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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. 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 Lancaster African American Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Lancaster African American Cemetery

Lat:   37.6154°   (37° 36' 55")

Lon:   -84.5885°   (-84° 35' 18")

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 .

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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blackerby Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blackerby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Blackerby Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
  • Ashlock Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ashlock Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ashlock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ashlock Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
  • Green Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Green Hill Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
  • Sutton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sutton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sutton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sutton Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
  • Goshen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goshen Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goshen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Goshen Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
  • Naylor Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Naylor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Naylor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Naylor Cemetery is located in Garrard County
  • Barrows Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barrows Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barrows Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Barrows Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
  • Payne Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Payne Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Payne Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Payne Cemetery is located in Garrard County
  • 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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Preachersville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Preachersville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Preachersville Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
  • McCillen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Sebastian Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sebastian Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sebastian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sebastian Cemetery is located in Jessamine County
    • Sebastian Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sebastian Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sebastian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sebastian Cemetery is located in Garrard County
    • Lynn Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lynn Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lynn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lynn Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
    • Collett Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Collett Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Collett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Collett Cemetery is located in Garrard County
    • VanHook - Brewer Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hoskins Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoskins Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoskins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hoskins Cemetery is located in Garrard County
    • Carpenter Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carpenter Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carpenter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Carpenter Cemetery is located in Garrard County
    • Paint Lick Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paint Lick Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paint Lick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Paint Lick Cemetery is located in Garrard County
    • Wheeler Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wheeler Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wheeler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wheeler Cemetery is located in Garrard County
    • Wheeler Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wheeler Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wheeler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wheeler Cemetery is located in Jessamine County
    • Ross Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ross Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ross Cemetery is located in Madison County
    • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lancaster have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
    • Lancaster is located in Garrard County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,840 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lancaster <7>
  • Gilbert
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Hubble
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hubble have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubble
    • Hubble is located in Lincoln County
  • Hyattsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Logantown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Logantown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logantown
    • Logantown is located in Lincoln County
  • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bryantsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryantsville
    • Bryantsville is located in Garrard County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bryantsville <7>
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boneyville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boneyville
      • Boneyville is located in Lincoln County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelby City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby City
      • Shelby City is located in Boyle County
    • Halls Gap
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halls Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Gap
      • Halls Gap is located in Lincoln County
    • Sugar Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Kirksville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirksville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
      • Kirksville is located in Madison County
    • Round Hill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Round Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill
      • Round Hill is located in Madison County
    • 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
    • Danville lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Lancaster African American Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Danville.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
  • Lancaster
  • Stanford

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Lancaster African American 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 Lancaster African American 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 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' (or 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Lancaster African American Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6154, Longitude: -84.5885    
<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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