Hancock County Cemeteries, Mississippi Genealogy

Hancock County Cemeteries

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

Cemetery Name Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude Area USGS 7.5' Map

Anner Cemetery             N30 38 05.- W089 29 58.-   N30.63472 W-89.49944   E2 Savannah
Bayou Caddy Cemetery       N30 14 39.- W089 28 48.-   N30.24417 W-89.48000   A2 Saint Joe Pass
Bayou Coco Cemetery        N30 24 08.- W089 24 22.-   N30.40222 W-89.40611   C2 Kiln
Garden of Memory Cemetery N30 18 00.- W089 20 47.-   N30.30000 W-89.34639   B1 Bay Saint Louis
Little Rotten Bayou Cem.   N30 22 48.- W089 22 51.-   N30.38000 W-89.38083   C2 Kiln

Logtown Cemetery           N30 16 57.- W089 37 27.-   N30.28250 W-89.62417   B3 Logtown
Napoleon Cemetery          N30 19 53.- W089 37 32.-   N30.33139 W-89.62556   B4 Haaswood
Necaise Cemetery           N30 36 36.- W089 25 41.-   N30.61000 W-89.42806   D2 Necaise
?Pearlington Cemetery       very large, gorgeous cemetery in Pearlington        A3/B3 English Lookout/Logtown
Pearson Cemetery           N30 36 41.- W089 32 24.-   N30.61139 W-89.54000   D3 Caesar

Saint Joseph Cemetery      N30 24 23.- W089 22 10.-   N30.40639 W-89.36944   C1 Dedeaux
Sand Hill Cemetery         N30 27 57.- W089 22 07.-   N30.46583 W-69.36861   C1 Dedeaux
The Point Cemetery         N30 17 38.- W089 36 54.-   N30.29389 W-89.61500   B3 Logtown
Turtleskin Cemetery        N30 24 41.- W089 38 14.-   N30.41139 W-89.63722   C4 Nicholson

*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):

A2--N30 07 30 W089 22 30--N30 15 00 W089 30 00--Saint Joe Pass
A3--N30 07 30 W089 30 00--N30 15 00 W089 37 30--English Lookout

B1--N30 15 00 W089 15 00--N30 22 30 W089 22 30--Bay Saint Louis
B2--N30 15 00 W089 22 30--N30 22 30 W089 30 00--Waveland
B3--N30 15 00 W089 30 00--N30 22 30 W089 37 30--Logtown
B4--N30 15 00 W089 37 30--N30 22 30 W089 45 00--Haaswood

C1--N30 22 30 W089 15 00--N30 30 00 W089 22 30--Dedeaux (old Vidalia?)
C2--N30 22 30 W089 22 30--N30 30 00 W089 30 00--Kiln
C3--N30 22 30 W089 30 00--N30 30 00 W089 37 30--Dead Tiger Creek
C4--N30 22 30 W089 37 30--N30 30 00 W089 45 00--Nicholson

D2--N30 30 00 W089 22 30--N30 37 30 W089 30 00--Necaise
D3--N30 30 00 W089 30 00--N30 37 30 W089 37 30--Caesar

E2--N30 37 30 W089 22 30--N30 45 00 W089 30 00--Savannah

--N34 00 00 W088 00 00--N34 07 30 W088 07 30--
--N34 15 00 W088 15 00--N34 22 30 W088 22 30--
--N34 30 00 W088 30 00--N34 37 30 W088 37 30--
--N34 45 00 W088 45 00--N34 52 30 W088 52 30--

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