A visit to the Walnut Valley Memorial Park ...
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 Walnut Valley Memorial Park ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Walnut Valley Memorial Park:
37.8118, -96.8996
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Walnut Valley Memorial Park can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Walnut Valley Memorial Park is located in Butler County<2>.
The county seat for Butler County is located in El Dorado. El Dorado lies just to the east of the Walnut Valley Memorial Park .
Open a Google Map centered on the Walnut Valley Memorial Park.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Walnut Valley Memorial Park.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Walnut Valley Memorial Park, with the nearest first.
- Sunset Lawns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Sunset Lawns Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Lawns Cemetery
- Belle Vista Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Belle Vista Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vista Cemetery
- Baker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Baker Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
- Towanda Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Towanda Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towanda Cemetery
- Sutton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Sutton Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton Cemetery
- Sherman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Sherman Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Cemetery
- Foster Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Foster Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Butts - Wakefield Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Economy Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Economy Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy Cemetery
- Pontiac Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Pontiac Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- McGill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shafer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Shafer Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafer Cemetery
- Benton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Benton Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Cemetery
- Indianola Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Indianola Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianola Cemetery
- Garrison Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Garrison Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Leon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2378393 <5>
- Chelsea Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Chelsea Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea Cemetery
- Ridgeway Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Ridgeway Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway Cemetery
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]<3> of the Walnut Valley Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Walnut Valley Memorial Park, with the nearest first:
- El Dorado
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Midian
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Midian is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midian
- Towanda
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hopkins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hopkins is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins
- Prospect
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Prospect is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
- Haverhill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Haverhill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
- Augusta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pickrell Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pickrell Corner is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickrell Corner
- Chelsea ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Chelsea is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Leon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
- Leon has also been known as:
- West Leon
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <6>
- Pontiac
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pontiac is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
- Potwin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Potwin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- De Graff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- De Graff is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Graff
- Benton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lorena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lorena is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorena
- Sunset Acres
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Acres is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Acres
- Bois d'Arc
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bois d'Arc is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bois d'Arc
- Brainerd
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brainerd is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brainerd
- Prairie Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Prairie Village is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
- Andover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Andover is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,672 people
- Andover has also been known as:
- Cloud City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Andover <6>
- Salter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Salter is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Rosalia
(15 miles [24.1 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 Walnut Valley Memorial Park. The following communities are located in Butler County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Walnut Valley Memorial Park.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Andover
- Augusta
- Brainerd
- El Dorado
- Potwin
- Rosalia
- Towanda
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 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 Walnut Valley Memorial Park:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Butler 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 Walnut Valley Memorial Park:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #474583 (Walnut Valley Memorial Park)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #474583 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: Butler
- Est. Elev: 410 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: El Dorado SW
- Location given for Walnut Valley Memorial Park:
- Lat: 37.811962 Lon: -96.8989206
- 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 Butler, 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- Walnut Valley Memorial Park) 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. |