A visit to the Burns Family 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 Burns Family Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Burns Family Cemetery (FG ID #2644733).
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 Burns Family Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Burns Family Cemetery:
37.4924, -83.7348
The Burns Family Cemetery is located in Owsley County<2>.
The county seat for Owsley County is located in Booneville. Booneville lies just to the east southeast of the Burns Family Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Burns Family Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Burns Family Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Burns Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Kearney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Kearney Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney Cemetery
- McIntire Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McIntosh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Hamilton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hamilton Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Cemetery
- Mose Price Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Howard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Howard Cemetery is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Cemetery
- McIntosh Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Snowden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brandenburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Brandenburg Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandenburg Cemetery
- Brandenburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Brandenburg Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandenburg Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Stonecoal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Stonecoal Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal Cemetery
- Botner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Botner Cemetery is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Botner Cemetery
- John Tyler Brewer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shepherd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Quillan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Quillan Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quillan Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Sparks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Sparks Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Cemetery
- Plowman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Plowman Cemetery is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowman Cemetery
- Gray Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Irvine Spence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Valentine Brewer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Burns Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Burns Family Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Pebworth
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Vincent
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vincent is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Idamay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Booneville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Travellers Rest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Heidelberg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Southfork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lerose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lerose is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lerose
- Beattyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Helens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Island City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Island City is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Ricetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ricetown is located in Owsley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricetown
- Tallega
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sebastian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jetts Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Athol
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Primrose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Copebranch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Vada
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fincastle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sextons Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Oakdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Williba
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gray Hawk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tyner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tyner is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyner
- Zoe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lynch Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lynch Town is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch 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 Burns Family Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Owsley County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Burns Family Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 either 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 Burns Family Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Owsley 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 Burns Family Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2644733
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 Owsley, 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- Burns Family 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. |