About Prospect Cemetery
Prospect Cemetery is a cemetery near New Augusta, Perry County, Mississippi. It lies about 6.9 mi south of New Augusta. The grounds sit at about 246 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 676351. The nearest other listed cemetery is Courthey Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jones and Son Funeral Home in Richton, about 7.6 mi away. It is one of 48 cemeteries we list in Perry County, and 33 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, New Augusta. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
31.30219, -89.05282
What Prospect 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
- Courthey CemeteryNew Augusta, MSCemetery1.0 mi
- Bethel Freewill Church CemeteryRichton, MSChurch cemetery1.6 mi
- James CemeteryNew Augusta, MSCemetery2.3 mi
- McGilvary CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery3.1 mi
- McSwain CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery3.9 mi
- Burch CemeteryRichton, MSCemetery4.0 mi
- Hollimon CemeteryNew Augusta, MSCemetery4.4 mi
- Ferguson CemeteryNew Augusta, MSCemetery4.9 mi
- Hinton CemeteryNew Augusta, MSCemetery4.9 mi
- Hinton CemeteryNew Augusta, MSCemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Prospect Cemetery
- Jones and Son Funeral Home7.6 miFuneral home · Richton · (601) 788-6000
- Moore Funeral Services11 miFuneral home · Petal · (601) 582-1899
- Jones And Sons Funeral Home12 miFuneral home · Beaumont · (601) 784-2241
- Dykes Chapel13 miFuneral home · Richton
- Hall-Fairley Funeral Services14 miFuneral home · Hattiesburg · (601) 602-6155
- Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Hattiesburg · (601) 582-1571
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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