A visit to the Saint Josephs 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 St. Josephs Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Josephs Cemetery:
39.4194, -95.3191
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Jefferson County<2>.
The county seat for Jefferson County is located in Oskaloosa. Oskaloosa lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the south of the St. Josephs Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Josephs Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the St. Josephs Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Josephs Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Nortonville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Nortonville Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortonville Cemetery
- Hart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hart Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart Cemetery
- Neill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Neill Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neill Cemetery
- Corpus Christi Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cummings District Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Cummings District Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings District Cemetery
- The Cummings District Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cummings Cemetery
- Woodson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185645 <5>
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hull Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hull Grove Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Grove Cemetery
- Pardee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Pardee Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pardee Cemetery
- Robinson Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Monrovia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Monrovia Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia Cemetery
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Spring Grove Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove Cemetery
- Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Springhill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Springhill Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill Cemetery
- Effingham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Effingham Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Effingham Cemetery
- Coal Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Coal Creek Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek Cemetery
- Round Mound Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Round Mound Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mound Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Round Mound Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the southwest of Atchison.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93551 <5>
- St. Anns Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Earnst Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Earnst Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earnst Cemetery
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Mary's Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
- Wise Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Wise Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Cemetery
- The Wise Cemetery has also been known as:
- Winchester Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94095 <5>
- Fairview Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Camp Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Camp Creek Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Creek 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 St. Josephs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Josephs Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Nortonville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cummings
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Boyle
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Boyle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyle
- Farmington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Monrovia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Winchester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dunavant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dunavant is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Effingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Falls is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
- Valley Falls has also been known as:
- Sautrelle
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley Falls <6>
- Potter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Potter is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Half Mound
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Half Mound is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Mound
- Lancaster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Arrington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Arrington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- Arrington has also been known as:
- Arrington Mineral Springs
- Arrington Springs
- Easton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Easton is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Former name for Easton:
- Eastin
- Lake Shore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Shore is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Larkinburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Larkinburg is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinburg
- Ozawkie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oskaloosa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lowemont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lowemont is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowemont
- Atchison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Muscotah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Muscotah is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscotah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Springdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Springdale is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Port Williams
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Huron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Huron is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 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 St. Josephs Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jefferson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Josephs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arrington
- Atchison
- Easton
- Effingham
- Muscotah
- Nortonville
- Oskaloosa
- Ozawkie
- Potter
- Valley Falls
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 St. Josephs Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Jefferson 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 St. Josephs Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #478237 (Saint Josephs Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #478237 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: Jefferson
- Est. Elev: 350 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Nortonville
- Location given for Saint Josephs Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.4194426 Lon: -95.3194169
- 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 Jefferson, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- St. Josephs 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. |