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A visit to the Highland Memorial Park ...

Introduction ...

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 Memorial Park ...

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

Lat:   37.8360°   (37° 50' 9")

Lon:   -82.8664°   (-82° 51' 59")

The Highland Memorial Park is located in Johnson County<1>.

The county seat for Johnson County is located in Paintsville. Paintsville lies just to the east southeast of the Highland Memorial Park .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 32 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> of the Highland Memorial Park.<3>

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

  • Stafford Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Dixon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Staffordsville Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Melvin Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Butler Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Butler Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Butler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Butler Cemetery is located in Johnson County
  • Prater Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Horne Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Turner Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Turner Cemetery is located in Johnson County
  • Blair Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blair Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blair Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Blair Cemetery is located in Johnson County
  • Meade Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meade Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meade Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Meade Cemetery is located in Johnson County
  • Ratliff Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Howes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Howes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Howes Cemetery is located in Johnson County
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Company Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Company Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Company Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Company Cemetery is located in Johnson County
    • Preston Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Preston Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Preston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Preston Cemetery is located in Johnson County
    • Whipporwill Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whipporwill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whipporwill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Whipporwill Cemetery is located in Johnson County
    • W.R. Castle Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sparks Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sparks Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sparks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sparks Cemetery is located in Johnson County
    • Salyers Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salyers Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salyers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Salyers Cemetery is located in Johnson County
    • Little Lick Fork Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Conley Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Conley Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Conley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Conley Cemetery is located in Johnson County
    • Johnson Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Johnson Cemetery is located in Johnson County
    • Hampton Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hampton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hampton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hampton Cemetery is located in Johnson County
    • Davis Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Davis Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Davis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Davis Cemetery is located in Johnson County
    • Wheeler Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wheeler Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wheeler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wheeler Cemetery is located in Johnson County
    • Franklin Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Franklin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Franklin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Franklin Cemetery is located in Johnson County
    • Welch Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Old Preston Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Preston Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Preston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Preston Cemetery is located in Johnson County
    • Gambill Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gambill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gambill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Gambill Cemetery is located in Johnson County
    • Preston Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Preston Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Preston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Preston Cemetery is located in Johnson County
    • Vanhoose Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vanhoose Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vanhoose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Vanhoose Cemetery is located in Johnson County
    • Clark Castle Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Stambaugh Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stambaugh Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stambaugh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Stambaugh Cemetery is located in Johnson County

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Highland Memorial Park.

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

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 Memorial Park. The following communities are located in Johnson County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Highland Memorial Park.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Highland Memorial Park:

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 Memorial Park:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #494216  (Highland Memorial Park)
    • Note: GNIS record #494216 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: Paintsville
    • County: Johnson         Elev: 242
    • Location given for GNIS #494216 (Highland Memorial Park)

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Johnson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Highland Memorial Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8360, Longitude: -82.8664    
<3>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.
<4>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.
<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.
<7>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.




 

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