A visit to the Foster 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 Foster Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Foster Cemetery:
36.7727, -84.7995
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Foster Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Foster Cemetery is located in Wayne County<2>.
The county seat for Wayne County is located in Monticello. Monticello lies just to the north northwest of the Foster Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Foster Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 36 that are within 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> of the Foster Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Foster Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sumpter - Lee Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Elk Spring Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hardin & Martha Coffey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dabney - Barrier Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Aaron Barrier Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Clark Lewis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Clark Lewis Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Lewis Cemetery
- Ingram / Vickery / Goddard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Ingram / Vickery / Goddard Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram / Vickery / Goddard Cemetery
- The Ingram / Vickery / Goddard Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ingram / Vickery / Goodard Cemetery
- Crabtree Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crabtree - Burgess Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Burgess Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Burgess Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgess Cemetery
- New Sandusky Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The New Sandusky Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sandusky Cemetery
- Collum & Selena Coffey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (24 more) ...
- Sandusky Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Sandusky Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky Cemetery
- Big Spring Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Big Spring Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring Cemetery
- Lewis Coffey Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ingram Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Nimrod Ingram Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Nimrod Ingram Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimrod Ingram Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nimrod Ingram Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southeast of Monticello.
- The Nimrod Ingram Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Coffey Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2369167 <5>
- Green Betty Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Green Betty Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Betty Cemetery
- Lonely Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Lonely Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonely Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Hucaby - Eaton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dee West Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Dee West Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee West Cemetery
- Mills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Mills Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Cemetery
- Butler Foster Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gregory - Corder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- Barrier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Barrier Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrier Cemetery
- Dobbs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Floyd Kidd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Floyd Kidd Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd Kidd Cemetery
- Pierce Kidd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Pierce Kidd Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Kidd Cemetery
- Cooper Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Cooper Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Cemetery
- Wolford Steele Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gerty & Myrtle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- D C Denney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The D C Denney Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D C Denney Cemetery
- Wither Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Wither Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wither Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 19 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Foster Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Foster Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Sumpter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sumpter is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumpter
- Monticello
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shearer Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shearer Valley is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shearer Valley
- Parmleysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parmleysville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmleysville
- Mount Pisgah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Pisgah is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pisgah
- Slickford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Slickford is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickford
- Ritner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ritner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritner
- Murl
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Murl is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murl
- Rankin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rankin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin
- Parnell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Parnell is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Mill Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mill Springs is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Springs
- Alpha
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Alpha is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Frazer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Frazer is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazer
- Savage
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Savage is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage
- Cumberland City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cumberland City is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland City
- Vinnie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Vinnie is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinnie
- Smith Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Smith Town is located in McCreary County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Town
- Stokes ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stokes is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokes
- Lula ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lula is located in Russell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
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 Foster Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wayne County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Foster Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Burnside
- Monticello
- Whitley City
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Foster Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Wayne 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 Foster Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2569909 (Foster Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2569909 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: Wayne
- Est. Elev: 293 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Monticello
- Location given for Foster Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.7726776 Lon: -84.7995125
- 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 Wayne, 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- Foster 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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