A visit to the Stafford 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 Stafford Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Stafford Cemetery:
35.1601, -93.4280
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Stafford Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Stafford Cemetery is located in Yell County<2>.
Open a Google Map centered on the Stafford Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Stafford Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Stafford Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sides Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Sides Cemetery is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sides Cemetery
- Upper Spring Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Harkey's Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Payne Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Payne Cemetery is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Cemetery
- Smith Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- McBride Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The McBride Cemetery is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBride Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Lynch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Lynch Cemetery is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Cemetery
- Lower Spring Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mountain Springs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Mountain Springs Cemetery is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain Springs Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west of Dardanelle.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55278 <5>
- Utley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Utley Cemetery is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utley Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Piney Fork Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Piney Fork Cemetery is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Fork Cemetery
- Walker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Walker Cemetery is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
- Guinn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Guinn Cemetery is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinn Cemetery
- McReynolds Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The McReynolds Cemetery is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McReynolds Cemetery
- Tritt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Tritt Cemetery is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tritt Cemetery
- Valentine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Valentine Cemetery is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine Cemetery
- Davis Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Riley Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Riley Creek Cemetery is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Creek Cemetery
- Danville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Danville Cemetery is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville Cemetery
- Chickalah Methodist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Chickalah Methodist Cemetery is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickalah Methodist Cemetery
- The Chickalah Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chickalah Methodist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2270654 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Stafford Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Stafford Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Belleville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Havana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Corinth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Corinth is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
- Marvinville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marvinville is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvinville
- Danville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chickalah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chickalah is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickalah
- New Blaine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Delaware
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Delaware is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Sand Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Ridge is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Corley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Corley is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corley
- Plainview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Piney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Piney is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Rover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Petit Jean
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Petit Jean is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petit Jean
- Centerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Georgetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Wing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Wing is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wing
- Scranton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scranton is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Dardanelle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- London
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Knoxville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Knoxville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 754 people
- Subiaco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waltreak
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Waltreak is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltreak
- Briggsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Briggsville is located in Yell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville
- Morrison Bluff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Morrison Bluff is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Bluff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
- North Dardanelle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- North Dardanelle is located in Pope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dardanelle
- Blue Mountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Blue Mountain is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
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 Stafford Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Yell County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Stafford Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Blue Mountain
- Danville
- Dardanelle
- Ola
- Ola lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Stafford Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ola.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
- Scranton
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 helpful 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 Stafford Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Arkansas:
- Pages specific to Yell 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 Stafford Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #73685 (Stafford Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #73685 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: Yell
- Est. Elev: 155 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Chickalah Mountain West
- Location given for Stafford Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.1600885 Lon: -93.427963
- 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 Yell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stafford 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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