A visit to the Howard 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 Howard Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Howard Cemetery:
36.7529, -83.2032
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Howard Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Howard Cemetery is located in Harlan County<2>.
The county seat for Harlan County is located in Harlan. Harlan lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northwest of the Howard Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Howard Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Howard Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Slack Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Slack Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slack Cemetery
- Wash Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Wash Smith Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wash Smith Cemetery
- Cawood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Cawood Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawood Cemetery
- Field Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Field Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Cemetery
- Pope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Pope Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pope Cemetery
- Lucas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Lucas Cemetery is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Cemetery
- Woodward Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Woodward Cemetery is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward Cemetery
- Noe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Noe Cemetery is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noe Cemetery
- Spangler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Spangler Cemetery is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler Cemetery
- Napier Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Napier Cemetery is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier Cemetery
- Fee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Fee Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fee Cemetery
- Ingle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Ingle Cemetery is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingle Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- McClure Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The McClure Cemetery is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure Cemetery
- Flanary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Flanary Cemetery is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanary Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Hamblin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hamblin Cemetery is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamblin Cemetery
- Maness - Ewing Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Maness - Ewing Cemetery is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maness - Ewing Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maness - Ewing Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Pennington Gap (VA).
- The Maness - Ewing Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kirk Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2404674 <5>
- Pennington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Pennington Cemetery is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Cemetery
- Burkhart Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Burkhart Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkhart Cemetery
- Rainbow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Rainbow Cemetery is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Howard Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Howard Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hubbard Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hubbard Springs is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard Springs
- Cranks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cranks is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranks
- Cawood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cawood is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawood
- Bobs Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bobs Creek is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bobs Creek
- Fleenortown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fleenortown is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleenortown
- Jonesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Verda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Verda is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verda
- Ages
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ages is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ages
- Kenvir
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kenvir is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenvir
- Redbud
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Redbud is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud
- Evarts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Draper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Draper is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mary Alice
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mary Alice is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Alice
- Coxton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coxton is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
- Saint Charles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Dizney
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dizney is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dizney
- Short Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Short Town is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Town
- Darkmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Darkmont is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darkmont
- Bailey Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bailey Creek is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Creek
- Van
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Van is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van
- Pennington Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
- Harlan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rosspoint
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rosspoint is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosspoint
- Baxter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Loyall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Loyall is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Putney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Twila
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Twila is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twila
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 Howard Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Harlan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Howard Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Harlan
- Jonesville
- Pennington Gap
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Howard 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 Howard Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #494655 (Howard Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #494655 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: 449 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Evarts
- Location given for Howard Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.7528656 Lon: -83.2032317
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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 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Howard 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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