A visit to the West Point 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 Point Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the West Point Cemetery:
37.5576, -98.4333
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the West Point Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The West Point Cemetery is located in Kingman County<2>.
The county seat for Kingman County is located in Kingman. Kingman lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the east northeast of the West Point Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the West Point Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 17 miles [27.4 km] of the West Point Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from West Point Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cunningham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Cunningham Cemetery is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham Cemetery
- Rural Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Rural Twp. Cemetery is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Twp. Cemetery
- Old Bross Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Old Bross Cemetery is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bross Cemetery
- Liberty Twp. Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Liberty Twp. Cemetery is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Twp. Cemetery
- St. John Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The St. John Cemetery is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Cemetery
- Isabel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Isabel Cemetery is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel Cemetery
- Dresden Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Dresden Cemetery is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden Cemetery
- Cairo Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Cairo Cemetery is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Cemetery
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ellenwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Ellenwood Cemetery is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellenwood Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Nichols Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Nichols Cemetery is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols Cemetery
- Mumford Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- The Mumford Cemetery is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumford Cemetery
- Burgess Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- The Burgess Cemetery is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess Cemetery
- Saratoga Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- The Saratoga Cemetery is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cleveland Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- The Cleveland Cemetery is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Cemetery
- Turin Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- The Turin Cemetery is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turin Cemetery
- Hoosier Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Hoosier Cemetery is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the West Point Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from West Point Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Cunningham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cunningham is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 428 people
- Willowdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Willowdale is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
- Isabel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Isabel is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Nashville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Nashville is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Cairo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo
- Zenda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Penalosa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Penalosa is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penalosa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18 people
- Sawyer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sawyer is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Preston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Elm Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elm Mills is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Mills
- Spivey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Spivey is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spivey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Natrona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Natrona is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lerado
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lerado is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerado
- Turon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Turon is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Former name for Turon:
- Pioneer City
- Pratt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kingman
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jordan Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jordan Springs is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Springs
- Medicine Lodge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rago
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rago is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rago
- Alameda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Alameda is located in Kingman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alameda
- Iuka
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Iuka is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Neola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Neola is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
- Mingona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mingona is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingona
- Pixley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pixley is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
- Sharon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sharon is located in Barber County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Former name for Sharon:
- Bible Valley
- Langdon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Langdon is located in Reno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Coats
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Coats is located in Pratt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 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 Point Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kingman County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The West Point Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Coats
- Cunningham
- Isabel
- Iuka
- Iuka lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the West Point Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Iuka.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Kingman
- Lerado
- Medicine Lodge
- Penalosa
- Pratt
- Pratt lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the West Point Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Pratt.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Sawyer
- Spivey
- Turon
- Zenda
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 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 Point Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kansas:
- Pages specific to Kingman 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 Point Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #474282 (West Point Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #474282 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: Kingman
- Est. Elev: 543 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Saint Leo
- Location given for West Point Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.5577962 Lon: -98.4334112
- 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 Kingman, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Point 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |