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A visit to the Forest Grove 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 Forest Grove Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Forest Grove Cemetery:

38.5070, -98.0175

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Forest Grove Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Forest Grove Cemetery is located in Rice County<2>.

The county seat for Rice County is located in Lyons. Lyons lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the southwest of the Forest Grove Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Forest Grove Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 16 miles [25.7 km] of the Forest Grove Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Click Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • The Click Cemetery is located in Rice County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click Cemetery
  • Liscum Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • The Liscum Cemetery is located in Rice County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liscum Cemetery
  • Langley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • The Langley Cemetery is located in Ellsworth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley Cemetery
  • Bean Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • The Bean Cemetery is located in Rice County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bean Cemetery
  • Genesee Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • The Genesee Cemetery is located in Rice County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee Cemetery
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • The Riverside Cemetery is located in McPherson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
  • Scates Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • The Scates Cemetery is located in Ellsworth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scates Cemetery
  • Excelsior Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • The Excelsior Cemetery is located in McPherson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Cemetery
  • Elim Lutheran Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • The Elim Lutheran Cemetery is located in McPherson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elim Lutheran Cemetery
  • Marquette Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • The Marquette Cemetery is located in McPherson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquette Cemetery
  • Buckeye Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • The Buckeye Cemetery is located in Ellsworth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Buckeye Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southeast of Kanopolis.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2193579 <5>
  • Windom Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • The Windom Cemetery is located in McPherson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom Cemetery
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Kansas Center Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • The Fairview Cemetery is located in McPherson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
    • Lodiana Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • The Lodiana Cemetery is located in Rice County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodiana Cemetery
    • Summit Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • The Summit Cemetery is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Cemetery
    • Shumway Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • The Shumway Cemetery is located in Rice County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumway Cemetery
    • Lyons Municipal Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • The Lyons Municipal Cemetery is located in Rice County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Municipal Cemetery
      • The Lyons Municipal Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Graceland Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #424263 <5>
    • Dry Creek Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • The Dry Creek Cemetery is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek Cemetery
    • Carneiro Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • The Carneiro Cemetery is located in Ellsworth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneiro Cemetery
    • Kanopolis Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • The Kanopolis Cemetery is located in Ellsworth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanopolis Cemetery
    • Andover Lutheran Church Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Forest Grove Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Forest Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Crawford
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Crawford is located in Rice County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
  • Galt
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Galt is located in Rice County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
  • Langley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Langley is located in Ellsworth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
  • Little River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Geneseo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Yankee Run
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Yankee Run is located in Ellsworth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Run
  • Mitchell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mitchell is located in Rice County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
  • Venango
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Venango is located in Ellsworth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venango
  • Windom
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Windom is located in McPherson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
  • Marquette
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Midway
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Midway is located in Ellsworth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
  • Pollard ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Pollard is located in Rice County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Frantz ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Frantz is located in Ellsworth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frantz
    • Frederick
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Frederick is located in Rice County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
    • Lyons
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Conway
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Conway is located in McPherson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
    • Kanopolis
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Saxman
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Saxman is located in Rice County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxman
    • Carneiro ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Carneiro is located in Ellsworth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneiro
    • Terra Cotta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Terra Cotta is located in Ellsworth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Cotta
    • Lorraine
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Lorraine is located in Ellsworth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people

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 Forest Grove Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Rice County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Forest Grove Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Kansas:
  • Pages specific to Rice 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 Forest Grove Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #475573  (Forest Grove Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #475573 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: Rice
      • Est. Elev: 513 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Crawford
      • Location given for Forest Grove Cemetery:
      • Lat: 38.506676     Lon: -98.0175515
      • 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 Rice, 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 from Point A (ie- Forest Grove 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.