A visit to the Doniphan 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 Doniphan Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Doniphan Cemetery (FG ID #92300).
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 Doniphan Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Doniphan Cemetery:
39.6476, -95.0695
The Doniphan Cemetery is located in Doniphan County<2>.
The county seat for Doniphan County is located in Troy. Troy lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north of the Doniphan Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Doniphan Cemetery.
Establishment of the Doniphan Cemetery ...
The Doniphan Cemetery was established in 1869.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Doniphan Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Doniphan Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Myers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gore-Cummings-Nielson-Armstrong-Case Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Memory Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Sunset Memory Gardens is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Memory Gardens
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- State of Kansas Children's Orphan Home Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Armstrong Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Armstrong Cemetery is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Cemetery
- Jordan Creek Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Benedicts Abbey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hudseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Hudseph Cemetery is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudseph Cemetery
- Kerlin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Kerlin Cemetery is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerlin Cemetery
- Rosendale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Rosendale Cemetery is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosendale Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. St. Scholastica Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gore Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Gore Cemetery is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore Cemetery
- Sugar Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Sugar Creek Cemetery is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek Cemetery
- St. Charles Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The St. Charles Cemetery is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Charles Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Robertson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Louis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Alderson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Alderson Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderson Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- West Lawn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The West Lawn Cemetery is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lawn Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Doniphan Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Doniphan Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Doniphan
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rushville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brenner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Atchison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis and Clark Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lewis and Clark Village is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis and Clark Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Palermo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Palermo is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- De Kalb
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- De Kalb is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Bendena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Moray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Troy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wathena
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blair
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Blair is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
- Iatan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Iatan is located in Platte County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iatan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Elwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Severance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Denton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Port Williams
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fanning
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fanning is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning
- Oak Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Faucett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Willow Brook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Matney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Saint Joseph
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Purcell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Huron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
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 Doniphan Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Doniphan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Doniphan Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Atchison
- Bendena
- Brenner
- De Kalb
- Denton
- Doniphan
- Elwood
- Palermo
- Saint Joseph
- Severance
- Troy
- Wathena
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 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 Doniphan Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Doniphan 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 Doniphan Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #92300
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #473283 (Doniphan Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #473283 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: Doniphan
- Est. Elev: 304 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Atchison NE
- Location given for Doniphan Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.6477734 Lon: -95.0702471
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Doniphan, 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 from Point A (ie- Doniphan 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. |