A visit to the DeWitt 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 DeWitt Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the DeWitt Cemetery:
38.1729, -83.5173
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the DeWitt Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The DeWitt Cemetery is located in Rowan County<2>.
The county seat for Rowan County is located in Morehead. Morehead lies just to the east of the DeWitt Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 33 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the DeWitt Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from DeWitt Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Markwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Markwell Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markwell Cemetery
- Shiloam Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Shiloam Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloam Cemetery
- Poston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Poston Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poston Cemetery
- Howard Cemetery One
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Howard Cemetery One is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Cemetery One
- Logan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Logan Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Cemetery
- Phipps Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Phipps Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps Cemetery
- Caskey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Caskey Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caskey Cemetery
- Restland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Restland Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Restland Cemetery
- Reynolds Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Reynolds Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds Cemetery
- Ingram - Stevens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Craycraft Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Craycraft Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craycraft Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery Two
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Moore Cemetery Two is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery Two
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- Cassity Cemetery Two
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Cassity Cemetery Two is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassity Cemetery Two
- McGlosson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The McGlosson Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGlosson Cemetery
- Kelsey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Kelsey Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery One
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Davis Cemetery One is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery One
- Fraley Cemetery Two
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Fraley Cemetery Two is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraley Cemetery Two
- Johnson Cemetery Two
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Johnson Cemetery Two is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery Two
- Eldridge Cemetery One
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Eldridge Cemetery One is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge Cemetery One
- Pence Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Pence Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pence Cemetery
- Johnson Black Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Swim Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Swim Family Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swim Family Cemetery
- Ellington Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Ellington Farm Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellington Farm Cemetery
- The Ellington Farm Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ellington Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2245592 <5>
- Parsons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Parsons Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Cemetery
- Carey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Carey Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey Cemetery
- Cassity Cemetery One
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Cassity Cemetery One is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassity Cemetery One
- Baldridge Cemetery #2
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brown Cemetery One
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Brown Cemetery One is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery One
- Coffey - Riddle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- DeHart Cemetery Two
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The DeHart Cemetery Two is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeHart Cemetery Two
- Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- C Jackson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The C Jackson Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for C Jackson Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery Five
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Brown Cemetery Five is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery Five
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the DeWitt Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from DeWitt Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lakeview Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Farmers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Farmers is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers
- Midland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Midland is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Clearfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clearfield is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearfield
- Brady
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brady is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Morehead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Salt Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colfax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Colfax is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Farmville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Farmville is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Stringtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stringtown is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
- Mount Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hope is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Gates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gates is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
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- Grange City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grange City is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange City
- Olympia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Olympia is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympia
- Plummers Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Plummers Landing is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummers Landing
- Wyoming
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wyoming is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Peasticks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Peasticks is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peasticks
- Black Sulpher Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Slate Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Slate Valley is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Valley
- Pine Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Suddith
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Suddith is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suddith
- Sudith
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sudith is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudith
- Haldeman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Haldeman is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haldeman
- Muses Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Muses Mills is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muses Mills
- Sunset
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset is located in Fleming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Oakla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oakla is located in Bath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakla
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
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 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 DeWitt Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Rowan 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 DeWitt Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2079736 (DeWitt Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2079736 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: Rowan
- Est. Elev: 208 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Farmers
- Location given for DeWitt Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.1728833 Lon: -83.517316
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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 Rowan, 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' (or 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- DeWitt 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |