A visit to the Gibbs 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 Gibbs Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Gibbs Cemetery:
37.7657, -83.3728
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Gibbs Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Gibbs Cemetery is located in Wolfe County<2>.
The county seat for Wolfe County is located in Campton. Campton lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Gibbs Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Gibbs Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Gibbs Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Gibbs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Gibbs Cemetery is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Cemetery
- Rose Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Rose Cemetery is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Cemetery
- The Rose Cemetery has also been known as:
- Nosy John Rose Cemetery
- Little Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Little Cemetery is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cemetery
- Taulbee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Taulbee Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taulbee Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Murphy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Murphy Cemetery is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Cemetery
- Tackett - Wells Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Taylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Conley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Conley Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conley Cemetery
- Wells Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Wells Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Cemetery
- Murphy Fork Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Murphy Fork Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Fork Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
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- Brewer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Brewer Cemetery is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer Cemetery
- Centers - Rose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cash Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Cash Cemetery is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Cemetery
- Shackaford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Shackaford Cemetery is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackaford Cemetery
- Peiratt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Peiratt Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peiratt Cemetery
- Brewer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Brewer Cemetery is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewer Cemetery
- Chambers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Chambers Cemetery is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Cemetery
- The Chambers Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hatton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2360134 <5>
- Terrell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hurst Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Hurst Cemetery is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst Cemetery
- Elam Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Elam Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elam Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Old Grassy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Old Grassy Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Grassy Cemetery
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 Gibbs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Gibbs Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Helechawa
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Helechawa is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helechawa
- Lee City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lee City is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee City
- Lexie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lexie is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexie
- Hazel Green
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Green is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Belknap
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Belknap is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap
- Cannel City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cannel City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannel City
- Toliver
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Toliver is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toliver
- Mize
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mize is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mize
- Netty
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Netty is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netty
- Grassy Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Grassy Creek is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Creek
- Maytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maytown is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
- Taulbee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Taulbee is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taulbee
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rock Lick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Lick is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lick
- Campton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bethany
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bethany is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Vancleve
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Vancleve is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vancleve
- Ezel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ezel is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ezel
- Malone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Malone is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
- Valeria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Valeria is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeria
- Bays
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bays is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bays
- Mary
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mary is located in Wolfe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary
- Ova
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ova is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ova
- Frozen Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Frozen Creek is located in Breathitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frozen Creek
- Elsie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Elsie is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsie
- Edna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Edna is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- West Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wellington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington is located in Menifee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
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 Gibbs Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wolfe County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Gibbs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 Gibbs Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Wolfe 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 Gibbs Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2364783 (Gibbs Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2364783 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: Wolfe
- Est. Elev: 324 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Cannel City
- Location given for Gibbs Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.7657423 Lon: -83.3728318
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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 Wolfe, 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- Gibbs 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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