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A visit to the Highland Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Highland Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Highland Cemetery (FG ID #74378)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Highland Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Highland Cemetery

Lat:   39.0475°   (39° 2' 50")

Lon:   -84.5458°   (-84° 32' 44")

The Highland Cemetery is located in Kenton County<2>.

The county seat for Kenton County is located in Independence. Independence lies just to the south of the Highland Cemetery .

Establishment of the Highland Cemetery ...

The Highland Cemetery was established in 1869.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 35 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Highland Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Highland Cemetery, with the nearest first.

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 29 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Highland Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Highland Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Fort Wright
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Wright have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Wright
    • Fort Wright is located in Kenton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,779 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Wright <7>
  • Fort Mitchell
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Crescent Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Park
    • Crescent Park is located in Kenton County
  • Lakeside Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeside Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Park
    • Lakeside Park is located in Kenton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,753 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakeside Park <7>
  • Latonia
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Latonia have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latonia
    • Latonia is located in Kenton County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Latonia <7>
  • Kenton Vale
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kenton Vale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenton Vale
    • Kenton Vale is located in Kenton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
  • Park Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Hills
    • Park Hills is located in Kenton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,995 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Park Hills <7>
  • Crescent Springs
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Springs
    • Crescent Springs is located in Kenton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,138 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crescent Springs <7>
  • Edgewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Crestview Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crestview Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestview Hills
    • Crestview Hills is located in Kenton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,333 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crestview Hills <7>
  • Maurice
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maurice have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maurice
    • Maurice is located in Kenton County
  • Bromley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bromley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
    • Bromley is located in Kenton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 799 people
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Covington
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Kenton Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Villa Hills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Villa Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Hills
      • Villa Hills is located in Kenton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,481 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Villa Hills <7>
    • Erlanger
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Taylor Mill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Mill
      • Taylor Mill is located in Kenton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,820 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor Mill <7>
    • Wilder
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilder have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
      • Wilder is located in Campbell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilder <7>
    • Ludlow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Elsmere
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elsmere have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmere
      • Elsmere is located in Kenton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,646 people
    • Fairview
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Highland Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Heights
      • Highland Heights is located in Campbell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,037 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highland Heights <7>
    • Southgate
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodlawn
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
      • Woodlawn is located in Campbell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
    • Newport
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cincinnati
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Delhi
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Delhi. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
      • Delhi is located in Hamilton County (OH)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Delhi
      • From the Highland Cemetery to Delhi
    • Delhi Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Constance
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)

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 Highland Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Kenton County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Highland 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 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 Highland Cemetery:

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 Highland Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #494202  (Highland Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #494202 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Covington
    • County: Kenton         Elev: 254
    • Location given for GNIS #494202 (Highland Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #74378

The official website for Kenton County: www.kentoncounty.org/

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Kenton, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Highland Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0475, Longitude: -84.5458    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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