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Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Highland Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Highland Cemetery

Lat:   39.1160°   (39° 6' 57")

Lon:   -97.6894°   (-97° 41' 21")

The Highland Cemetery is located in Ottawa County<1>.

The county seat for Ottawa County is located in Minneapolis. Minneapolis lies just to the northwest of the Highland Cemetery .

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 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 Highland Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Kansas:
  • Pages specific to Ottawa County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Highland Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 17 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Highland Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Highland Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Minneapolis
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Lindsey
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsey
      • Lindsey is located in Ottawa County
      • Lindsey has also been known as:
      • Ayersville
    • Alfmil
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfmil
      • Alfmil is located in Ottawa County
    • Bennington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Wells
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
      • Wells is located in Ottawa County
    • Culver
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
      • Culver is located in Ottawa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
    • Ada
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
      • Ada is located in Ottawa County
    • Delphos
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
      • Delphos is located in Ottawa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 329 people
    • Ackley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackley
      • Ackley is located in Ottawa County
    • Lamar
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamar have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
      • Lamar is located in Ottawa County
    • Tescott
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tescott
      • Tescott is located in Ottawa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
    • Verdi
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdi
      • Verdi is located in Ottawa County
    • Continue List   (5 more) ...
      • Vine Creek
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vine Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Creek
        • Vine Creek is located in Ottawa County
        • Former name for Vine Creek:
        • Vine
      • Niles
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
        • Niles is located in Ottawa County
      • Beverly
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beverly have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
        • Beverly is located in Lincoln County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
      • Glendale
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
        • Glendale is located in Saline County
      • Glasco
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glasco have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasco
        • Glasco is located in Cloud County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 448 people
        • Former names for Glasco:
        • Dell Ray
        • Glasgow
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glasco <3>

    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 Highland Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Ottawa County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 15 miles [24.1 km] of the Highland Cemetery.<5>

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

    • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bennington Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hall Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • The Hall Cemetery is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hall Cemetery
    • St. Paul Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Culver Union Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • The Culver Union Cemetery is located in Ottawa County
      • The Culver Union Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Culver Tripp Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Culver Union Cemetery
    • Crown Point Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Delphos Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • The Delphos Cemetery is located in Ottawa County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Delphos Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Delphos.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Delphos Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92287 <6>
    • Twin Hills Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Ackley Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • The Ackley Cemetery is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ackley Cemetery
    • Walnut Hill Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walnut Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Walnut Hill Cemetery is located in Saline County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walnut Hill Cemetery
    • Continue List   (8 more) ...
      • Bohemian National Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Baldwin Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • The Baldwin Cemetery is located in Ottawa County
        • The Baldwin Cemetery has also been known as:
        • First Creek Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baldwin Cemetery
      • Spring Creek Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Spring Creek Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Creek Cemetery
      • Price Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • The Price Cemetery is located in Ottawa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Price Cemetery
      • Franklin Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Saline Valley Cemetery
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Saline Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Saline Valley Cemetery is located in Saline County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Saline Valley Cemetery
      • Vine Creek Cemetery
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Fairview Cemetery
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)

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

    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 Highland Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #476461  (Highland Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #476461 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Minneapolis South
      • County: Ottawa         Elev: 393
      • Location given for GNIS #476461 (Highland Cemetery)

    The official website for Ottawa County: www.ottawacounty.org/

    The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

    Footnotes ...

    <1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Ottawa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Highland Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1160, Longitude: -97.6894    
    <3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <4>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.
    <5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <6>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.




 

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