A visit to the Lancaster African American 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 Lancaster African American Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Lancaster African American Cemetery (FG ID #2504112).
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 Lancaster African American Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Lancaster African American Cemetery:
37.6154, -84.5885
The Lancaster African American Cemetery is located in Garrard County<2>.
The county seat for Garrard County is located in Lancaster. Lancaster lies just to the east of the Lancaster African American Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Lancaster African American Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Lancaster African American Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Blackerby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Blackerby Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackerby Cemetery
- Ashlock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Ashlock Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashlock Cemetery
- Green Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Green Hill Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Cemetery
- Sutton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Sutton Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton Cemetery
- Goshen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Goshen Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Cemetery
- Naylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Naylor Cemetery is located in Garrard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor Cemetery
- Barrows Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Barrows Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrows Cemetery
- Payne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Payne Cemetery is located in Garrard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Cemetery
- Danville Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Buffalo Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Preachersville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- McCillen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Sebastian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Sebastian Cemetery is located in Jessamine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Cemetery
- Sebastian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Sebastian Cemetery is located in Garrard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastian Cemetery
- Lynn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Lynn Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Cemetery
- Collett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Collett Cemetery is located in Garrard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett Cemetery
- VanHook - Brewer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hoskins Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Hoskins Cemetery is located in Garrard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskins Cemetery
- Carpenter Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Carpenter Cemetery is located in Garrard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Cemetery
- Paint Lick Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Paint Lick Cemetery is located in Garrard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Lick Cemetery
- Wheeler Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Wheeler Cemetery is located in Garrard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Cemetery
- Wheeler Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Wheeler Cemetery is located in Jessamine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Cemetery
- Ross Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- Burton 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 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Lancaster African American Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Lancaster African American Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lancaster
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gilbert
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hubble
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hubble is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubble
- Hyattsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Logantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Logantown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logantown
- Clifton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hedgeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hedgeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rowland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Preachersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stanford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bryantsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Nina
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lowell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Little Needmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Boneyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boneyville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boneyville
- Maywood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Paint Lick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Shelby City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Shelby City is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby City
- Halls Gap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Halls Gap is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Gap
- Sugar Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kirksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kirksville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Round Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Round Hill is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill
- Cottonburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Little Hickman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Danville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
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 Lancaster African American Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Garrard County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Lancaster African American Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Danville
- Lancaster
- Stanford
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 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 Lancaster African American Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Garrard 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 Lancaster African American Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2504112
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 Garrard, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lancaster African American 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |