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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 Powhattan Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   39.7681°   (39° 46' 5")

Lon:   -95.6292°   (-95° 37' 45")

The Powhattan Cemetery is located in Brown County<1>.

The county seat for Brown County is located in Hiawatha. Hiawatha lies just to the northeast of the Powhattan Cemetery .

Name Variations for Powhattan Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Powhattan Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Grand Prairie Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 Powhattan Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Kansas:
  • Pages specific to Brown 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 Powhattan Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Powhattan Cemetery.

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

    • Powhattan
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powhattan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
      • Powhattan is located in Brown County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Baker ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baker have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
      • Baker is located in Brown County
    • Mercier
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mercier have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercier
      • Mercier is located in Brown County
    • Willis
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
      • Willis is located in Brown County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
    • Hiawatha
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairview
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Horton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Granada
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granada
      • Granada is located in Nemaha County
      • Granada has also been known as:
      • Pleasant Point
      • Pleasant Spring
    • Hamlin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamlin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
      • Hamlin is located in Brown County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
      • Hamlin has also been known as:
      • Hamilton
    • Capioma
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capioma
      • Capioma is located in Nemaha County
    • Morrill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morrill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrill
      • Morrill is located in Brown County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
    • Padonia
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padonia
      • Padonia is located in Brown County
    • Continue List   (12 more) ...
      • Netawaka
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Netawaka have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netawaka
        • Netawaka is located in Jackson County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
      • Whiting
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whiting have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
        • Whiting is located in Jackson County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
      • Everest
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Robinson
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
        • Robinson is located in Brown County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
      • Woodlawn
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
        • Woodlawn is located in Nemaha County
      • Wetmore
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wetmore have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetmore
        • Wetmore is located in Nemaha County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wetmore <4>
      • Sabetha
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Reserve
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
        • Reserve is located in Brown County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
      • Muscotah
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscotah
        • Muscotah is located in Atchison County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
      • Purcell
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
        • Purcell is located in Doniphan County
      • Leona
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
        • Leona is located in Doniphan County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
      • Berwick
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berwick have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
        • Berwick is located in Nemaha County

    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 Powhattan Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Brown County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    • Everest
    • Hamlin
    • Hiawatha
    • Horton
    • Leona
    • Morrill
    • Muscotah
    • Netawaka
    • Oneida
      • Oneida lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Powhattan Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Oneida.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
    • Robinson
    • Sabetha
    • Wetmore
    • Whiting
    • Willis
      • Willis lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Powhattan Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Willis.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Powhattan Cemetery.<5>

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

    • St. Peters Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
    • Kickapoo Indian Church Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Comet Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • The Comet Cemetery is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Comet Cemetery
    • St. Paul Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Cemetery
    • Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Old Fairview Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Fairview Cemetery is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Fairview Cemetery
    • Claytonville Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • The Claytonville Cemetery is located in Brown County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Claytonville Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the north of Hiawatha.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Claytonville Cemetery
    • Carson Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Carson Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • The Carson Cemetery is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carson Cemetery
    • Fairview City Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The Fairview City Cemetery is located in Brown County
      • The Fairview City Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Lambertson Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview City Cemetery
    • Tyler Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • The Tyler Cemetery is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tyler Cemetery
    • Jessepe Indian Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • The Jessepe Indian Cemetery is located in Brown County
      • The Jessepe Indian Cemetery has also been known as:
      • She Wa Ka Ah Cemetery
      • Swah Kah Ah Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jessepe Indian Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2472036 <7>
    • Niles Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • The Niles Cemetery is located in Brown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Niles Cemetery
    • Continue List   (9 more) ...
      • Shelton Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shelton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Shelton Cemetery is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shelton Cemetery
      • St. Augustine's Fidelity Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • The St. Augustine's Fidelity Cemetery is located in Nemaha County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Augustine's Fidelity Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the north of Sabetha.
        • The St. Augustine's Fidelity Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Fidelity Cemetery
        • St. Augustine Catholic Cemetery
        • St. Augustine's Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Augustine's Fidelity Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1574705 <7>
      • Mt. Hope Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Hiawatha Cemetery
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hiawatha Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Hiawatha Cemetery is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hiawatha Cemetery
      • Dunkard Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dunkard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Dunkard Cemetery is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunkard Cemetery
      • Granada Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Wheatland Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Horton Municipal Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Carr Cemetery
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • The Carr Cemetery is located in Brown County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carr Cemetery

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

    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 Powhattan Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #472973  (Powhattan Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #472973 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: Fairview
      • County: Brown         Elev: 363
      • Location given for GNIS #472973 (Powhattan Cemetery)

    The official website for Brown County: www.brown.kansasgov.com/

    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 Brown, 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 Powhattan Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7681, Longitude: -95.6292    
    <3>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.
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>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.
    <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>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.




 

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