A visit to the New Park Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the New Park Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The New Park Cemetery (FG ID #16314).
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 New Park Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the New Park Cemetery:
35.0264, -90.0660
The New Park Cemetery is located in Shelby County<2>.
The county seat for Shelby County is located in Memphis. Memphis lies just to the north of the New Park Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the New Park Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the New Park Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from New Park Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Pisgah Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
- New Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The New Zion Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Zion Cemetery
- Lakeview Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jerusalem Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oak Forest Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forest Hill Cemetery-South
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Temple Israel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Bethlehem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The New Bethlehem Cemetery is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethlehem Cemetery
- Phoenix Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Phoenix Cemetery is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix Cemetery
- Number 9 Hall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Baron Hirsch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Baron Hirsch Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baron Hirsch Cemetery
- Son of Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Son of Zion Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Son of Zion Cemetery
- Elmwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oakville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Oakville Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville 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 New Park Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from New Park Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Southhaven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Lynchburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Horn Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Walls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Aldens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- De Soto Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Southaven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oakville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Glover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Capleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Capleville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capleville
- Parkway Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Parkway Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hunt Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hunt Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
- Norfolk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nesbit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Binghampton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hulbert
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amanca
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Cormorant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Memphis is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Mound City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- West Memphis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pinckney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Olive Branch
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
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 New Park Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Shelby County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The New Park Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Memphis
- Mound City
- Olive Branch
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 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 New Park Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Tennessee:
- Pages specific to Shelby 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 New Park Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #16314
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1295610 (New Park Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1295610 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: Shelby
- Est. Elev: 87 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Southwest Memphis
- Location given for New Park Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.0267592 Lon: -90.0667589
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Shelby, 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- New Park 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |