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A visit to the Mespiah Cemetery ...


The location of the Mespiah Cemetery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<1>


Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Mespiah Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mespiah Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mespiah Cemetery

Lat:   34.1493°   (34° 8' 57")

Lon:   -81.1012°   (-81° 6' 4")

The Mespiah Cemetery is located in Richland County<2>.

The county seat for Richland County is located in Columbia. Columbia lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Mespiah Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Mespiah Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to South Carolina:
  • Pages specific to Richland County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Mespiah Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mespiah Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mespiah Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Dutch Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dutch Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Village
      • Dutch Village is located in Richland County
    • Irmo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irmo
      • Irmo is located in Lexington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,734 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irmo <4>
    • Saint Andrews
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Andrews have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
      • Saint Andrews is located in Richland County
    • Ballentine
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Seven Oaks
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Belmont
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Blythewood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Murray of Richland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • White Rock
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Columbia
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Brickyard Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brickyard Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard Village
      • Brickyard Village is located in Richland County
    • Arcadia Lakes
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arcadia Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia Lakes
      • Arcadia Lakes is located in Richland County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
    • Continue List   (17 more) ...
      • Dentsville
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Rion
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • West Columbia
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Forest Acres
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Acres
        • Forest Acres is located in Richland County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,269 people
      • Ravenwood
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
        • Ravenwood is located in Richland County
      • Woodfield
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfield
        • Woodfield is located in Richland County
      • Rock Hill
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
        • Rock Hill is located in Fairfield County
      • Oak Grove
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
        • Oak Grove is located in Lexington County
      • Cayce
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
        • Cayce is located in Lexington County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,994 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayce <4>
      • Hollywood
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
        • Hollywood is located in Richland County
      • Smallwood
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smallwood
        • Smallwood is located in Fairfield County
      • Lexington
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Springdale
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Springdale
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
        • Springdale is located in Lexington County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
      • Valencia Heights
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valencia Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valencia Heights
        • Valencia Heights is located in Richland County
      • Ridgeway
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jenkinsville
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)

    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 Mespiah Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Richland County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mespiah Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 32 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Mespiah Cemetery.<5>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mespiah Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • New Taylor Chapel AME Church
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cedar Creek Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cedar Creek Cemetery is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Creek Cemetery
    • Mt. Pleasant UMC Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • The Mt. Pleasant UMC Cemetery is located in Richland County
      • The Mt. Pleasant UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant UMC Cemetery
    • Graveyard Hill Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Graveyard Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Graveyard Hill Cemetery is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graveyard Hill Cemetery
    • Wirick Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wirick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wirick Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wirick Cemetery
    • St. Pauls AME Church Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • St. Pauls Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
    • Gate of Heaven Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gate of Heaven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Gate of Heaven Cemetery is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gate of Heaven Cemetery
    • Sligh Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • The Sligh Cemetery is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sligh Cemetery
    • Beulah Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beulah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Beulah Cemetery is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beulah Cemetery
    • Shiloh Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shiloh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shiloh Cemetery
    • Golden Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • The Golden Cemetery is located in Richland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Golden Cemetery
    • Continue List   (20 more) ...
      • Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • St. Marks Cemetery
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The St. Marks Cemetery is located in Richland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marks Cemetery
      • Lindler Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lindler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Lindler Cemetery is located in Richland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lindler Cemetery
      • Upper Pine Grove Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Upper Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Upper Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Lexington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Upper Pine Grove Cemetery
      • Lower Pine Grove Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lower Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Lower Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Lexington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower Pine Grove Cemetery
      • Pine Grove AME Church Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Pine Grove AME Church Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • The Pine Grove AME Church Cemetery is located in Richland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove AME Church Cemetery
      • Bethel Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Bethel Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
      • Robinson Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Robinson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Robinson Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Robinson Cemetery
      • Van Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Van Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Van Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Van Cemetery
      • Mann Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mann Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Mann Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mann Cemetery
      • Bauknight Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bauknight Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Bauknight Cemetery is located in Richland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bauknight Cemetery
      • Salem Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • The Salem Cemetery is located in Richland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
      • Bush River Memorial Gardens
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • St. Andrews Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Andrews Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The St. Andrews Cemetery is located in Lexington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Andrews Cemetery
      • Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Lincoln Memorial Cemetery is located in Richland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
      • Palmetto Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Taylor Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Taylor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Taylor Cemetery is located in Richland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylor Cemetery
      • St. Patricks Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • State Hospital Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the State Hospital Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The State Hospital Cemetery is located in Richland County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the State Hospital Cemetery
      • Piney Grove Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Piney Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Piney Grove Cemetery is located in Fairfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Piney Grove Cemetery

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    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 Mespiah Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1224458  (Mespiah Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1224458 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Irmo NE
      • County: Richland         Elev: 107
      • Location given for GNIS #1224458 (Mespiah Cemetery)

    The official website for Richland County: www.richlandonline.com/

    The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

    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 South Carolina's counties, including Richland, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Mespiah Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1493, Longitude: -81.1012       In this case, the coordinates for the Mespiah Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
    <7>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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