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A visit to the Woodlawn Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Woodlawn Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Woodlawn Cemetery (FG ID #94104)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Woodlawn Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Woodlawn Cemetery

Lat:   39.1302°   (39° 7' 48")

Lon:   -94.6315°   (-94° 37' 53")

The Woodlawn Cemetery is located in Wyandotte County<2>.

The county seat for Wyandotte County is located in Kansas City. Kansas City lies just to the southwest of the Woodlawn Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Woodlawn Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Woodlawn Cemetery, with the nearest first.

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Woodlawn Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Woodlawn Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Kansas City
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Riverside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
    • Riverside is located in Platte County (MO)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,528 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverside <6>
  • Quindaro ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Kansas City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • North Kansas City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Avondale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avondale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
    • Avondale is located in Clay County (MO)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
  • Northmoor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northmoor have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
    • Northmoor is located in Platte County (MO)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
  • Houston Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houston Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
    • Houston Lake is located in Platte County (MO)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
  • Turner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Argentine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Woodhill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Parkville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Oaks
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
      • Oaks is located in Clay County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
    • Oakwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
      • Oakwood is located in Clay County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
    • Roeland Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roeland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roeland Park
      • Roeland Park is located in Johnson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,652 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roeland Park <6>
    • Westwood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
      • Westwood is located in Johnson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
    • Mission Woods
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
      • Mission Woods is located in Johnson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Westwood Hills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westwood Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Hills
      • Westwood Hills is located in Johnson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
    • Gladstone
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gladstone have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
      • Gladstone is located in Clay County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,677 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gladstone <6>
    • Oakview
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakview have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakview
      • Oakview is located in Clay County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
    • Oakwood Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakwood Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Park
      • Oakwood Park is located in Clay County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
    • Linden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Linden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
      • Linden is located in Clay County (MO)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Linden
      • From the Woodlawn Cemetery to Linden
    • Lake Waukomis
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Waukomis have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
      • Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
    • Platte Woods
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Platte Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
      • Platte Woods is located in Platte County (MO)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
    • Morris
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Morris. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
      • Morris is located in Wyandotte County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Morris
      • From the Woodlawn Cemetery to Morris
    • Mission
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
      • Mission is located in Johnson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
      • Former name for Mission:
      • Mission Hill Acres
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <6>
    • Countryside
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Countryside have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
      • Countryside is located in Johnson County
    • Fairway
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairway have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway
      • Fairway is located in Johnson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,963 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairway <6>
    • East Kansas City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Kansas City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kansas City
      • East Kansas City is located in Clay County (MO)
    • Randolph
      (7 miles [11.3 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 Woodlawn Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wyandotte County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Woodlawn Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 helpful 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 Woodlawn Cemetery:

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 Woodlawn Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #478628  (Woodlawn Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #478628 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Parkville
    • County: Wyandotte         Elev: 259
    • Location given for GNIS #478628 (Woodlawn Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #94104

The official website for Wyandotte County: www.wycokck.org/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Wyandotte, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Woodlawn Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1302, Longitude: -94.6315    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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