A visit to the Great Bend 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 Great Bend Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Great Bend Cemetery (FG ID #92576).
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 Great Bend Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Great Bend Cemetery:
38.3679, -98.7987
The Great Bend Cemetery is located in Barton County<2>.
The county seat for Barton County is located in Great Bend. Great Bend lies just to the east southeast of the Great Bend Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Great Bend Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> of the Great Bend Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Great Bend Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hillcrest Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Golden Belt Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dundee Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Everett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Everett Cemetery is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Cemetery
- Walnut Valley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rockville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Rockville Cemetery is located in Rice County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Patterson Cemetery is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Cemetery
- Bergthal Mennonite Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eden Valley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- St. John the Evangelist Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pawnee Rock Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Olivet Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Boyle Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Boyle Cemetery is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyle Cemetery
- St. Anns Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Anns Cemetery is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anns Cemetery
- Albert Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- The Albert Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert Cemetery
- St. Anthony Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Anthony Cemetery is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anthony Cemetery
- Svatopluk Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Peace Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Holy Family Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Holy Family Cemetery is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Family Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Great Bend Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Great Bend Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Anchorway
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Great Bend
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dundee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Heizer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Heizer is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heizer
- Kanbrick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dartmouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Hoisington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- South Hoisington is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hoisington
- Boyd ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hoisington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ellinwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pawnee Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Redwing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Olmitz
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Albert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Seward
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Seward is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Radium
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ray ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Claflin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Odin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Otis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Great Bend Cemetery. The following communities are located in Barton County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Great Bend Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Albert
- Claflin
- Great Bend
- Hoisington
- Pawnee Rock
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Great Bend Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Barton 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 Great Bend Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #92576
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #475762 (Great Bend Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #475762 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: Barton
- Est. Elev: 568 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Great Bend
- Location given for Great Bend Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.368068 Lon: -98.8000866
- 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 Barton, 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- Great Bend 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. |