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A visit to the Coldiron Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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 Coldiron Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Coldiron Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

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

Lat:   36.8274°   (36° 49' 38")

Lon:   -83.4513°   (-83° 27' 4")

The Coldiron Cemetery is located in Harlan County<2>.

The county seat for Harlan County is located in Harlan. Harlan lies just to the east of the Coldiron Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Coldiron Cemetery.<4>

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

  • A.D. Johnson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the A.D. Johnson Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the A.D. Johnson Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • The A.D. Johnson Cemetery is located in Bell County
    • The A.D. Johnson Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Andrew Johnson Cemetery
    • Stoney Fork Hollow Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2540097 <6>
  • Tackett Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Saylor Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Gross Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gross Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Gross Cemetery is located in Harlan County
  • Honey Branch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Honey Branch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Honey Branch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Honey Branch Cemetery is located in Leslie County
  • Hall Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hall Cemetery is located in Bell County
  • Resthaven Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resthaven Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Resthaven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Resthaven Cemetery is located in Harlan County
  • Jackson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Jackson Cemetery is located in Bell County
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
    • The Johnson Cemetery is located in Harlan County
    • The Johnson Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Johnson Family Cemetery
  • Saylor Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Balkan Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Balkan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Balkan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Balkan Cemetery is located in Bell County
  • Beech Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beech Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beech Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Beech Grove Cemetery is located in Harlan County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Nolan Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nolan Cemetery
      • The Nolan Cemetery is located in Harlan County
      • The Nolan Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Nolarn Branch Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2546559 <6>
    • Gross Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Taylors Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylors Cemetery
      • The Taylors Cemetery is located in Bell County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Taylors Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Callaway.
    • Miracle Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miracle Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miracle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Miracle Cemetery is located in Bell County
    • Middleton Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Middleton Cemetery
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Middleton Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • The Middleton Cemetery is located in Harlan County
      • The Middleton Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Wynn Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #75115 <6>
    • Brown Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Green Cemetery is located in Harlan County
    • Napier Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Napier Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Napier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Napier Cemetery is located in Harlan County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Coldiron Cemetery.

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

  • Coldiron
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • South Wallins
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Wallins have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallins
    • South Wallins is located in Harlan County
  • Wallins Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallins Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek
    • Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County
    • Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
  • Tacky Town
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tacky Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacky Town
    • Tacky Town is located in Harlan County
  • Pathfork
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pathfork
    • Pathfork is located in Harlan County
  • Twila
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twila
    • Twila is located in Harlan County
  • Stoney Fork
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoney Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Fork
    • Stoney Fork is located in Bell County
  • Loyall
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loyall have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyall
    • Loyall is located in Harlan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
  • Callaway
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaway
    • Callaway is located in Bell County
  • Mary Alice
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Alice
    • Mary Alice is located in Harlan County
  • Harlan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Baxter
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baxter have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
    • Baxter is located in Harlan County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baxter <7>
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Kettle Island
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kettle Island have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Island
      • Kettle Island is located in Bell County
    • Miracle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miracle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle
      • Miracle is located in Bell County
    • Bledsoe
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bledsoe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
      • Bledsoe is located in Harlan County
    • Beverly
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beverly. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
      • Beverly is located in Bell County
    • Warbranch
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warbranch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warbranch
      • Warbranch is located in Leslie County
    • Rosspoint
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosspoint
      • Rosspoint is located in Harlan County
    • Helton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
      • Helton is located in Leslie County
    • Sims Fork
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sims Fork. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Fork
      • Sims Fork is located in Bell County
    • Jenson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenson
      • Jenson is located in Bell County
    • Varilla
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varilla
      • Varilla is located in Bell County
    • Coxton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
      • Coxton is located in Harlan County
    • Rella
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rella. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rella
      • Rella is located in Bell County
    • Arjay
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arjay
      • Arjay is located in Bell County

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 Coldiron Cemetery. The following communities are located in Harlan County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Coldiron 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 Coldiron Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #2565578  (Coldiron Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #2565578 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: Wallins Creek
    • County: Harlan         Elev: 356
    • Location given for GNIS #2565578 (Coldiron Cemetery)

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

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 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Coldiron Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8274, Longitude: -83.4513       In this case, the coordinates for the Coldiron Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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.
<6>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.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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