A visit to the Collins Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Collins Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Collins Cemetery (FG ID #2265935).
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 Collins Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Collins Cemetery:
28.1088, -81.8571
The Collins Cemetery is located in Polk County<2>.
The county seat for Polk County is located in Bartow. Bartow lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the south of the Collins Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Collins Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Collins Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Collins Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Auburndale Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Abbey Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Auburndale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Carpenters Home Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tiger Flowers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Serenity Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gapway Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Abbey Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeland Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Griffin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stephenson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Stephenson Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson Cemetery
- The Stephenson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Morehead Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72660 <1>
- Oak Hill Burial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Glover Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Inman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Malloy Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Lowery Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Collins Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Collins Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Fussels Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fussels Corner is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fussels Corner
- Combee Settlement
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Combee Settlement is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combee Settlement
- Kossuthville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Lake is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Auburndale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Polk City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Fox Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Town is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Acton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eaton Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jan-Phyl Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Inwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Inwood is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Gibsonia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gibsonia is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonia
- Lake Alfred
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Highland City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Winter Haven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Winston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Winston is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Eagle Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eloise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kathleen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lakeland Highlands
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gordonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Medulla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Medulla is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medulla
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 Collins Cemetery. The following communities are located in Polk County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Collins Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Auburndale
- Highland City
- Lakeland
- Polk City
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Collins Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Florida:
- Pages specific to Polk 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 Collins Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2265935
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Polk, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Collins 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |