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A visit to the Old Saint Joseph Cemetery ...

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 Old St. Joseph Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old St. Joseph Cemetery

Lat:   37.9122°   (37° 54' 43")

Lon:   -99.6436°   (-99° 38' 36")

The Old St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Ford County<1>.

The county seat for Ford County is located in Dodge City. Dodge City lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Old St. Joseph Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 21 miles [33.8 km] of the Old St. Joseph Cemetery.<3>

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

  • St. Joseph Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Joseph Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Ford County
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Ford County
  • Saint Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Silent Land Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Silent Land Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Silent Land Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Silent Land Cemetery is located in Ford County
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Ford County
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Cross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Ford County
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hillside Cemetery is located in Edwards County
  • St. Nicholas Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Nicholas Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Nicholas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Nicholas Cemetery is located in Edwards County
  • Old Kinsley Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Kinsley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Kinsley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Old Kinsley Cemetery is located in Edwards County
  • Salem Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Salem Cemetery is located in Edwards County
  • St. Anthony Parish Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pleasant Valley Cemetery is located in Ford County
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Lutheran Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Edwards County
    • Pleasant Vale Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Vale Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Vale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pleasant Vale Cemetery is located in Ford County
    • Hanston Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Mennonite Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Fairmount Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bethel Cemetery is located in Edwards County
    • Browns Grove Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Kansas Veterans' Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kansas Veterans' Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kansas Veterans' Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Kansas Veterans' Cemetery is located in Ford County
    • Ford Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ford Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ford Cemetery is located in Ford County
    • Trotter Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trotter Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trotter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Trotter Cemetery is located in Edwards County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 21 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> of the Old St. Joseph Cemetery.

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

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 Old St. Joseph Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Ford County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old St. Joseph Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Bucklin
  • Burdett
    • Burdett lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Old St. Joseph Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Burdett.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
  • Dodge City
  • Ford
    • Ford lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Old St. Joseph Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Ford.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
  • Fort Dodge
  • Garfield
  • Hanston
    • Hanston lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Old St. Joseph Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hanston.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanston
  • Jetmore
  • Kinsley
  • Lewis
    • Lewis lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the East (E) of the Old St. Joseph Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lewis.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
  • Mullinville
  • Offerle
    • Offerle lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Old St. Joseph Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Offerle.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Offerle
  • Spearville

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 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 Old St. Joseph Cemetery:

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 Old St. Joseph Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #473535  (Old Saint Joseph Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #473535 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: Offerle NW
    • County: Hodgeman         Elev: 708
    • Location given for GNIS #473535 (Old Saint Joseph Cemetery)

The official website for Ford County: www.fordcounty.net/

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 Ford, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Old St. Joseph Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9122, Longitude: -99.6436    
<3>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.
<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>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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
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