A visit to the Brown 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 Brown Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Brown Cemetery (FG ID #1977380).
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 Brown Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Brown Cemetery:
36.9043, -83.3339
The Brown Cemetery is located in Harlan County<2>.
The county seat for Harlan County is located in Harlan. Harlan lies just to the south of the Brown Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Brown Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Brown Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Nolan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Holbrook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Holbrook Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook Cemetery
- Wilder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Wilder Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder Cemetery
- Sergent Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Sergent Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergent Cemetery
- Resthaven Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Resthaven Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Cemetery
- Howard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Howard Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Cemetery
- Gross Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Gross Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross Cemetery
- Huff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Huff Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff Cemetery
- Gabes Branch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Gabes Branch Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabes Branch Cemetery
- Honey Branch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Honey Branch Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Branch Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Turner Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Evarts Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Middleton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Halls Rest Haven Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coldiron Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Coldiron Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldiron Cemetery
- Jesse Brock Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Beech Grove Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove Cemetery
- Burkhart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Burkhart Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhart Cemetery
- Rainbow Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Rainbow Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Cemetery
- Kelly Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Kelly Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Cemetery
- Nolan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Nolan Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan Cemetery
- The Nolan Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shell Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2546559 <1>
- Camp Branch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 Brown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Brown Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rosspoint
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bledsoe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bledsoe is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Loyall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Baxter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harlan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Coxton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Helton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Helton is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Ages
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Putney
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wallins Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek
- Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
- South Wallins
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Wallins is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallins
- Verda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Draper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mozelle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Warbranch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Warbranch is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warbranch
- Chappell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tacky Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tacky Town is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacky Town
- Coldiron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mary Alice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Evarts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Darkmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bailey Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Big Laurel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Big Laurel is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
- Twila
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bobs Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Redbud
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Short Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Short Town is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Town
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 Brown Cemetery. The following communities are located in Harlan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Brown 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 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 Brown Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Harlan 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 Brown Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1977380
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 Kentucky's counties, including Harlan, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brown 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. |