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A visit to the Abilene 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 Abilene Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Abilene Cemetery (FG ID #91894)

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 Abilene Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Abilene Cemetery

Lat:   38.9333°   (38° 55' 59")

Lon:   -97.2218°   (-97° 13' 18")

The Abilene Cemetery is located in Dickinson County<2>.

The county seat for Dickinson County is located in Abilene. Abilene lies just to the south southeast of the Abilene Cemetery .

Establishment of the Abilene Cemetery ...

The Abilene Cemetery was established in 1865.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the Abilene Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Farmington Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Detroit Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
  • Union Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Union Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
  • Prairie Mound Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Scheiller Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scheiller Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scheiller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Scheiller Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bethel Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
  • Prairiedale Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairiedale Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairiedale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Prairiedale Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
  • Newburn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newburn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Newburn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Newburn Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
  • Lutheran Cemetery #17
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery #17
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery #17 have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lutheran Cemetery #17 is located in Dickinson County
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Saline County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Harmony Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmony Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harmony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Harmony Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
    • Belle Spring Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belle Spring Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belle Spring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Belle Spring Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
    • Indian Hill Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Indian Hill Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
    • Henry Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Green Lawn Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Navarre Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Navarre Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Navarre Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Navarre Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
    • Jones Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jones Cemetery is located in Dickinson County

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]<3> of the Abilene Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Abilene Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Abilene Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Dickinson County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Abilene Cemetery:

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 Abilene Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #476676  (Abilene Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #476676 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: Abilene
    • County: Dickinson         Elev: 368
    • Location given for GNIS #476676 (Abilene Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #91894

The official website for Dickinson County: www.dkcoks.com/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

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 Kansas' counties, including Dickinson, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Abilene Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.9333, Longitude: -97.2218    
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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