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Byrds Prairie Cemetery

Memorials	:	2
Location	:	Tupelo, Coal County, USA
Coordinate	:	34.5792007, -96.4122009
Description	:	This is one of the more prominent cemeteries in Coal County. The northern part was the original cemetery and is the burial site for several Choctaw Native Americans who settled the area when they came to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. The tribe had poor housing that first year and many died. Many of the graves had sandstone markers which wore away and are no longer there. That part of the cemetery is mowed but no longer shows signs of Choctaw graves. The remainder of the cemetery is still in use and in excellent condition as of 2022. In... Read More	This is one of the more prominent cemeteries in Coal County. The northern part was the original cemetery and is the burial site for several Choctaw Native Americans who settled the area when they came to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. The tribe had poor housing that first year and many died. Many of the graves had sandstone markers which wore away and are no longer there. That part of the cemetery is mowed but no longer shows signs of Choctaw graves. The remainder of the cemetery is still in use and in excellent condition as of 2022. In that newer portion of the cemetery, the earliest death date is 1895.

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Latitude: 34.5792007
Longitude: -96.4122009

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1. Selcer Cemetery
Coal County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6112301, -96.4042418

2. Round Lake Cemetery
Centrahoma, Coal County, USA
Coordinate: 34.5778008, -96.3371964

3. Wilson Cemetery
Clarita, Coal County, USA
Coordinate: 34.5196991, -96.4372025

4. Centrahoma Cemetery
Centrahoma, Coal County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6061707, -96.3365326

5. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Coal County, USA
Coordinate: 34.5475006, -96.4894028

6. Keel Family Cemetery
Coal County, USA
Coordinate: 34.5064011, -96.3703003

7. Nixon Cemetery
Coalgate, Coal County, USA
Coordinate: 34.5345150, -96.3253070

8. Jesse Cemetery
Jesse, Pontotoc County, USA
Coordinate: 34.5847200, -96.5298700

10. Lula Cemetery
Lula, Pontotoc County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6869011, -96.4113998

11. Highland Cemetery
Stonewall, Pontotoc County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6316986, -96.5286026

12. Davis Cemetery
Coal County, USA
Coordinate: 34.4860992, -96.3321991

13. Moore Cemetery
Clarita, Coal County, USA
Coordinate: 34.4625015, -96.4261017

14. James Family Cemetery
Olney, Coal County, USA
Coordinate: 34.4617100, -96.3872100

15. Sealy Cemetery
Coal County, USA
Coordinate: 34.4775009, -96.3202972

16. Globe Cemetery
Coal County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6921997, -96.3272018

18. Frisco Cemetery
Frisco, Pontotoc County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6457400, -96.5727300

20. Atkins Cemetery
Harden City, Pontotoc County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6100006, -96.5991974

21. Cockran Cemetery
Pontotoc County, USA
Coordinate: 34.6444016, -96.5899963

22. Worcester Cemetery
Coal County, USA
Coordinate: 34.4221000, -96.4589590

23. Coalgate Cemetery
Coalgate, Coal County, USA
Coordinate: 34.5628014, -96.2155991

24. Melville Cemetery
Pontotoc County, USA
Coordinate: 34.7075005, -96.5363998