A visit to the Luray 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 Luray Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Luray Cemetery (FG ID #2174556).
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 Luray Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Luray Cemetery:
39.1118, -98.6873
The Luray Cemetery is located in Luray.
The cemetery is located in Russell County<2>.
The county seat for Russell County is located in Russell. Russell lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Luray Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Luray Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 18 miles [29 km] of the Luray Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Luray Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Grand Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vincent Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Vincent Cemetery is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent Cemetery
- Amherst Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cheyenne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Cheyenne Cemetery is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne Cemetery
- Lucas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Delhi Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Potterville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Potterville Cemetery is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterville Cemetery
- Cole Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Cole Cemetery is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole Cemetery
- Cedar Bluff Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Cedar Bluff Cemetery is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff Cemetery
- Victor Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Victor Cemetery is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor Cemetery
- Covert Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Covert Cemetery is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert Cemetery
- Mt. Herman Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Elm Creek Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rosette Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- The Rosette Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosette Cemetery
- Zimmerman Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- The Zimmerman Cemetery is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman Cemetery
- IXL Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- The IXL Cemetery is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IXL Cemetery
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- The Bunker Hill Cemetery is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Cemetery
- Bristow Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- The Bristow Cemetery is located in Osborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristow Cemetery
- Spillman Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- The Spillman Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spillman Cemetery
- Pottersburg Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Union Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 18 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Luray Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Luray Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Luray
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Waldo
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lucas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Paradise
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Paradise is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Bunker Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Russell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sylvan Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sylvan Grove is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Sylvan Grove has also been known as:
- Sylvan Grove Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sylvan Grove <5>
- Hunter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Natoma
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Balta ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dorrance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Tipton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Denmark
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Blue Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Hill is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Hill
- Osborne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wilson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Gorham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
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 Luray Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Russell County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Luray Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bunker Hill
- Codell
- Dorrance
- Downs
- Downs lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Luray Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Downs.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
- Lincoln Center
- Lucas
- Luray
- Natoma
- Osborne
- Paradise
- Russell
- Sylvan Grove
- Waldo
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Luray Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Russell 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 Luray Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2174556
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 Russell, 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- Luray 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. |