A visit to the Isom 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 Isom Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Isom Cemetery:
37.1209, -82.9729
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Isom Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Isom Cemetery is located in Letcher County<2>.
The county seat for Letcher County is located in Whitesburg. Whitesburg lies just to the east of the Isom Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Isom 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 Isom Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Isom Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Dickson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Dickson Cemetery is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Cemetery
- The Dickson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dixon Cemetery
- Dixon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Dixon Cemetery is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Cemetery
- Morgan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- James D Caudill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dixon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Dixon Cemetery is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Cemetery
- Solomon Whitaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Whitaker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Whitaker Cemetery is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker Cemetery
- Blair Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Blair Cemetery is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Cemetery
- Horse Mill Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Horse Mill Point Cemetery is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Mill Point Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Horse Mill Point Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Letcher.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #74474 <5>
- Turner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Turner Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
- Combs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Combs Cemetery is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs Cemetery
- Stephen R. Adams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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- Cornetts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Cornetts Cemetery is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornetts Cemetery
- Blair Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Blair Cemetery is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Roark Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Roark Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark Cemetery
- Sandlick Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Sandlick Creek Cemetery is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandlick Creek Cemetery
- The Sandlick Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mouth Sandlick Cemetery
- Sandlick Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #286219 <5>
- Collins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Collins Cemetery is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins Cemetery
- Arthur Adams Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Arthur Adams Cemetery is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur Adams Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Arthur Adams Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Isom.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2480337 <5>
- Gibson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Gibson Cemetery is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Cemetery
- Christon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Christon Cemetery is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christon 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 Isom Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Isom Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Blackey
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Blackey is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Roxana
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Roxana is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Letcher
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Letcher is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher
- Hallie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hot Spot
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hot Spot is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Spot
- Hot Spot has also been known as:
- Hotspot
- Uz
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Uz is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uz
- Jeremiah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flint
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Flint is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Kings Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Cornettsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cornettsville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville
- Linefork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork
- Isom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Isom is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isom
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Redfox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Redfox is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfox
- West Whitesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West Whitesburg is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Whitesburg
- Slemp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Slemp is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slemp
- Delphia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Delphia is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphia
- Partridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Partridge is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
- Whitesburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bellcraft
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bellcraft is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellcraft
- Sassafras
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Littcarr
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Littcarr is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littcarr
- Vicco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vicco is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Scuddy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Happy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Happy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy
- Gordon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Cumberland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ermine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ermine is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ermine
- Colson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Colson is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colson
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 Isom Cemetery. The following communities are located in Letcher County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Isom 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 Isom Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Letcher 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 Isom Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #495052 (Isom Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #495052 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: Letcher
- Est. Elev: 343 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Roxana
- Location given for Isom Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.1209287 Lon: -82.9729398
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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 Letcher, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Isom 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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