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A visit to the Howard 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 Howard Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Howard Cemetery (FG ID #2567158)

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 Howard Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   37.2852°   (37° 17' 6")

Lon:   -83.3430°   (-83° 20' 34")

The Howard Cemetery is located in Perry County<2>.

The county seat for Perry County is located in Hazard. Hazard lies just to the east southeast of the Howard Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Howard Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Woods Keen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woods Keen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woods Keen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Woods Keen Cemetery is located in Leslie County
  • Red Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Red Hill Cemetery is located in Perry County
  • Woods Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woods Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woods Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Woods Cemetery is located in Leslie County
  • Witaker Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Whitaker Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Stidham Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Deaton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Deaton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Deaton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Deaton Cemetery is located in Perry County
  • Miles Back Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Figured Beech Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Figured Beech Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Figured Beech Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Figured Beech Cemetery is located in Breathitt County
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • 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.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Johnson Cemetery is located in Perry County
  • Aims Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aims Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Aims Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Aims Cemetery is located in Perry County
  • Woods Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woods Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woods Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Woods Cemetery is located in Leslie County
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Steele Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Steele Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Steele Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Steele Cemetery is located in Leslie County
    • Lewis Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lewis Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lewis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lewis Cemetery is located in Leslie County
    • Skeens Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Skeens Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Skeens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Skeens Cemetery is located in Leslie County
    • Creech Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Creech Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Creech Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Creech Cemetery is located in Leslie County
    • Dixon Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dixon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dixon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Dixon Cemetery is located in Leslie County
    • Hendrix Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hendrix Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hendrix Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hendrix Cemetery is located in Leslie County
    • Riverside Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Riverside Cemetery is located in Perry County
    • Baker Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Napier Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Neace Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Engle - Deaton Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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]<3> of the Howard Cemetery.

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

  • Krypton
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Confluence
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Confluence have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
    • Confluence is located in Leslie County
  • Yerkes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Busy
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Busy have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy
    • Busy is located in Perry County
  • Butterfly
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Chavies
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Avawam
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bonnyman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnyman have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnyman
    • Bonnyman is located in Perry County
  • Gays Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gays Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Creek
    • Gays Creek is located in Perry County
  • Wooton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Combs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Combs have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs
    • Combs is located in Perry County
  • Thousandsticks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thousandsticks have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks
    • Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Hyden
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Hazard
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Dice
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dice have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dice
      • Dice is located in Perry County
    • Buckhorn
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckhorn have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
      • Buckhorn is located in Perry County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buckhorn <7>
    • Saul
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saul have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saul
      • Saul is located in Perry County
    • Whick
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Sizerock
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bulan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Smilax
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smilax have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax
      • Smilax is located in Leslie County
    • Tribbey
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Stacy
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stacy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy
      • Stacy is located in Perry County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Stacy
      • From the Howard Cemetery to Stacy
    • Wendover
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wendover have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendover
      • Wendover is located in Leslie County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wendover <7>
    • Hardburly
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Ary
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ary have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ary
      • Ary is located in Perry County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ary <7>

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 Perry County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Howard Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Hazard
    • Hazard lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Howard Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hazard.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard
  • Hyden
    • Hyden lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Howard Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hyden.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyden

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Howard 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 Howard Cemetery:

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 Perry, 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' (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 Howard Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2852, Longitude: -83.3430    
<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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