A visit to the Willow Lawn 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 Willow Lawn Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Willow Lawn Cemetery (FG ID #2273430).
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 Willow Lawn Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Willow Lawn Cemetery:
27.9140, -81.6056
The Willow Lawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Lake Wales.
The cemetery is located in Polk County<2>.
The county seat for Polk County is located in Bartow. Bartow lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the west of the Willow Lawn Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Willow Lawn Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km] of the Willow Lawn Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Willow Lawn Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Garden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Garden Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Cemetery
- Lake Wales Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Friendship MB Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wahneta Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oakland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Church of Christ Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gandy Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Inman Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fortner Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Fortner Family Cemetery is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortner Family Cemetery
- The Fortner Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Peace Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2349899 <1>
- Lake Buffum Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Biscuit Lake Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rolling Hills Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside Memorial Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Glover Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eden Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lake Lowery Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Auburndale Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Shady Oaks Gardens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Homeland Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Hill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Willow Lawn Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Willow Lawn Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lake Wales
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Highland Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crooked Lake Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crooked Lake Park is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Lake Park
- Alturas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hillcrest Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hillcrest Heights is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 305 people
- Babson Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wahneta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dundee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cox Corner ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eloise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lake Hamilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lake Garfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Winter Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roux Quarters ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Nalcrest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Connersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Frostproof
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lakeshore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Inwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Inwood is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Gordonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lake Alfred
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Haines City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jan-Phyl Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Willow Lawn Cemetery. The following communities are located in Polk County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Willow Lawn Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Frostproof
- Haines City
- Lake Wales
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 Willow Lawn 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 Willow Lawn Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2273430
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 '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- Willow Lawn 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. |