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A visit to the Salem 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 Salem Cemetery ...

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

37.3172, -96.8708

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Salem Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Salem Cemetery is located in Cowley County<2>.

The county seat for Cowley County is located in Winfield. Winfield lies just to the southwest of the Salem Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Salem Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> of the Salem Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Tisdale Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • The Tisdale Cemetery is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisdale Cemetery
  • Silver Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • The Silver Creek Cemetery is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Cemetery
  • Union - Graham Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • The Union - Graham Cemetery is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union - Graham Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Union - Graham Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Winfield.
    • The Union - Graham Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Graham Cemetery
    • North Cemetery
    • Union Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #93956 <5>
  • St. Mary's Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • The St. Mary's Cemetery is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
  • Fairview - Griffith Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Burden Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • The Burden Cemetery is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden Cemetery
  • Grand Prairie Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • The Grand Prairie Cemetery is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Prairie Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Grand Prairie Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Burden.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92567 <5>
  • Akron Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • The Akron Cemetery is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron Cemetery
  • Cowley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • The Cowley Cemetery is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowley Cemetery
  • Stalter Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • The Stalter Cemetery is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stalter Cemetery
  • Highland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • The Highland Cemetery is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
  • Prairie Ridge Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • The Prairie Ridge Cemetery is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ridge Cemetery
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Rose Valley Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • The Rose Valley Cemetery is located in Cowley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley Cemetery
    • Cambridge Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • The Cambridge Cemetery is located in Cowley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Cemetery
      • The Cambridge Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Windsor Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94091 <5>
    • Widener Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Widener Cemetery is located in Cowley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widener Cemetery
    • Star Valley Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • The Star Valley Cemetery is located in Cowley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Valley Cemetery
    • Mt. Vernon Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Cowley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    • Mt. Vernon Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Cowley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    • Muqbra Muslim Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • The Muqbra Muslim Cemetery is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muqbra Muslim Cemetery
    • Brookshire Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • The Brookshire Cemetery is located in Cowley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookshire Cemetery
    • South Bend Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • The South Bend Cemetery is located in Cowley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bend Cemetery
    • Liberty Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • The Liberty Cemetery is located in Cowley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
    • Dexter Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • The Dexter Cemetery is located in Cowley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Cemetery
    • Lone Star Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • The Lone Star Cemetery is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Salem Cemetery.

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

  • New Salem
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • New Salem is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
  • Floral
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Floral is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral
  • Wilmot
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Wilmot is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
  • Tisdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Tisdale is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisdale
  • Burden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Winfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Eaton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Eaton is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
  • Akron
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Akron is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron
  • Atlanta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Dale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Dale is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
  • Cambridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Cambridge is located in Cowley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
  • Rock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Dexter
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Kellogg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Kellogg is located in Cowley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
    • Smileyville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Smileyville is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smileyville
    • Tresham
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Tresham is located in Cowley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresham
    • Vinton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Vinton is located in Cowley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
    • Wingate
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Wingate is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
    • Udall
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Glen Crouse
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Glen Crouse is located in Cowley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Crouse
    • Douglass
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Clay Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Clay Center is located in Butler County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Center
    • Oxford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Oxford is located in Sumner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 988 people
      • Former name for Oxford:
      • Hapawalla
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <6>
    • Cameron
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Cameron is located in Cowley County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
      • Cameron has also been known as:
      • Cameron City

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 Salem Cemetery. The following communities are located in Cowley County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 Salem Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Kansas:
  • Pages specific to Cowley 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 Salem Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #469905  (Salem Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #469905 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: Cowley
      • Est. Elev: 397 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Burden
      • Location given for Salem Cemetery:
      • Lat: 37.3175246     Lon: -96.8708667
      • 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 Cowley, 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 from Point A (ie- Salem 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.