A visit to the Polk Howard 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 Polk Howard Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Polk Howard Cemetery:
38.1158, -83.1528
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Polk Howard Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Polk Howard Cemetery is located in Elliott County<2>.
The county seat for Elliott County is located in Sandy Hook. Sandy Hook lies just to the southeast of the Polk Howard Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 40 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Polk Howard Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Polk Howard Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Carter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Carter Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Cemetery
- Plez Clevenger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Riley Conn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Riley Conn Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Conn Cemetery
- Pennington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Pennington Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Cemetery
- Milton Ladd Carter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lytten Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Lytten Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytten Cemetery
- Town Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Town Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Cemetery
- Boggs Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Boggs Family Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggs Family Cemetery
- Simmons Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Simmons Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Cemetery
- Boggs Cemetery Two
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Boggs Cemetery Two is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggs Cemetery Two
- Rowe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Rowe Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Cemetery
- Brown - Porter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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- Whitt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Whitt Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitt Cemetery
- Click Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Click Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click Cemetery
- King Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The King Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
- Gray Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Gray Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Cemetery
- Kegley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Kegley Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kegley Cemetery
- Flannery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Flannery Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flannery Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- R.E. Scaggs - Caudill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Blankenbeckler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Boggs Cemetery One
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Boggs Cemetery One is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggs Cemetery One
- Stigall Cemetery Two
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Stigall Cemetery Two is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stigall Cemetery Two
- J M Caudill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The J M Caudill Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for J M Caudill Cemetery
- Click Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Click Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Click Cemetery
- Fey - Crockett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- McDaniel Cemetery Two
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The McDaniel Cemetery Two is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDaniel Cemetery Two
- Skaggs Caudle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mabry Cemetery One
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Mabry Cemetery One is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabry Cemetery One
- Mabry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Mabry Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabry Cemetery
- DeHart Cemetery One
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The DeHart Cemetery One is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeHart Cemetery One
- Jason Trent Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Jason Trent Cemetery is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jason Trent Cemetery
- Cox Cemetery Two
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Cox Cemetery Two is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Cemetery Two
- Adkins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Adkins Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adkins Cemetery
- Burton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Burton Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Cemetery
- Burton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Burton Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Cemetery
- Flannery Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Flannery Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flannery Cemetery
- Flannery Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Flannery Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flannery Cemetery
- Mock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Mock Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock Cemetery
- Conn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Conn Cemetery is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conn Cemetery
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 Polk Howard Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Polk Howard Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- The Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Ridge is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Ridge
- Bell City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bell City is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Sandy Hook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Newfoundland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Newfoundland is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfoundland
- Ibex
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ibex is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ibex
- Isonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Isonville is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isonville
- Ault
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ault is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ault
- Minor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Minor is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor
- Gimlet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gimlet is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gimlet
- Bruin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bruin is located in Elliott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Elliottville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Elliottville is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliottville
- Wrigley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wrigley is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Crockett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Crockett is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett
- Jacobs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jacobs is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs
- Elkfork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Elkfork is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkfork
- Lawton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lawton is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Mazie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mazie is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazie
- Jeptha
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jeptha is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeptha
- Beetle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beetle is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beetle
- Grahn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Grahn is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grahn
- Mountain Top
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain Top is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Top
- Soldier
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Soldier is located in Carter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier
- Olive Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Yocum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Yocum is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocum
- Keaton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Keaton is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keaton
- Skaggs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Skaggs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skaggs
- Haldeman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Haldeman is located in Rowan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haldeman
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 Polk Howard Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Elliott County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Polk Howard 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 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 Polk Howard Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Elliott 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 Polk Howard Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2337126 (Polk Howard Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2337126 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: Elliott
- Est. Elev: 302 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sandy Hook
- Location given for Polk Howard Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.1158333 Lon: -83.1527778
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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 Elliott, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Polk Howard 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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