A visit to the Saint John Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the St. John Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. John Cemetery:
34.8237, -91.1857
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. John Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. John Cemetery is located in Monroe County<2>.
The county seat for Monroe County is located in Clarendon. Clarendon lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the southwest of the St. John Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. John Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the St. John Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. John Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Jordan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Jordan Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Cemetery
- Finell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Finell Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finell Cemetery
- Philadelphia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Philadelphia Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fitzhugh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Fitzhugh Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzhugh Cemetery
- Upper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Upper Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Haven Rest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Haven Rest Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Rest Cemetery
- Choctaw Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Choctaw Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Cemetery
- White Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Macedonia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Macedonia Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedonia Cemetery
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- Waldrop Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Waldrop Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldrop Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Pilgrim Rest Cemetery is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
- Bonds Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Bonds Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Cemetery
- St. Paul Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- Long Cane Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Long Cane Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane Cemetery
- Ash Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Ash Grove Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Grove Cemetery
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shady Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Clarendon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56212 <5>
- Bateman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Bateman Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bateman Cemetery
- Prospect Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Prospect Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Munn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Munn Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munn Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the St. John Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. John Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Brinkley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Monroe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Wheatley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fargo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fargo is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Brasfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Brasfield is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasfield
- Clarendon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Goodwin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goodwin is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwin
- Biscoe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Biscoe is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biscoe
- Fredonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fredonia is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 343 people
- Cotton Plant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Holly Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Holly Grove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- De Valls Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hunter
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hunter is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Little Dixie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little Dixie is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Dixie
- Roe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Roe is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Pine City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pine City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Aubrey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aubrey is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aubrey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Palmer
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Palmer is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Palestine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Palestine is located in Saint Francis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Turkey Scratch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey Scratch is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Scratch
- Sand Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Hill is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Des Arc
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Howell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Howell is located in Woodruff County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the St. John Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Monroe County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. John Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brinkley
- Clarendon
- Cotton Plant
- Des Arc
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the St. John Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Arkansas:
- Pages specific to Monroe County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the St. John Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #54347 (Saint John Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #54347 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Monroe
- Est. Elev: 59 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Keevil
- Location given for Saint John Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.8237063 Lon: -91.1856796
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- St. John Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
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