A visit to the Smith 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 Smith Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Smith Cemetery:
38.9342, -94.8530
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Smith Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Smith Cemetery is located in Johnson County<2>.
The county seat for Johnson County is located in Olathe. Olathe lies just to the south southeast of the Smith Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Smith Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 31 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Smith Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Murphy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Murphy Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Cemetery
- Shawnee Mission Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Olathe Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maupin Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Monticello Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Monticello Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello Cemetery
- Boles Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. John Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Strang Mausoleum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Strang Mausoleum is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strang Mausoleum
- Lenexa Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Lenexa Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenexa Cemetery
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Riverview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Riverview Cemetery is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Cemetery
- Lenape Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Lenape Cemetery is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenape Cemetery
- De Soto Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The De Soto Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Cemetery
- St. Columbia Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Columbia Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Columbia Cemetery
- Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Family Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Family Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Resurrection Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bonner Springs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Elm Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Elm Grove Cemetery is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Cemetery
- Chance Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Chance Cemetery is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance Cemetery
- Prairie Center Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Four Corners Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Four Corners Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners Cemetery
- Johnson County Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Antioch Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Antioch Pioneer Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Pioneer Cemetery
- The Antioch Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Antioch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2169626 <5>
- Shawnee Indian Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shawnee Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Shawnee Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Cemetery
- Edwardsville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Edwardsville Cemetery is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Olathe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Monticello
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Monticello is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Zarah
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Zarah is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zarah
- De Soto
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lenexa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Loring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Loring is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loring
- Shawnee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clare
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Clare is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Holliday
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Holliday is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliday
- Wilder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wilder is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
- Lake Quivira
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Quivira is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Quivira
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Clearview City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Clearview City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview City
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Gardner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Overland Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Merriam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morris
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Morris is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Grinter Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Grinter Heights is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinter Heights
- Edwardsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Linwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Linwood is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
- Linwood has also been known as:
- Big Stranger
- Johnny Cake
- Journeycake
- Bonner Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Weaver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Weaver is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Hesper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hesper is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesper
- Spring Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Spring Hill is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,871 people
- Spring Hill has also been known as:
- Spring Hill Station
- Springfield
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Hill <6>
- Leawood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Prairie Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Countryside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Mission
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mission is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
- Former name for Mission:
- Mission Hill Acres
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <6>
- Argentine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Argentine is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Turner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Turner is located in Wyandotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
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 Smith Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Johnson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Argentine
- Bonner Springs
- De Soto
- Lenexa
- Linwood
- Merriam
- Olathe
- Overland Park
- Shawnee
- Spring Hill
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Johnson 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2087381 (Smith Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2087381 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: Johnson
- Est. Elev: 323 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Olathe
- Location given for Smith Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.9338889 Lon: -94.8527778
- 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 Johnson, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Smith 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. |