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

Cemetery Name                Latitude      Longitude     Latitude   Longitude  Area  USGS 7.5' Map

 Avery Chapel Cemetery      N34 55 58.-  W089 58 33.-   N34.93278  W-89.97583   C3 Pleasant Hill
 Bakers Chapel Cemetery     N34 49 57.-  W089 54 43.-   N34.83250  W-89.91194   B3 Hernando
 Bass Cemetery              N34 56 23.-  W089 50 52.-   N34.93972  W-89.84778   C2 Olive Branch
 Bethel Cemetery            N34 54 52.-  W089 47 49.-   N34.91444  W-89.79694   C2 Olive Branch
 Bethlehem Cemetery         N34 52 27.-  W089 59 23.-   N34.87417  W-89.98972   B3 Hernando

 Blocker Cemetery           N34 57 19.-  W089 49 28.-   N34.95528  W-89.82444   C2 Olive Branch
 Botts Cemetery             N34 56 21.-  W089 46 46.-   N34.93917  W-89.77944   C2 Olive Branch
 Castleberry Cemetery       N34 59 13.-  W089 46 27.-   N34.98694  W-89.77417   C2 Olive Branch
 Center Hill Cemetery       N34 59 20.-  W089 44 38.-   N34.98889  W-89.74389   B1 Byhalia NW
 Center Point Cemetery      N34 50 25.-  W089 51 53.-   N34.84028  W-89.86472   B2 Lewisburg

 Clemonts Cemetery          N34 57 29.-  W089 50 29.-   N34.95806  W-89.84139   C2 Olive Branch
 Cowan Cemetery             N34 58 26.-  W089 48 23.-   N34.97389  W-89.80639   C2 Olive Branch
 Cox Cemetery               N34 54 12.-  W089 47 54.-   N34.90333  W-89.79833   C2 Olive Branch
 Drain Family Cemetery      N34 49 16.-  W089 48 57.-   N34.82111  W-89.81583   B2 Lewisburg
 Enon Springs Cemetery      N34 50 50.-  W089 54 40.-   N34.84722  W-89.84722   B3 Hernando

 Fairview Cemetery          N34 52 32.-  W089 45 26.-   N34.  W-89.   C2 Olive Branch
 Farley Cemetery            N34 47 03.-  W089 58 20.-   N34.  W-89.   B3 Hernando
 Fountain Head Cemetery     N34 50 13.-  W089 46 04.-   N34.  W-89.   B2 Lewisburg
?Goodrum Memorial Cemetery west of Hernando in the Eudora area       B5 Banks
 Halliburton Cemetery       N34 58 35.-  W089 43 57.-   N34.  W-89.   B1 Byhalia NW

 Ingram Cemetery            N34 47 38.-  W089 44 49.-   N34.  W-89.   B1 Byhalia
 Jaybird Cemetery           N34 47 13.-  W089 56 08.-   N34.  W-89.   B3 Hernando
 Jeremiah Cemetery          N34 57 42.-  W089 54 09.-   N34.  W-89.   C3 Pleasant Hill
 Kelly Cemetery             N34 48 57.-  W089 46 08.-   N34.  W-89.   B2 Lewisburg
 Kelsey Cemetery            N34 53 38.-  W089 50 30.-   N34.  W-89.   C2 Olive Branch

 Knights Cemetery           N34 49 00.-  W089 56 15.-   N34.  W-89.   B3 Hernando
 Love Cemetery              N34 45 37.-  W089 58 09.-   N34.  W-89.   B3 Hernando
 Macedonia Cemetery         N34 49 40.-  W089 43 30.-   N34.  W-89.   B1 Byhalia
 McGehee Cemetery           N34 57 52.-  W089 43 39.-   N34.  W-89.   B1 Byhalia NW
 Mills Family Cemetery      N34 48 49.-  W089 46 48.-   N34.  W-89.   B2 Lewisburg

 Mount Austin Cemetery      N34 47 12.-  W089 48 22.-   N34.  W-89.   B2 Lewisburg
 Mount Olive Cemetery       N34 53 21.-  W089 56 20.-   N34.  W-89.   C3 Pleasant Hill
 Nesbit Cemetery            N34 53 44.-  W089 59 51.-   N34.  W-89.   C3 Pleasant Hill
 New Bethany Cemetery       N34 51 11.-  W089 57 17.-   N34.  W-89.   B3 Hernando
 New Bethany Cemetery       N34 51 13.-  W089 57 15.-   N34.  W-89.   B3 Hernando

 New Bethlehem Cemetery     N34 55 59.-  W090 03 32.-   N34.  W-90.   C4 Horn Lake
 New Hope Cemetery          N34 56 00.-  W089 57 56.-   N34.  W-89.   C3 Pleasant Hill
 Old Love Cemetery          N34 44 44.-  W089 58 35.-   N34.  W-89.   A3 Coldwater
 Perry Cemetery             N34 44 00.-  W089 59 18.-   N34.  W-89.   A3 Coldwater
 Phoenix Cemetery           N34 58 39.-  W089 58 25.-   N34.  W-89.   C3 Pleasant Hill

 Saint Thomas Cemetery      N34 57 47.-  W089 54 13.-   N34.  W-89.   C3 Pleasant Hill
 Shiloh Cemetery            N34 55 15.-  W089 55 15.-   N34.  W-89.   C3 Pleasant Hill
 Spring Hill Cemetery       N34 48 59.-  W090 00 07.-   N34.  W-90.   B4 Frees Corners
?Stevens Cemetery           Thomas Stevens family,located in Cockrum  B2 Lewisburg
 Whites Chapel Cemetery     N34 50 29.-  W089 46 38.-   N34.  W-89.   B2 Lewisburg

 Wiggins Cemetery           N34 53 19.-  W089 50 16.-   N34.  W-89.   C2 Olive Branch
 Winbourn Cemetery          N34 50 11.-  W089 46 24.-   N34.  W-89.   B2 Lewisburg

*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):

A3--N34 37 30 W089 52 30--N34 45 00 W090 00 00--Coldwater

B1--N34 45 00 W089 37 30--N34 52 30 W-89 45 00--Byhalia
B2--N34 45 00 W089 45 00--N34 52 30 W-89 52 30--Lewisburg
B3--N34 45 00 W089 52 30--N34 52 30 W-90 00 00--Hernando
B4--N34 45 00 W090 00 00--N34 52 30 W-90 07 30--Frees Corners
B5--N34 45 00 W090 07 30--N34 52 30 W-90 15 00--Banks

C1--N34 52 30 W089 37 30--N35 00 00 W-89 45 00--Byhalia NW
C2--N34 52 30 W089 45 00--N35 00 00 W-89 52 30--Olive Branch
C3--N34 52 30 W089 52 30--N35 00 00 W-90 00 00--Pleasant Hill
C4--N34 52 30 W090 00 00--N35 00 00 W-90 07 30--Horn Lake

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