A visit to the Mennonite Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
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 Mennonite Cemetery ...
The Mennonite Cemetery is located in Lyon County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Badger Creek Cemetery
- Bailey Cemetery
- Chicago Mound Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
- Forest Hill Cemetery
- Fowler Cemetery
- The Fowler Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- Hartford Cemetery
- The Hartford Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford Cemetery
- Lena Valley Cemetery
- The Lena Valley Cemetery is located in Greenwood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena Valley Cemetery
- Lincoln Cemetery
- The Lincoln Cemetery is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Cemetery
- Maydale Cemetery
- The Maydale Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maydale Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- St. Lawrence Catholic Cemetery
- St. Lawrence Cemetery
- St. Mary's Cemetery
- The St. Mary's Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
- Strawn Cemetery
- The Strawn Cemetery is located in Coffey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawn Cemetery
- Union 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 Mennonite Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Berkeley Hills
- Berkeley Hills is located in Lyon County
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- Burlington
- Emporia Junction
- Emporia Junction is located in Lyon County
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- Emporia
- Gridley
- Gridley is located in Coffey County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
- Halls Summit
- Hartford
- Jacobs Creek Landing
- Lamont
- Lang
- Lebo
- Madison
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Merrick
- Neosho Rapids
- New Strawn
- Olivet
- Olpe
- Ottumwa
- Plymouth
- Plymouth is located in Lyon County
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- Reading
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 Mennonite Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lyon County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mennonite Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Burlington
- Emporia
- Gridley
- Halls Summit
- Hartford
- Lebo
- Neosho Rapids
- Olivet
- Reading
- Virgil
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 Mennonite Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Lyon 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 Mennonite Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #477429 (Mennonite Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #477429 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: Lyon
- Est. Elev: 342 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Emporia SE
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Lyon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mennonite Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |