A visit to the Dawson 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 Dawson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Dawson Cemetery:
37.9084, -84.0058
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Dawson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Dawson Cemetery is located in Clark County<2>.
The county seat for Clark County is located in Winchester. Winchester lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Dawson Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Dawson Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Dawson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Dawson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Everman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Everman Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everman Cemetery
- Osborne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Osborne Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborne Cemetery
- Log Lick Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Fox Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Cemetery
- Dunaway Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rupard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Rupard Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupard Cemetery
- Irvin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Irvin Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvin Cemetery
- Parrish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Parrish Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrish Cemetery
- Dumford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Dumford Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumford Cemetery
- Francis Stone Graveyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Francis Stone Graveyard is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Stone Graveyard
- The Francis Stone Graveyard has also been known as:
- Thomas Stone Graveyard
- Cottman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Cottman Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottman Cemetery
- Dawson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Dawson Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Woosley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Woosley Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley Cemetery
- Elliot Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Elliot Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliot Cemetery
- Adams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Adams Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- Daugherty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Daugherty Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daugherty Cemetery
- Moreland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Moreland Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland Cemetery
- Puckett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Puckett Cemetery is located in Estill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckett Cemetery
- Stone Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Stone Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Clay City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Clay City Cemetery is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City Cemetery
- West Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 30 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Dawson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Dawson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rabbit Town
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Rabbit Town is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rabbit Town
- Rightangle
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rightangle is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rightangle
- Westbend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Westbend is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbend
- Log Lick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Log Lick is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Lick
- Virden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Virden is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virden
- Kiddville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kiddville is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiddville
- Powell Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Powell Valley is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Valley
- Waltersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waltersville is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltersville
- Black Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Black Creek is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Clay City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Levee
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Levee is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levee
- Piggville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Piggville is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piggville
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Paint Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Paint Creek is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Creek
- Old Clay City Road
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Old Clay City Road is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Clay City Road
- Morris Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Morris Creek is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Creek
- Vaughns Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughns Mill is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughns Mill
- Camargo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Camargo is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camargo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
- Prewitt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Prewitt is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prewitt
- Doylesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Doylesville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylesville
- Hatton Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hatton Creek is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton Creek
- Stanton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Bend is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bend
- Reid Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Reid Village is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reid Village
- College Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- College Hill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Hill
- Pecks Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pecks Creek is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Creek
- Rosslyn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rosslyn is located in Powell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosslyn
- Jeffersonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Sterling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Grassy Lick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Grassy Lick is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Lick
- Winchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Dawson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Clark County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Dawson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Clay City
- Mount Sterling
- Stanton
- Winchester
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 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 Dawson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Clark 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 Dawson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #490689 (Dawson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #490689 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: Clark
- Est. Elev: 237 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hedges
- Location given for Dawson Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.9084136 Lon: -84.0057571
- 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 Clark, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dawson 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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