A visit to the Union 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 Union Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Union Cemetery:
39.0244, -97.1861
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Union Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Union Cemetery is located in Dickinson County<2>.
The county seat for Dickinson County is located in Abilene. Abilene lies just to the south southwest of the Union Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Union Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the Union Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Henry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Henry Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Henry Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northeast of Talmage.
- The Henry Cemetery has also been known as:
- Henry Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92673 <5>
- Prairiedale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Prairiedale Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairiedale Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Abilene Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Detroit Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Detroit Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Greenridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Greenridge Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge Cemetery
- The Greenridge Cemetery has also been known as:
- Green Ridge Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92584 <5>
- Keystone Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Indian Hill Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hill Cemetery
- White Cloud Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The White Cloud Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cloud Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Farmington Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Farmington Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- Lutheran Cemetery #17
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Lutheran Cemetery #17 is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheran Cemetery #17
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- Good Hope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Good Hope Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Cemetery
- Athelstane Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Athelstane Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athelstane Cemetery
- Swartwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Swartwood Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swartwood Cemetery
- Prairie Mound Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scheiller Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Scheiller Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scheiller Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Laid - Upland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Laid - Upland Cemetery is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laid - Upland Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Buckeye
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Buckeye is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Talmage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Talmage is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage
- Abilene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Detroit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Detroit is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Industry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Industry is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industry
- Manchester
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Manchester is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Enterprise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chapman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Upland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Upland is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upland
- Solomon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Longford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Longford is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Longford has also been known as:
- Longford Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Longford <6>
- Acme
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Acme is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Alida
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alida is located in Geary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
- Vine Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Vine Creek is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Creek
- Former name for Vine Creek:
- Vine
- Niles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Niles is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Kansas Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kansas Falls is located in Geary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas Falls
- Navarre
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Navarre is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre
- Wakefield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ackley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ackley is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackley
- Lyona
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lyona is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyona
- Oak Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24 people
- Milford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ladysmith
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ladysmith is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladysmith
- Verdi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Verdi is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdi
- Holland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Holland is located in Dickinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Wreford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wreford is located in Geary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wreford
- Junction City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
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 Union Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Dickinson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Abilene
- Chapman
- Detroit
- Enterprise
- Junction City
- Longford
- Milford
- Niles
- Oak Hill
- Solomon
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 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 Union Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Dickinson 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 Union Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #476486 (Union Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #476486 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: Dickinson
- Est. Elev: 409 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Buckeye
- Location given for Union Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.024442 Lon: -97.1858525
- 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 Dickinson, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Union 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. |