A visit to the Garfield Center Mission 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 Garfield Center Mission Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Garfield Center Mission Cemetery (FG ID #2440814).
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 Garfield Center Mission Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Garfield Center Mission Cemetery:
39.5245, -97.1267
The Garfield Center Mission Cemetery is located in Clay County<2>.
The county seat for Clay County is located in Clay Center. Clay Center lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south of the Garfield Center Mission Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Garfield Center Mission Cemetery.
Name Variations for Garfield Center Mission Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Garfield Center Mission Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mission Covenant Cemetery
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Garfield Center Mission Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Garfield Center Mission Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Parallel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Center Mission Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Morganville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Morganville Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville Cemetery
- Peats Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sherman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hayes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hayes Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Cemetery
- Brethren in Christ Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen Central Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Appleton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Louis Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- St. Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fancy Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Fancy Creek Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Creek Cemetery
- Clifton IOOF Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bloom Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Bloom Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom Cemetery
- Spence Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spiers Memorial Arch Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Garfield Center Mission Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Garfield Center Mission Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Oscar ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Oscar is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Garfield Center
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Morganville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Palmer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kimeo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clay Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Green
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vining
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Vining is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Linn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- May Day
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lasita ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lasita is located in Riley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasita
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Idana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chepstow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Broughton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Saint Joseph
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Clyde
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Browndale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Winkler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Greenleaf
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ladysmith
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bala
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brantford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ames
(17 miles [27.4 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 Garfield Center Mission Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clay County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Garfield Center Mission Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ames
- Ames lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the West (W) of the Garfield Center Mission Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ames.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
- Bala
- Bala lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Garfield Center Mission Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bala.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bala
- Clay Center
- Clyde
- Clyde lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Garfield Center Mission Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Clyde.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Green
- Green lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Garfield Center Mission Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Green.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Greenleaf
- Idana
- Idana lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Garfield Center Mission Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Idana.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idana
- Leonardville
- Linn
- Linn lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the North (N) of the Garfield Center Mission Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Linn.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
- Morganville
- Palmer
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Garfield Center Mission Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Clay 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 Garfield Center Mission Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2440814
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 Clay, 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- Garfield Center Mission 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. |