A visit to the Big Spring 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 Big Spring Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Big Spring Cemetery:
37.5720, -85.8227
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Big Spring Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Big Spring Cemetery is located in Larue County<2>.
The county seat for Larue County is located in Hodgenville. Hodgenville lies just to the east of the Big Spring Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Big Spring Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Big Spring Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Big Spring Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Williams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Red Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Red Hill Cemetery is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Cemetery
- McCanless Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The McCanless Cemetery is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCanless Cemetery
- Castleman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Castleman Cemetery is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleman Cemetery
- Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2168783 <5>
- Daugherty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Daugherty Cemetery is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daugherty Cemetery
- Elizabethtown Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Old Stone Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stone Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Stone Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Cemetery
- Bland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Bland Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland Cemetery
- Brashear Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Brashear Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brashear Cemetery
- Big Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Big Springs Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Hodgenville.
- The Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #647502 <5>
- Thomas Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Thomas Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Cemetery
- McCullum Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The McCullum Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullum Cemetery
- St. James Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The St. James Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Cemetery
- Holy Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Holy Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cemetery
- Jeffries Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Jeffries Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffries Cemetery
- Old St. Ignatius Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Upton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Upton Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton Cemetery
- Leesville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Leesville Cemetery is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville Cemetery
- St. Joachim Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The St. Joachim Cemetery is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joachim Cemetery
- Potts Spring Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Potts Spring Cemetery is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potts Spring Cemetery
- Neff Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Neff Cemetery is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neff Cemetery
- Harris Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris 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 Big Spring Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Big Spring Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Tonieville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tonieville is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonieville
- Glendale Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale Junction is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Junction
- Sonora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hodgenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Glendale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nolin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nolin is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolin
- Buffalo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Gaithers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gaithers is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaithers
- Upton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- White City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Star Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Star Mills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Mills
- Elizabethtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Magnolia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
- Roanoke
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roanoke is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roanoke
- Cecilia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flint Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Flint Hill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Melrose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Hammonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hammonville is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammonville
- Hansbrough
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hansbrough is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansbrough
- Seven Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Corners is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Corners
- Mount Sherman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Sherman is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sherman
- Tunnel Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tunnel Hills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Hills
- Saint John
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saint John is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Stephensburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Stephensburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephensburg
- Old Stephensburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Old Stephensburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Stephensburg
- White Mills Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- White Mills Junction is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills Junction
- White Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- White Mills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mills
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 Big Spring Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Larue County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Big Spring Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Elizabethtown
- Hodgenville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Big Spring Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Larue 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 Big Spring Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #487267 (Big Spring Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #487267 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: Larue
- Est. Elev: 212 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Tonieville
- Location given for Big Spring Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.5720049 Lon: -85.8227397
- 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 Kentucky's counties, including Larue, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Big Spring 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. |
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