A visit to the Johnson 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 Johnson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Johnson Cemetery:
37.3707, -82.4279
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Johnson Cemetery is located in Pike County<2>.
The county seat for Pike County is located in Pikeville. Pikeville lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northwest of the Johnson Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Johnson Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Johnson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Johnson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ratliff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Ratliff Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratliff Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wilson Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Draffin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76596 <5>
- Honey Fork Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Honey Fork Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Fork Cemetery
- Justice Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Justice Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice Cemetery
- Blackburn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Blackburn Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn Cemetery
- Rest Haven Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Rest Haven Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Haven Cemetery
- Annie E Young Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sowards Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Sowards Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowards Cemetery
- Collins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Collins Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Collins Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Robinson Creek.
- The Collins Cemetery has also been known as:
- Collins Street Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484503 <5>
- Potter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Potter Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Cemetery
- Bowling Fork Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Maritha Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Alfred Branham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Alfred Branham Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfred Branham Cemetery
- The Alfred Branham Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kinney Cemetery
- Penny Cemetery
- Good Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Good Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Cemetery
- Justice Ivy Fork Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Johnson Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Johnson Memorial Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Memorial Cemetery
- The Johnson Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Johnson Cemetery
- Compton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Compton Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton Cemetery
- The Compton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Big Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2483772 <5>
- Newsome Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Newsome Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newsome Cemetery
- Childers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Childers Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childers Cemetery
- The Childers Cemetery has also been known as:
- Johnny Bear Cemetery
- Johnny Bear Childers Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2192030 <5>
- Anderson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Anderson Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Kimper.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2548389 <5>
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] of the Johnson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Johnson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Marrowbone
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Marrowbone is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marrowbone
- Draffin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Draffin is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draffin
- Rockhouse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockhouse is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockhouse
- Belcher
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Belcher is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcher
- Lookout
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lookout is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Garden Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Cedarville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Shelbiana
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shelbiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbiana
- Yeager
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Yeager is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeager
- Hellier
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hellier is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hellier
- Elkhorn City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fords Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fords Branch is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Branch
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Robinson Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Robinson Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Creek
- Ashcamp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ashcamp is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcamp
- Lick Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lick Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lick Creek
- Phyllis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Phyllis is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phyllis
- Mayo Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mayo Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Village
- Virgie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Virgie is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
- Raccoon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Raccoon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon
- Jonancy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jonancy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonancy
- Mouthcard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mouthcard is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouthcard
- Kimper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kimper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimper
- Pikeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Myra
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Myra is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myra
- Dorton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fedscreek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fedscreek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fedscreek
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 Johnson Cemetery. The following communities are located in Pike County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Johnson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 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 Johnson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Pike 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 Johnson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #495378 (Johnson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #495378 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: Pike
- Est. Elev: 223 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hellier
- Location given for Johnson Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.3706609 Lon: -82.427927
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Pike, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Johnson 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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