A visit to the Chapman 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 Chapman Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Chapman Cemetery:
39.9930, -99.1785
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Chapman Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Chapman Cemetery is located in Phillips County<2>.
The county seat for Phillips County is located in Phillipsburg. Phillipsburg lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Chapman Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Chapman Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 17 miles [27.4 km] of the Chapman Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Chapman Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Pleasant Ridge Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
- The Pleasant Ridge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Ridge Sod Church Cemetery
- Sod Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2402776 <5>
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Republican City Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Matteson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Matteson Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matteson Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Stone Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Stone Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Cemetery
- Plum Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Plum Creek Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Creek Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Alma Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Cedar Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The West Cedar Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cedar Cemetery
- Woodruff Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- The Woodruff Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff Cemetery
- Iowa Union Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Iowa Union Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa Union Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Germantown Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Germantown Cemetery is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Germantown Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Kensington.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92531 <5>
- Zion Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Harlan County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Edwards Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- The Edwards Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Cemetery
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- The Pleasant View Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Franklin County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Agra Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- The Agra Cemetery is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agra Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Chapman Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Chapman Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Naponee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Republican City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bloomington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alma is located in Harlan County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,116 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <6>
- Franklin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Agra
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Agra is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agra
- Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
- Huntley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Huntley is located in Harlan County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Kensington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kensington is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kensington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
- Orleans
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Macon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Macon is located in Franklin County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Stuttgart
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stuttgart is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuttgart
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Long Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Long Island is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Athol
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Athol is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Flynn Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flynn Junction is located in Harlan County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn Junction
- Ragan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Glade
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Glade is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Kirwin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Prairie View
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie View is located in Phillips County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Riverton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Stamford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Claudell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Claudell is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claudell
- Womer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Womer is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womer
- Hildreth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
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 Chapman Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Phillips County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Chapman Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Agra
- Alma
- Alma lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Chapman Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Alma.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Athol
- Bloomington
- Franklin
- Glade
- Glade lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Chapman Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Glade.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Hildreth
- Kensington
- Kirwin
- Long Island
- Naponee
- Orleans
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Continue List (8 more)
- Ragan
- Ragan lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Chapman Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ragan.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragan
- Republican City
- Riverton
- Smith Center
- Speed
- Speed lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Chapman Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Speed.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speed
- Stamford
- Wilcox
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 Chapman Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Phillips 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 Chapman Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #471790 (Chapman Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #471790 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: Phillips
- Est. Elev: 629 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Kensington NW
- Location given for Chapman Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.9930675 Lon: -99.1787008
- 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 Phillips, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chapman 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. |