A visit to the Croft 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 Croft Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Croft Cemetery:
37.0648, -87.5475
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Croft Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Croft Cemetery is located in Christian County<2>.
The county seat for Christian County is located in Hopkinsville. Hopkinsville lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Croft Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Croft Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Croft Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Croft Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Cansler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Cansler Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cansler Cemetery
- Long Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Long Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cemetery
- Dunning Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Dunning Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunning Cemetery
- Reynolds Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Reynolds Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Terry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Terry Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry Cemetery
- Foster Garden Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Foster Garden Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Garden Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Foster Garden Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Crofton.
- The Foster Garden Cemetery has also been known as:
- Foster Field Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #73980 <5>
- Crofton Ridgetop Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Crofton Ridgetop Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crofton Ridgetop Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crofton Ridgetop Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Crofton.
- The Crofton Ridgetop Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crofton Cemetery
- Ridge Top Cemetery
- Ridgetop Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #75736 <5>
- McKnight Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The McKnight Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKnight Cemetery
- Ladd Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Ladd Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladd Cemetery
- Fuller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Fuller Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller Cemetery
- Lanier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Lanier Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanier Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Petersburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Petersburg Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Petersburg Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Crofton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2274258 <5>
- Flatrock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Flatrock Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock Cemetery
- Hamby Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Hamby Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamby Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hamby Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Hamby Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamby Cemetery
- Lake Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Union Temple Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Temple Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Temple Cemetery
- Shyflat Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Shyflat Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shyflat Cemetery
- Harmony Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Harmony Grove Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove Cemetery
- McIntosh Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Furgerson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Furgerson Cemetery is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furgerson Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Croft Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Croft Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Crofton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Empire
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Empire is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Bainbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bainbridge is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Saint Charles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Saint Charles is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Nortonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dawson Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cerulean
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fearsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Oak Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- White Plains
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mortons Gap
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Claxton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Claxton is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claxton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cobb
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cobb is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb
- Bluff Spring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bluff Spring is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring
- Charleston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Charleston is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Richland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Richland is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Gracey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gracey is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracey
- Hopkinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Earlington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lewistown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lewistown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewistown
- Wallonia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wallonia is located in Trigg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
- Fiddle Bow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fiddle Bow is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiddle Bow
- McGowan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- Hopson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hopson is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopson
- Kirkmansville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Bancroft
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bancroft is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
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 Croft Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Christian County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Croft Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Crofton
- Dawson Springs
- Earlington
- Hopkinsville
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 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 Croft Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Christian 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 Croft Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #490362 (Croft Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #490362 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: Christian
- Est. Elev: 159 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Dawson Springs SE
- Location given for Croft Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.064767 Lon: -87.5475036
- 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 Christian, 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- Croft 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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