A visit to the Gross 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 Gross Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Gross Cemetery:
36.8374, -83.3761
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Gross Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Gross Cemetery is located in Harlan County<2>.
The county seat for Harlan County is located in Harlan. Harlan lies just to the east of the Gross Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Gross Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Gross Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Gross Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Resthaven Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Resthaven Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- The Johnson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Johnson Family Cemetery
- Jesse Brock Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Jesse Brock Family Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesse Brock Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jesse Brock Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Coldiron.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484355 <5>
- Nolan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Nolan Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan Cemetery
- The Nolan Cemetery has also been known as:
- Nolarn Branch Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2546559 <5>
- Coldiron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Coldiron Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldiron Cemetery
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Beech Grove Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Middleton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Middleton Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton Cemetery
- The Middleton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wynn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #75115 <5>
- Napier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Napier Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- A.D. Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The A.D. Johnson Cemetery is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for A.D. Johnson Cemetery
- The A.D. Johnson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Andrew Johnson Cemetery
- Stoney Fork Hollow Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2540097 <5>
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Holbrook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Holbrook Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook Cemetery
- Green Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Green Hill Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Cemetery
- Honey Branch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Honey Branch Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Branch Cemetery
- Saylor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Fee Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fee Cemetery
- Gabes Branch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Gabes Branch Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabes Branch Cemetery
- Howard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Howard Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Cemetery
- Wilder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Wilder Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder Cemetery
- Sergent Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Sergent Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergent Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Gross Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Gross Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Loyall
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Loyall is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Wallins Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek
- Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
- South Wallins
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Wallins is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallins
- Harlan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Baxter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Twila
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Twila is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twila
- Mary Alice
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mary Alice is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Alice
- Coldiron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rosspoint
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rosspoint is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosspoint
- Bledsoe
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bledsoe is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Tacky Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Tacky Town is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacky Town
- Coxton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Coxton is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pathfork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pathfork is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pathfork
- Bobs Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bobs Creek is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Creek
- Ages
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ages is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ages
- Cawood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cawood is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawood
- Verda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Verda is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verda
- Helton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Helton is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Stoney Fork
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Stoney Fork is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Fork
- Warbranch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Warbranch is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warbranch
- Draper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Draper is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Putney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Evarts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bailey Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bailey Creek is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Creek
- Beverly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beverly is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
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 Gross Cemetery. The following communities are located in Harlan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Gross 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 Gross Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Harlan 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 Gross Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2565643 (Gross Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2565643 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: Harlan
- Est. Elev: 366 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wallins Creek
- Location given for Gross Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.8373927 Lon: -83.3760863
- 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 Harlan, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gross 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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