A visit to the Moses Preston 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 Moses Preston Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Moses Preston Cemetery (FG ID #2313304)
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 Moses Preston Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Moses Preston Cemetery
Lat: 37.9671° (37° 58' 1")
Lon: -82.6368° (-82° 38' 12")
The Moses Preston Cemetery is located in Lawrence County<2>.
The county seat for Lawrence County is located in Louisa. Louisa lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north of the Moses Preston Cemetery .
Establishment of the Moses Preston Cemetery ...
The Moses Preston Cemetery was established in 1702.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Moses Preston Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Moses Preston Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Borders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Bottom Cemetery (?)
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McClure Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hammond Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shannon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Horn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Franklin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cartmill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mattie - Wilbur Road Cemetery (?)
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moore Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pack Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Little Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Emerson - Stratton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Miller Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Busseyville UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Moore Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Long Fork Road Cemetery (?)
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Little Blaine Creek Road Cemetery #1 (?)
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Little Blaine Creek Road Cemetery #2 (?)
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hayes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Son Butcher Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Son Butcher Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Son Butcher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Son Butcher Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Atkins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Atkins Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Atkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Atkins Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Waddle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Maynard Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vinson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Miller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Moses Preston Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Moses Preston Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ben Bow
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Richardson
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Georges Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ulysses ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Peach Orchard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bumblebee ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Patrick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gallup ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Charley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ivory ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ivory. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
- Ivory is located in Lawrence County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Ivory
- From the Moses Preston Cemetery to Ivory
- Maynard ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Torchlight ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Noris ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Noris. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noris
- Noris is located in Lawrence County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Noris
- From the Moses Preston Cemetery to Noris
- Lowmansville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clifford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ledocio
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mattie ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehouse
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Busseyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tomahawk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Evergreen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Adams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Adams. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Adams is located in Lawrence County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Adams
- From the Moses Preston Cemetery to Adams
- Walbridge ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cando ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cando. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cando
- Cando is located in Lawrence County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cando
- From the Moses Preston Cemetery to Cando
- Inez
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Smoky Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ellen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ellen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellen
- Ellen is located in Lawrence County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Ellen
- From the Moses Preston Cemetery to Ellen
- Cordell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Wilbur ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 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 Moses Preston Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lawrence County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Moses Preston Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Inez
- Inez lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Moses Preston Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Inez.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
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 Moses Preston Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Lawrence County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Moses Preston Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 Moses Preston Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Lawrence, 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 things 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 Moses Preston Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9671, Longitude: -82.6368 |
<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> | 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. |
<6> | 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. |
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