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
- Academy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Academy Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Academy Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Roach Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Roach Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach Cemetery
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- McAllister Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The McAllister Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAllister Cemetery
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Locust Grove Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove Cemetery
- Baker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Baker Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
- Pickens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Pickens Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickens Cemetery
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Fellowship Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Fellowship Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gray's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Gray's Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gray's Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Blue Mountain.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2548423 <5>
- Guyton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Guyton Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guyton Cemetery
- Carr Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Carr Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr Cemetery
- Snider Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Snider Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snider Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Glenfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Glenfield Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield Cemetery
- Adair Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Adair Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair Cemetery
- Miears Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Miears Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miears Cemetery
- Stack Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Stack Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stack Cemetery
- Baker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Baker Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stubb Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Stubb Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubb Cemetery
- Dumas Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Dumas Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas Cemetery
- McCord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The McCord Cemetery is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord Cemetery
- Jacobs Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Wells Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wells Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Molino
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Molino is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molino
- Clarysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clarysville is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarysville
- Glenfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glenfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenfield
- New Albany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dumas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dumas is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Blue Mountain
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Mountain is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Mound City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mound City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Graham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Graham is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Lowrey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lowrey is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey
- Myrtle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ripley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ellistown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ellistown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellistown
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Alpine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alpine is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Ingomar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ingomar is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingomar
- Blue Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Corrona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Corrona is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrona
- Jug Fork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jug Fork is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jug Fork
- Boggan Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Boggan Bend is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggan Bend
- Fairview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Geeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Geeville is located in Prentiss County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geeville
- Gravestown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gravestown is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravestown
- Hickory Flat
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Darden
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Darden is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darden
- Cherry Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cherry Creek is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
- Birmingham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Birmingham is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Whitten Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whitten Town is located in Tippah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitten Town
- Pine Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
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 Wells Chapel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Union County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wells Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Blue Mountain
- New Albany
- Ripley
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 helpful 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 Wells Chapel Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Union 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 Wells Chapel Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #706122 (Wells Chapel Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #706122 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: Union
- Est. Elev: 156 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Keownville
- Location given for Wells Chapel Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.5775994 Lon: -88.94534
- 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 Union, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wells Chapel 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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