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A visit to the Grove Park 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 Grove Park Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Grove Park Cemetery:

29.6016, -82.1537

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Grove Park Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Grove Park Cemetery is located in Alachua County<2>.

The county seat for Alachua County is located in Gainesville. Gainesville lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Grove Park Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Grove Park Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Grove Park Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Grove Park Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Townsend Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • The Townsend Cemetery is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Cemetery
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
  • Providence Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • The Providence Cemetery is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Cemetery
  • First Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • The First Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Former name for First Baptist Church Cemetery:
    • Pleasant Grove Baptist Cemetery
    • The First Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hawthorne Baptist Cemetery
    • Hawthorne Baptist Church Cemetery
    • Hawthorne Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2252341 <5>
  • Hawthorne Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Waters Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • The Waters Cemetery is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Cemetery
  • Coleman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Ridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Nelson - Starke Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Patrick Memorial Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • The Patrick Memorial Gardens is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Memorial Gardens
    • The Patrick Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
    • Patrick Cemetery
  • Alachua Hillcrest Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest Meadows Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Gordon Chapel Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • The Gordon Chapel Cemetery is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Chapel Cemetery
    • Ochwilla Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • The Ochwilla Cemetery is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochwilla Cemetery
    • Tompkins Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Gilgal MB Church Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • The Gilgal MB Church Cemetery is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilgal MB Church Cemetery
      • The Gilgal MB Church Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Gilgal Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2137242 <5>
    • Saluda Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • The Saluda Cemetery is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saluda Cemetery
      • The Saluda Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Saluda - Orange Heights Cemetery
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
      • The Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Gainesville City Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #71949 <5>
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • The Pine Grove Cemetery is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
    • Haynes Memorial Historic Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • The Haynes Memorial Historic Cemetery is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Memorial Historic Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Haynes Memorial Historic Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Micanopy.
      • The Haynes Memorial Historic Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Haynes Memorial Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2280648 <5>
    • Mt. Olive AME Church Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Antioch Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Drummond Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • The Drummond Cemetery is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond Cemetery
    • Eliam Cemetery of Melrose Florida
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • St. John's Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • The St. John's Cemetery is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Cemetery

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 Grove Park Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Grove Park Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Windsor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Windsor is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
  • Hawthorne
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Campville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Campville is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
  • Rochelle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Rochelle is located in Alachua County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle
  • Lochloosa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Evinston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Melrose
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Micanopy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Island Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Earleton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Gainesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • McIntosh
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Orange Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Edgar
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Paynes Town ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Paynes Town is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynes Town
    • Citra
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Waldo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Irvine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Irvine is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
    • Orange Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Keuka
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Keuka is located in Putnam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
    • Putnam Hall
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Geneva
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Keystone Heights
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Arredondo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Arredondo is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arredondo
    • Reddick
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Interlachen
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Grandin
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rutledge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Rutledge is located in Alachua County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutledge

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 Grove Park Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Alachua County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Grove Park Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Grove Park Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Florida:
  • Pages specific to Alachua 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 Grove Park Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #2037615  (Grove Park Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2037615 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: Alachua
      • Est. Elev: 31 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Rochelle
      • Location given for Grove Park Cemetery:
      • Lat: 29.6016356     Lon: -82.1537092
      • 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 Florida's counties, including Alachua, 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- Grove Park 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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