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Clay County Cemeteries

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Clay County Cemetery Listing
MSGen.net listing of Cemeteries in Clay County, MS.
USGS style: DD MM SS.S Tiger style: DD.DDDDD

Cemetery Name Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Area USGS 7.5' Map

Abbott Cemetery            N33 40 27.- W088 46 32.-   N33.67417 W-88.77556   B4 Palo Alto
Cantrell Cemetery          N33 46 51.- W088 46 44.-   N33.78083 W-88.77889   C4 Trebloc
Chandler Cemetery          N33 41 45.- W088 48 18.-   N33.69583 W-88.80500   B4 Palo Alto
Concord Cemetery           N33 40 22.- W088 33 44.-   N33.67278 W-88.56222   B2 Strong
Concord Number 2 Cemetery N33 40 35.- W088 32 37.-   N33.67639 W-88.54361   B2 Strong

Concord Number One Cem.    N33 40 41.- W088 33 45.-   N33.67806 W-88.56250   B2 Strong
Cousin Cemetery            N33 43 55.- W088 59 10.-   N33.73194 W-88.98611   B5 Montpelier
Cumberland Cemetery        N33 35 35.- W088 50 38.-   N33.59306 W-88.84389   A4 Cedar Bluff
Greenwood Cemetery         N33 35 41.- W088 38 38.-   N33.59472 W-88.64389   A3 West Point
Hampton Cemetery           N33 39 07.- W088 36 41.-   N33.65194 W-88.61139   B2 Strong

Hatchet Cemetery           N33 47 01.- W088 53 14.-   N33.78361 W-88.88722   C5 Sparta
Lee Cemetery               N33 34 06.- W088 30 41.-   N33.56833 W-88.51139   A2 Waverly
Lower Prairie Creek Cem.   N33 42 54.- W088 57 56.-   N33.71500 W-88.96556   B5 Montpelier
McPherson Cemetery         N33 37 16.- W088 44 44.-   N33.62111 W-88.74556   A3 West Point
Methodist Cemetery         N33 36 53.- W088 54 38.-   N33.61472 W-88.91056   A5 Pheba

Mixon Cemetery             N33 48 34.- W088 50 58.-   N33.80944 W-88.84944   C4 Trebloc
Morton Cemetery            N33 40 37.- W088 33 47.-   N33.67694 W-88.56306   B2 Strong
Mosley Cemetery            N33 37 24.- W088 50 30.-   N33.62333 W-88.84167   A4 Cedar Bluff
Mount Zion Cemetery        N33 36 42.- W088 54 18.-   N33.61167 W-88.90500   A5 Pheba
Old Montpelier Cemetery    N33 41 42.- W088 53 59.-   N33.69500 W-88.89972   B5 Montpelier

Palestine Cemetery         N33 42 38.- W088 55 15.-   N33.71056 W-88.92083   B5 Montpelier
Palo Alto Cemetery         N33 42 32.- W088 48 38.-   N33.70889 W-88.81056   B4 Palo Alto
Pine Bluff Cemetery        N33 41 26.- W089 00 32.-   N33.69056 W-89.00889   B6 Mantee
Pitchlynn Cemetery         N33 34 00.- W088 30 24.-   N33.56667 W-88.50667   A2 Waverly
Pooles Cemetery            N33 34 44.- W088 36 27.-   N33.57889 W-88.60750   A2 Waverly

Prairie Creek Cemetery     N33 43 27.- W088 58 25.-   N33.72417 W-88.97361   B5 Montpelier
Rocky Hill Cemetery        N33 43 56.- W088 51 24.-   N33.73222 W-88.85667   B4 Palo Alto
Saint Paul Cemetery        N33 42 34.- W088 54 52.-   N33.70944 W-88.91444   B5 Montpelier
Saint Robertson Cemetery   N33 44 39.- W088 50 00.-   N33.74417 W-88.83333   B4 Palo Alto
Shaffer Cemetery           N33 37 44.- W088 45 28.-   N33.62889 W-88.75778   B4 Palo Alto

Siloam Cemetery            N33 37 46.- W088 44 57.-   N33.62944 W-88.74917   B3 Muldon
Strong Cemetery            N33 39 20.- W088 37 11.-   N33.65556 W-88.61972   B2 Strong
Tibbee Cemetery            N33 31 22.- W088 36 51.-   N33.52278 W-88.61417   A2 Waverly
Vinton Cemetery            N33 38 51.- W088 31 19.-   N33.64750 W-88.48861   B2 Strong
Watkins Cemetery           N33 38 36.- W088 49 29.-   N33.64333 W-88.82472   B4 Palo Alto

Waverley Cemetery          N33 34 17.- W088 29 52.-   N33.57139 W-88.49778   A1 Columbus North
West Point Memorial Gardens
                            N33 39 00.- W088 40 00.-   N33.65000 W-88.66667   B3 Muldon
Westbrook Cemetery         N33 37 17.- W088 39 26.-   N33.62139 W-88.65722   A3 West Point
Young Cemetery             N33 34 12.- W088 30 07.-   N33.57000 W-88.50194   A2 Waverly

*location determined by GPS device, others from USGS records. +location determined from other sources. ?estimated or uncertain location.
Note: DD.DDDDD is slightly more accurate than DD MM.MMM (fractional minutes may be found by dividing seconds by 60) which itself is slightly more accurate than DD MM SS.S and DD MM SS is even less accurate. Here are approximate values:
Latitude: 3.64 feet per 0.00001 degree, 6.06 feet per 0.001 minute, 10.10 feet per 0.1 second, 101.1 feet per second, 6066.7 feet per minute.
Longitude: 3.04 feet per 0.00001 degree, 5.07 feet per 0.001 minute, 8.45 feet per 0.1 second, 84.5 feet per second, 5066.7 feet per minute.
Minutes and Seconds to fractions: 00'00"=.00000 07'30"=.12500 15'00"=.25000 22'30"=.37500 30'00"=.50000 37'30"=.62500 45'00"=.75000 52'30"=.87500 Also, see Table to Convert Minutes and Seconds to Decimal Degrees.

Key to USGS Maps (letter increases to North, # increases to West):

A1--N33 30 00 W088 22 30--N33 37 30 W-88 30 00--Columbus North
A2--N33 30 00 W088 30 00--N33 37 30 W-88 37 30--Waverly
A3--N33 30 00 W088 37 30--N33 37 30 W-88 45 00--West Point
A4--N33 30 00 W088 45 00--N33 37 30 W-88 52 30--Cedar Bluff
A5--N33 30 00 W088 52 30--N33 37 30 W-89 00 00--Pheba

B2--N33 37 30 W088 30 00--N33 45 00 W-88 37 30--Strong
B3--N33 37 30 W088 37 30--N33 45 00 W-88 45 00--Muldon
B4--N33 37 30 W088 45 00--N33 45 00 W-88 52 30--Palo Alto
B5--N33 37 30 W088 52 30--N33 45 00 W-89 00 00--Montpelier
B6--N33 37 30 W089 00 00--N33 45 00 W-89 07 30--Mantee

C4--N33 45 00 W088 45 00--N33 52 30 W-88 52 30--Trebloc
C5--N33 45 00 W088 52 30--N33 52 30 W-89 00 00--Sparta

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