A visit to the Driskill 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 Driskill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Driskill Cemetery:
37.1101, -88.2781
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Driskill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Driskill Cemetery is located in Livingston County<2>.
The county seat for Livingston County is located in Smithland. Smithland lies just to the west northwest of the Driskill Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Driskill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Driskill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sanders Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
- Sanders Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
- Martin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Martin Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
- Leeper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Leeper Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeper Cemetery
- Heater Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Heater Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heater Cemetery
- Ross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- Chappell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Chappell Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell Cemetery
- Doom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Doom Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doom Cemetery
- Robertson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Robertson Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Cemetery
- Wells Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Wells Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Cemetery
- Ramage Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Ramage Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramage Cemetery
- Landrum Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Landrum Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landrum Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Peek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Peek Cemetery is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peek Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Ross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ross Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Smithland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #75820 <5>
- Cothran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Cothran Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cothran Cemetery
- Groves Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Groves Chapel Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groves Chapel Cemetery
- Tiline Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Tiline Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline Cemetery
- Wolfe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Wolfe Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfe Cemetery
- Hampton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hampton Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Cemetery
- Ferguson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Ferguson Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson Cemetery
- Anderson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Anderson Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Smithland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #72871 <5>
- Varnell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Driskill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Driskill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Tiline
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tiline is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiline
- Pinckneyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pinckneyville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckneyville
- Calvert City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Calvert City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
- Calvert City has also been known as:
- Calvert
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <6>
- Gilbertsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lake City is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Dycusburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
- Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
- Grand Rivers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Smithland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kuttawa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hamletsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Carmack
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carmack is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmack
- Burna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burna is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burna
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Eddyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Salem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ledbetter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fairview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Tatumsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tatumsville is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatumsville
- Sharpe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sharpe is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpe
- Hampton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hampton is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Fredonia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Scale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Scale is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scale
- Lola
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lola is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola
- Unionville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Unionville is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Reidland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Reidland is located in McCracken County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidland
- Crayne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crayne is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crayne
- Bay City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bay City is located in Pope County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Shady Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Shady Grove is located in Massac County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
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 Driskill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Livingston County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Driskill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Driskill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Livingston 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 Driskill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #491127 (Driskill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #491127 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: Livingston
- Est. Elev: 138 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Calvert City
- Location given for Driskill Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.110055 Lon: -88.2780876
- 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 Livingston, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Driskill 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. |