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A visit to the McCreary County Memorial Gardens ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the McCreary County Memorial Gardens. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The McCreary County Memorial Gardens (FG ID #557341)

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 McCreary County Memorial Gardens ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the McCreary County Memorial Gardens

Lat:   36.7181°   (36° 43' 5")

Lon:   -84.4711°   (-84° 28' 15")

The McCreary County Memorial Gardens is located in McCreary County<2>.

The county seat for McCreary County is located in Whitley City. Whitley City lies just to the north of the McCreary County Memorial Gardens .

Name Variations for McCreary County Memorial Gardens ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

McCreary County Memorial Gardens has also been known as:

  • Memorial Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the McCreary County Memorial Gardens.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from McCreary County Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first.

  • Hollaway Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hollaway Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hollaway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hollaway Cemetery is located in McCreary County
  • Holloway Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Carter Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Carter Cemetery is located in McCreary County
  • Hickman Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hickman Cemetery is located in McCreary County
  • Chitwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chitwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chitwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Chitwood Cemetery is located in McCreary County
  • Lower Hickory Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Pine Knot Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Knot Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Knot Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pine Knot Cemetery is located in McCreary County
  • Gilreath Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gilreath Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gilreath Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Gilreath Cemetery is located in McCreary County
  • Stevens Foster Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Musgrove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Barren Fork Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barren Fork Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barren Fork Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Barren Fork Cemetery is located in McCreary County
  • Jones Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Jones Cemetery is located in McCreary County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Nancy Grave Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nancy Grave Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nancy Grave Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Nancy Grave Cemetery is located in McCreary County
    • Laurel Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Coffey Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coffey Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coffey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Coffey Cemetery is located in McCreary County
    • Waters Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waters Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Waters Cemetery is located in McCreary County
    • Troxel Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Troxel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Troxel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Troxel Cemetery is located in McCreary County
    • Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hill Cemetery is located in McCreary County
    • Lower Cal Hill Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the McCreary County Memorial Gardens.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from McCreary County Memorial Gardens, with the nearest first.

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 McCreary County Memorial Gardens. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in McCreary County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The McCreary County Memorial Gardens.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 McCreary County Memorial Gardens:

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 McCreary County Memorial Gardens:

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 McCreary, 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 McCreary County Memorial Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7181, Longitude: -84.4711    
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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