A visit to the West Liberty 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 West Liberty Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the West Liberty Cemetery:
37.9784, -94.6574
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the West Liberty Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The West Liberty Cemetery is located in Bourbon County<2>.
The county seat for Bourbon County is located in Fort Scott. Fort Scott lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south southwest of the West Liberty Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the West Liberty Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the West Liberty Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from West Liberty Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Barnesville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Osaga Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Osaga Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaga Cemetery
- Glendale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Glendale Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Cemetery
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Maple Grove Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Cemetery
- Kaufman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Kaufman Cemetery is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaufman Cemetery
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The East Liberty Cemetery is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Liberty Cemetery
- Underwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Underwood Cemetery is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underwood Cemetery
- Lawrence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Lawrence Cemetery is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Cemetery
- Prescott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Prescott Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Prescott Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Prescott.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1986369 <5>
- Turley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Turley Cemetery is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turley Cemetery
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- Holmes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Holmes Cemetery is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Cemetery
- The Holmes Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holmes Family Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Union Center Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Union Center Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center Cemetery
- Coleman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Coleman Cemetery is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Cemetery
- Avondale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Avondale Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The White Cemetery is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- Richland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Richland Cemetery is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the West Liberty Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from West Liberty Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Barnesville ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Barnesville is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Hammond
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Fulton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stotesbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stotesbury is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Prescott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Prescott is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Richards
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Richards is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Hume
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hume is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Devon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Devon is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devon
- Bell Town ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bell Town is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Town
- Fort Scott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
- Fort Scott has also been known as:
- Fort Scott City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <6>
- Metz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Metz is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Deerfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deerfield is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Temple ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Temple is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Mapleton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mapleton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Berlin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Berlin is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Marmaton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marmaton is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmaton
- Edward
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Edward is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edward
- Pleasanton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Worland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Worland is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worland
- Mound City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Redfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Redfield is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Ronald
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ronald is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronald
- Godfrey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Godfrey is located in Bourbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godfrey
- Horton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Horton is located in Vernon County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- New Home
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Home is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
- Foster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Foster is located in Bates County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
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 West Liberty Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bourbon County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The West Liberty Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Fort Scott
- Foster
- Foster lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the West Liberty Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Foster.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Hume
- Hume lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the West Liberty Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hume.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- Mapleton
- Metz
- Metz lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the East (E) of the West Liberty Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Metz.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Mound City
- Pleasanton
- Redfield
- Richards
- Worland
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 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 West Liberty Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Bourbon 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 West Liberty Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #474568 (West Liberty Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #474568 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: Bourbon
- Est. Elev: 256 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hammond
- Location given for West Liberty Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.9786474 Lon: -94.6574584
- 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 Bourbon, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- West Liberty 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. |