A visit to the Avondale 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 Avondale Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Avondale Cemetery:
37.9536, -94.8149
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Avondale Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Avondale Cemetery is located in Bourbon County<2>.
The county seat for Bourbon County is located in Fort Scott. Fort Scott lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the southeast of the Avondale Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Avondale Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Avondale Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Avondale Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Dayton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Dayton Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton Cemetery
- Centerville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Centerville Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Centerville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Devon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #161162 <5>
- Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Glendale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Glendale Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Cemetery
- Mapleton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Plains Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The West Plains Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Plains Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the West Plains Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Fort Scott.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94051 <5>
- Osaga Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Osaga Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaga Cemetery
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Northway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Northway Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northway Cemetery
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Walnut Hill Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Woods Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Woods Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Maple Grove Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Cemetery
- West Liberty Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The West Liberty Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Turkey Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Turkey Creek Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek Cemetery
- Marmaton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Marmaton Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton Cemetery
- Barnesville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Prescott Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Prescott Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Prescott Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Prescott.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1986369 <5>
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 Avondale Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Avondale Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Devon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Devon is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devon
- Berlin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Mapleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mapleton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Hammond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hammond is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Fulton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Redfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Marmaton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Marmaton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton
- Bell Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Town is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Fort Scott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
- Fort Scott has also been known as:
- Fort Scott City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <6>
- Barnesville ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barnesville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Prescott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Prescott is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Xenia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Xenia is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Xenia
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Uniontown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Ronald
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ronald is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Hollister
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hollister is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
- Edward
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Edward is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Critzer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Critzer is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Critzer
- Stotesbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stotesbury is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Mound City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bronson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Godfrey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Godfrey is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey
- Richards
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Richards is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Blue Mound
(14 miles [22.5 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 Avondale Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bourbon County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Avondale Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bronson
- Fort Scott
- Hume
- Hume lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Avondale Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hume.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- Mapleton
- Mound City
- Redfield
- Richards
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Avondale Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Bourbon 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 Avondale Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #474554 (Avondale Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #474554 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: Bourbon
- Est. Elev: 283 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Devon
- Location given for Avondale Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.9536479 Lon: -94.8141311
- 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 Kansas' counties, including Bourbon, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Avondale 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |