A visit to the Cedar Creek 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 Cedar Creek Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Cedar Creek Cemetery:
39.2706, -96.5517
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Cedar Creek Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Cedar Creek Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County<2>.
The county seat for Pottawatomie County is located in Westmoreland. Westmoreland lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northeast of the Cedar Creek Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Cedar Creek Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Cedar Creek Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Cedar Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Stillman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Carnahan - Garrison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Valley View Memorial Garden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Sunset Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sedalia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Houston Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Admatha Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Admatha Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admatha Cemetery
- Sales Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Sales Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sales Cemetery
- Sunrise Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Sunrise Cemetery is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sunrise Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Manhattan.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #559687 <5>
- St. George Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The St. George Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. George Cemetery
- Thierer Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Rebekah IOOF Home Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hohman Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka Valley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Meacham - Van Antwarp Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Pleasant Valley Cemetery is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Zeandale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93374 <5>
- Old County Farm Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Westmoreland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Westmoreland Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmoreland Cemetery
- Old Westmoreland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- King Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The King Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Cedar Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Cedar Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Manhattan
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fairmont is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmont
- Saint George
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Keats
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Keats is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keats
- Eureka Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka Lake is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Lake
- Zeandale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Zeandale is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeandale
- Ashland ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ashland is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Ashland has also been known as:
- Ashland Bottoms
- Olsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pillsbury Crossing ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pillsbury Crossing is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillsbury Crossing
- Westmoreland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fostoria
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Fostoria is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fostoria
- Louisville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Louisville is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Louisville has also been known as:
- Louisville Springs
- Rock City
- Rock Creek Falls
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisville <6>
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Ogden
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wamego
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Riley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Riley is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 955 people
- Former names for Riley:
- Riley Center
- Union
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riley <6>
- Randolph
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Walsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Walsburg is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsburg
- Blaine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blaine is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Leonardville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Leonardville is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
- Leonardville has also been known as:
- Leonard
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leonardville <6>
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 Cedar Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pottawatomie County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Cedar Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bala
- Bala lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the West (W) of the Cedar Creek Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bala.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bala
- Belvue
- Blaine
- Leonardville
- Louisville
- Manhattan
- Milford
- Ogden
- Olsburg
- Randolph
- Riley
- Saint George
- Wamego
- Westmoreland
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 Cedar Creek Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Pottawatomie 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 Cedar Creek Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #476227 (Hays Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #476227 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: Pottawatomie
- Est. Elev: 333 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Tuttle Creek Dam
- Location given for Hays Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.270552 Lon: -96.5516696
- 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 Pottawatomie, 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' (or 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- Cedar Creek 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. |