A visit to the Osage Valley 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 Osage Valley Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Osage Valley Cemetery (FG ID #93264).
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 Osage Valley Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Osage Valley Cemetery:
38.0315, -95.0970
The Osage Valley Cemetery is located in Allen County<2>.
The county seat for Allen County is located in Iola. Iola lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Osage Valley Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Osage Valley Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Osage Valley Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Osage Valley Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gillham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Gillham Cemetery is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillham Cemetery
- Boulware Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Blue Mound Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Blue Mound Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mound Cemetery
- Kincaid Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ensminger Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Ensminger Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensminger Cemetery
- Stevenson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sunny Slope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Elm Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Moran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Moran Cemetery is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Bronson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Bronson Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronson Cemetery
- Northway Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Northway Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northway Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Oakwood Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ozark Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Turkey Creek Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Turkey Creek Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Creek Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Mapleton Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Campbell Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Osage Valley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Osage Valley Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bayard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kincaid
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kincaid is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kincaid
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
- Mildred
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mildred is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Estimated population in 2019: 23 people
- Xenia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blue Mound
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Selma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Moran
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lone Elm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bronson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mapleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Bush City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bush City is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush City
- Critzer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- La Harpe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Uniontown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Uniontown is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Welda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Colony
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Colony is located in Anderson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
- Gas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elsmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Devon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carlyle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Iola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mound City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Osage Valley Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Allen County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Osage Valley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bronson
- Colony
- Elsmore
- Iola
- Iola lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Osage Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Iola.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
- Kincaid
- La Harpe
- Mapleton
- Mildred
- Moran
- Moran lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Osage Valley Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Moran.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran
- Mound City
- Redfield
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 Osage Valley Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Allen 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 Osage Valley Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #93264
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 Allen, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Osage Valley 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. |