A visit to the Childress 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 Childress Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Childress Cemetery:
37.3973, -82.2612
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Childress Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Childress Cemetery is located in Pike County<2>.
The county seat for Pike County is located in Pikeville. Pikeville lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Childress Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Childress Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Childress Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rose Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Rose Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Cemetery
- Flanary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hunt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hunt Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Cemetery
- Hackney Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Good Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Good Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Cemetery
- Reynolds Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Reynolds Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Cemetery
- Mullins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Mullins Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Cemetery
- Ramey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Ramey Cemetery is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey Cemetery
- Bevins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Anderson Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Kimper.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2548389 <5>
- Justice Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Justice Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice Cemetery
- Honey Fork Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Honey Fork Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Fork Cemetery
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- Little Josie Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Little Josie Cemetery is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Josie Cemetery
- Mullins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Mullins Cemetery is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins Cemetery
- Looney Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Looney Cemetery is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looney Cemetery
- Blackburn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Blackburn Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn Cemetery
- Ratliff Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Ratliff Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratliff Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wilson Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Draffin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76596 <5>
- Stiltner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Stiltner Cemetery is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiltner Cemetery
- Coleman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Coleman Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Cemetery
- Phillips Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Phillips Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Cemetery
- Dotson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Dotson Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotson Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Childress Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Childress Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Fedscreek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fedscreek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fedscreek
- Mouthcard
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mouthcard is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouthcard
- Lick Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lick Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Big Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Big Rock is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Phyllis
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Phyllis is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phyllis
- Belcher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Belcher is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher
- Cedarville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Coleman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coleman is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Calloway Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calloway Branch is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calloway Branch
- Marrowbone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marrowbone is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Draffin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Draffin is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draffin
- Elkhorn City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Paw Paw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Paw Paw is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paw Paw
- Kimper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kimper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimper
- McVeigh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McVeigh is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVeigh
- Pinsonfork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pinsonfork is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinsonfork
- Kelsa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa
- Phelps
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rockhouse
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockhouse is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Raccoon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Raccoon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon
- Garden Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Garden Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Lookout
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lookout is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- McAndrews
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- McAndrews is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAndrews
- Royal City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Royal City is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal City
- Grundy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stopover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stopover is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stopover
- Majestic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Majestic is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majestic
- Ransom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ransom is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransom
- Shelbiana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shelbiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbiana
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 Childress Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pike County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Childress Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Childress Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Pike 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 Childress Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2120554 (Childress Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2120554 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: Pike
- Est. Elev: 357 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lick Creek
- Location given for Childress Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.397325 Lon: -82.2611848
- 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 Pike, 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 from Point A (ie- Childress 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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