A visit to the Minor 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 Minor Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Minor Cemetery:
37.5678, -85.0336
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Minor Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Minor Cemetery is located in Boyle County<2>.
The county seat for Boyle County is located in Danville. Danville lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Minor Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Minor Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Minor Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Minor Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Elder Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Elder Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder Cemetery
- Aliceton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Aliceton Cemetery is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceton Cemetery
- Rawlings Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Rawlings Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawlings Cemetery
- Rogers Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Rogers Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Cemetery
- Ellis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Ellis Cemetery is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Cemetery
- Kirkland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Kirkland Cemetery is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland Cemetery
- Crews Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Crews Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crews Cemetery
- Piedmont Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Piedmont Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont Cemetery
- Elder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Elder Cemetery is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
- Purdom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Purdom Cemetery is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdom Cemetery
- Roller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Roller Cemetery is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roller Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Clarkson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Clarkson Cemetery is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson Cemetery
- Crews Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Crews Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- The Crews Cemetery is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crews Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crews Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Mitchellsburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #73595 <5>
- Chambers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Chambers Cemetery is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Cemetery
- Crain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Crain Cemetery is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crain Cemetery
- Tatum Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Tatum Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatum Cemetery
- Minor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Minor Cemetery is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor Cemetery
- Mitchell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Mitchell Cemetery is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Cemetery
- Cocanougher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Cocanougher Cemetery is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocanougher Cemetery
- Southerland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Southerland Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southerland Cemetery
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]<3> of the Minor Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Minor Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Aliceton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Aliceton is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceton
- Gravel Switch
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gravel Switch is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Switch
- Forkland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Forkland is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Brumfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brumfield is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brumfield
- Riley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Riley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Craintown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Craintown is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craintown
- Mitchellsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchellsburg is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsburg
- Poplar Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Poplar Corner is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Corner
- Penick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Penick is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penick
- Parksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Perryville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bradfordsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Butchertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Butchertown is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butchertown
- Wilsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wilsonville is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Stewart
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stewart is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
- Simstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Simstown is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simstown
- Alum Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Alum Springs is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Springs
- Atoka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Atoka is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atoka
- Needmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Needmore is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Dixville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dixville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixville
- Peck Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Peck Ford is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck Ford
- Greenbriar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbriar is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar
- Jenkinsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jenkinsville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkinsville
- Nevada
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nevada is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Lebanon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mackville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mackville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
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 Minor Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Boyle County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Minor Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Minor Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Boyle 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 Minor Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #498418 (Minor Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #498418 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: Boyle
- Est. Elev: 242 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Gravel Switch
- Location given for Minor Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.5678493 Lon: -85.0335696
- 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 Boyle, 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- Minor 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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