A visit to the Homestead 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 Homestead Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Homestead Cemetery (FG ID #92729).
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 Homestead Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Homestead Cemetery:
38.2021, -96.6955
The Homestead Cemetery is located in Chase County<2>.
The county seat for Chase County is located in Cottonwood Falls. Cottonwood Falls lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the northeast of the Homestead Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Homestead Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 16 miles [25.7 km] of the Homestead Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Homestead Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cedar Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Griffith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clements Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cedar Point Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Drinkwater Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Matfield Green Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bazaar Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Montgomery Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cassoday Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Cassoday Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassoday Cemetery
- Allison Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stoehr Elmdale Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- The Hillcrest Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- High Prairie Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie Grove Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Simmons Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elk Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Grant Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Grant Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Cemetery
- St. Anthony Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Homestead Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Homestead Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Wonsevu
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Clements
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Matfield Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cedar Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Point is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Bazaar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cassoday
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Elmdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Florence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Burns
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Burns is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Aikman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Gladstone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gladstone is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
- Cottonwood Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Neva
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Strong City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Strong City is located in Chase County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
- Strong City has also been known as:
- Strong
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strong City <5>
- Rockland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Oursler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- De Graff
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ellinor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hymer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
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 Homestead Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Chase County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Homestead Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Cottonwood Falls
- Elmdale
- Florence
- Marion
- Matfield Green
- Peabody
- Strong City
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 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 Homestead Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Chase 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 Homestead Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #92729
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #477804 (Homestead Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #477804 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: Chase
- Est. Elev: 436 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Homestead
- Location given for Homestead Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.2022392 Lon: -96.6955708
- 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 Chase, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Homestead 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. |