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A visit to the Norman 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 Norman Cemetery ...

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

39.1042, -99.1578

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Norman Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Norman Cemetery is located in Ellis County<2>.

The county seat for Ellis County is located in Hays. Hays lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Norman Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Norman 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 Norman Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Conger East Paradise Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • The Conger East Paradise Cemetery is located in Rooks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conger East Paradise Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Conger East Paradise Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Codell.
    • The Conger East Paradise Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Conger Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92230 <5>
  • Center Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • The Center Cemetery is located in Rooks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cemetery
  • Paradise Center Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • The Paradise Center Cemetery is located in Rooks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Center Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Paradise Center Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Codell.
    • The Paradise Center Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Codell Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1966834 <5>
  • St. Severin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • The St. Severin Cemetery is located in Ellis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Severin Cemetery
  • Conger Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • The Conger Cemetery is located in Rooks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conger Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Conger Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Codell.
  • Fairport Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • The Fairport Cemetery is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport Cemetery
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Ellis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
  • Naomi Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • The Naomi Cemetery is located in Osborne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naomi Cemetery
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Rooks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiloh Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Codell.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93779 <5>
  • Plainville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • The Plainville Cemetery is located in Rooks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Plainville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Plainville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93316 <5>
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Rooks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sacred Heart Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Plainville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2132251 <5>
  • Mt. Herman Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • St. Catharina Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Aurora Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • The Aurora Cemetery is located in Rooks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora Cemetery
    • Twin Mound Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • The Twin Mound Cemetery is located in Rooks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Mound Cemetery
    • St. Andrew Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • The St. Andrew Cemetery is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Andrew Cemetery
    • Lutheran Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Osborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheran Cemetery
    • Hyacinth Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • The Hyacinth Cemetery is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyacinth Cemetery
    • Round Mound Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • The Round Mound Cemetery is located in Osborne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mound Cemetery
    • Chalk Mound Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • The Chalk Mound Cemetery is located in Rooks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Mound Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 19 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Norman Cemetery.

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

  • Turkville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Turkville is located in Ellis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkville
  • Codell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Codell is located in Rooks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codell
    • Former name for Codell:
    • Florreyville
  • Natoma
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Emmeram
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Emmeram is located in Ellis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmeram
  • Plainville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Catharine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Catharine is located in Ellis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
    • Catharine has also been known as:
    • Catherine
  • Paradise
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Paradise is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
  • Walker
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Walker is located in Ellis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
  • Hays
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hays is located in Ellis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,829 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hays <6>
  • Victoria
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Victoria is located in Ellis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
  • Gorham
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Zurich
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Zurich is located in Rooks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zurich
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Toulon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Toulon is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
    • Yocemento
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Yocemento is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocemento
    • Waldo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Waldo is located in Russell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
      • Former name for Waldo:
      • Pleasant Run
    • Balta ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Balta is located in Russell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balta
    • Hog Back
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Hog Back is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Back
    • Munjor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Munjor is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munjor
    • Russell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)

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 Norman Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Ellis County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Norman Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Kansas:
  • Pages specific to Ellis 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 Norman Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #472523  (Norman Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #472523 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: Ellis
      • Est. Elev: 556 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Turkville
      • Location given for Norman Cemetery:
      • Lat: 39.1044553     Lon: -99.1578735
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Ellis, 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- Norman 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>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.
    <6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.