About Alcorn Cemetery
Alcorn Cemetery is a cemetery near Jonestown, Coahoma County, Mississippi. It lies about 1.4 mi northeast of Jonestown. The grounds sit at about 174 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: James L. Alcorn. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 666179. The nearest other listed cemetery is Long Cemetery, about 3.3 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is David Taylor Funeral Home in Clarksdale, about 8.0 mi away. It is one of 53 cemeteries we list in Coahoma County, and 32 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Jonestown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Alcorn Cemetery
Among them: 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 US senator.
- James L. Alcorn1816-1894American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Alcorn Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
34.30177, -90.46815
What Alcorn Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Long CemeteryJonestown, MSCemetery3.3 mi
- Chrestman CemeteryJonestown, MSCemetery4.0 mi
- Coahoma CemeteryJonestown, MSCemetery4.5 mi
- Mount Mariah CemeteryJonestown, MSCemetery4.7 mi
- Pawpaw Church CemeteryJonestown, MSChurch cemetery5.4 mi
- Hull CemeteryJonestown, MSCemetery5.4 mi
- Coahoma County Memorial GardensClarksdale, MSMemorial park6.2 mi
- Saunders CemeteryFriars Point, MSCemetery6.5 mi
- Belen CemeteryMarks, MSCemetery7.0 mi
- Shufordsville CemeteryClarksdale, MSCemetery7.0 mi
Funeral homes near Alcorn Cemetery
- David Taylor Funeral Home8.0 miFuneral home · Clarksdale · (662) 624-2806
- Hornburger - Byas Funeral Home Inc.9.0 miFuneral home · Clarksdale · (662) 592-5160
- Woolf Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Clarksdale · (662) 624-2522
- Meredith Nowell Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Clarksdale · (662) 624-6218
- Century Funeral Home9.3 miFuneral home · Clarksdale · (662) 627-4182
- Royal Funeral System9.3 miFuneral home · Clarksdale · (662) 624-5070
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