A visit to the Wesley 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 Wesley Chapel Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wesley Chapel Cemetery:
33.0668, -89.9073
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Wesley Chapel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Wesley Chapel Cemetery is located in Holmes County<2>.
The county seat for Holmes County is located in Lexington. Lexington lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Wesley Chapel Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Wesley Chapel Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Wesley Chapel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wesley Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Macedonia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
- Gulledge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Gulledge Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulledge Cemetery
- Damascus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Damascus Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus Cemetery
- Durant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Durant Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant Cemetery
- Durant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Durant Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant Cemetery
- Mizpah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Mizpah Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah Cemetery
- The Mizpah Cemetery has also been known as:
- Durant Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #59069 <5>
- Bush Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Bush Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Cemetery
- Owen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Owen Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owen Cemetery
- Gages Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- Barksdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Barksdale Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barksdale Cemetery
- Brister Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Brister Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brister Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Durham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Durham Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham Cemetery
- Melton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Melton Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melton Cemetery
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Eubanks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Eubanks Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eubanks Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bethesda Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda Cemetery
- Franklin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Franklin Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Bunker Hill Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Cemetery
- Holeman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Holeman Cemetery is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holeman Cemetery
- Rocky Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Wesley Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wesley Chapel Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Durant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Goodman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Richland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Richland is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Sallis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lexington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Possumneck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Possumneck is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possumneck
- West
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pickens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Newport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newport is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Zemuly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Zemuly is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemuly
- Rocky Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Point is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Jones Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jones Crossing is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Acona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Acona is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acona
- Fordyke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fordyke is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyke
- Hesterville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hesterville is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesterville
- Auris ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Auris is located in Attala County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auris
- Ituma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ituma is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ituma
- Coxburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Coxburg is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxburg
- Kosciusko
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tolarville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tolarville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolarville
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 Wesley Chapel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Holmes County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wesley Chapel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Durant
- Goodman
- Kosciusko
- Lexington
- Pickens
- Vaiden
- Vaiden lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Wesley Chapel Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Vaiden.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaiden
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 Wesley Chapel Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Mississippi:
- Pages specific to Holmes 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 Wesley Chapel Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #679457 (Wesley Chapel Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #679457 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: Holmes
- Est. Elev: 120 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Owens Wells
- Location given for Wesley Chapel Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.0667957 Lon: -89.907306
- 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 Holmes, 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- Wesley 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |