A visit to the Saint Michael's Catholic 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 St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery (FG ID #2158532)
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 St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery
Lat: 39.5961° (39° 35' 45")
Lon: -96.9981° (-96° 59' 53")
The cemetery is located in Washington County<3>.
As an estimate, the St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the west of Palmer.
The county seat for Washington County is located in Washington. Washington lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the north of the St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery .
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Spence Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Appleton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chepstow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Spiers Memorial Arch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen Central Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Boniface Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Boniface Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Boniface Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The St. Boniface Cemetery is located in Washington County
- St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Louis Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Peats Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Parallel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Center Mission Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Center Mission Cemetery is located in Clay County
- May Day Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Round Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Kimeo
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Chepstow
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Linn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Palmer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Garfield Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oscar ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oscar have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscar
- Oscar is located in Clay County
- May Day
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greenleaf
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenleaf have been provided by the GNIS.<6> 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>
- Barnes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Green
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Winkler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lasita ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lasita have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasita
- Lasita is located in Riley County
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- Morganville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Waterville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Washington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Vining
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vining have been provided by the GNIS.<6> 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
- Clifton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Clay Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leonardville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Walsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Randolph
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Rapids
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blue Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Rapids
- Blue Rapids is located in Marshall County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue Rapids <7>
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. Michael's Catholic 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 St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bala
- Bala lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the South (S) of the St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bala.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bala
- Blue Rapids
- Clay Center
- Green
- Green lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the South (S) of the St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Green.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Greenleaf
- Leonardville
- Linn
- Linn lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the Northwest (NW) of the St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Linn.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn
- Morganville
- Palmer
- Palmer lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Palmer.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Randolph
- Washington
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 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 St. Michael's Catholic 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 St. Michael's Catholic 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 St. Michael's Catholic 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions 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 St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5961, Longitude: -96.9981 |
<3> | 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. |
<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> | 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. |
<6> | 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. |
<7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |