A visit to the Memorial Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Memorial Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Memorial Cemetery
Lat: 30.1948° (30° 11' 41")
Lon: -82.6474° (-82° 38' 50")
The Memorial Cemetery is located in Columbia County<1>.
The county seat for Columbia County is located in Lake City. Lake City lies just to the southeast of the Memorial Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> of the Memorial Cemetery.<3>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Memorial Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Truvine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jerusalem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jerusalem Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jerusalem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Jerusalem Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Rest Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Rest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The East Rest Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Hope Henry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Price Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fellowship Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fellowship Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fellowship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Fellowship Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Huntsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huntsville Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huntsville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Huntsville Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Hopeful Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hopeful Church Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hopeful Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Hopeful Church Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Godbolt Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia Community Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Columbia Community Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Columbia Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Columbia Community Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Hawthorne Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eastside Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wellborn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wellborn Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wellborn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Wellborn Cemetery is located in Suwannee County
- Athens Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Athens Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Athens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Athens Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mt. Tabor AME Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Tabor AME Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Tabor AME Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Mt. Tabor AME Cemetery is located in Columbia County
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kerce Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gillen Allen Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lulu Baptist Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> of the Memorial Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Memorial Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lake City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Watertown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Five Points
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McColskey
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McColskey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McColskey
- McColskey is located in Columbia County
- Wellborn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lulu
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- White Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Olustee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- McAlpin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fort White
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Padlock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Padlock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padlock
- Padlock is located in Suwannee County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Padlock
- From the Memorial Cemetery to Padlock
- O'Brien
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Lake Butler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rixford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rixford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixford
- Rixford is located in Suwannee County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Rixford
- From the Memorial Cemetery to Rixford
- Live Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Worthington Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sanderson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Branford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Marion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Marion. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Marion is located in Hamilton County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Marion
- From the Memorial Cemetery to Marion
- High Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
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 Memorial Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Columbia County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Memorial Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Branford
- High Springs
- Jasper
- Lake Butler
- Lake City
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Memorial Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Florida:
- Pages specific to Columbia County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Memorial Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Memorial Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #286699 (Memorial Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #286699 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: Lake City West
- County: Columbia Elev: 57
- Location given for GNIS #286699 (Memorial Cemetery)
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Columbia County: www.columbiacountyfla.com/
The official website for State of Florida: https://www.myflorida.com/
Footnotes ...
<1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Columbia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<2> | 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Memorial Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1948, Longitude: -82.6474 |
<3> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<4> | 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. |
<5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<6> | 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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