A visit to the Parallel 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 Parallel Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Parallel Cemetery (FG ID #1960722)
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 Parallel Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Parallel Cemetery
Lat: 39.5670° (39° 34' 1")
Lon: -97.1348° (-97° 8' 5")
The Parallel Cemetery is located in Washington County<2>.
The county seat for Washington County is located in Washington. Washington lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Parallel Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Parallel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Parallel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Peats Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Garfield Center Mission Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Washington County
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93704 <1>
- St. Louis Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sherman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Center Mission Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Mission Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center Mission Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Center Mission Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Morganville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morganville Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morganville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Morganville Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Spiers Memorial Arch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton IOOF Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brethren in Christ Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brethren in Christ Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brethren in Christ Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Brethren in Christ Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Goshen Central Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Appleton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hayes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hayes Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hayes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Hayes Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Spence Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Zion Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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 Parallel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Parallel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Garfield Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oscar ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oscar have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Oscar is located in Clay County
- Palmer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Morganville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kimeo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kimeo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimeo
- Kimeo is located in Washington County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Kimeo
- From the Parallel Cemetery to Kimeo
- Clifton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Linn
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Vining
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vining have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
- Vining is located in Clay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42 people
- Green
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clay Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- May Day
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chepstow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Greenleaf
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenleaf have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Greenleaf is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 303 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenleaf <7>
- Saint Joseph
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lasita ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lasita have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasita
- Lasita is located in Riley County
- Clyde
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clyde have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Clyde is located in Cloud County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 647 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <7>
- Idana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Idana. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idana
- Idana is located in Clay County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Idana
- From the Parallel Cemetery to Idana
- Brantford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ames
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Broughton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Winkler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Winkler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler
- Winkler is located in Riley County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Winkler
- From the Parallel Cemetery to Winkler
- Barnes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Washington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Browndale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Agenda
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Agenda have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agenda
- Agenda is located in Republic County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64 people
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 Parallel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Washington County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Parallel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ames
- Clay Center
- Clyde
- Green
- Greenleaf
- Idana
- Idana lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Parallel Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Idana.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idana
- Linn
- Linn lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Parallel Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Linn.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
- Morganville
- Palmer
- Washington
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Parallel Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Washington County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Parallel Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Parallel Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
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 Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
<3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Parallel Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5670, Longitude: -97.1348 |
<4> | 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. |
<5> | 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. |
<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. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |