A visit to the Preston 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 Preston Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Preston Cemetery:
37.3562, -86.4080
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Preston Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Preston Cemetery is located in Grayson County<2>.
The county seat for Grayson County is located in Leitchfield. Leitchfield lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northeast of the Preston Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Preston Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Preston Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Woosley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Woosley Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley Cemetery
- Woosley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Woosley Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Layman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Layman Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layman Cemetery
- Lacefield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Gary Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- William Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The William Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Layman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Layman Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layman Cemetery
- Gary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Gary Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary Cemetery
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- Christian Home Church of Christ Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cub Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Cub Creek Cemetery is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cub Creek Cemetery
- Vincent Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Bates Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Lower Bates Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Bates Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lower Bates Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the west of Caneyville.
- The Lower Bates Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bates Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2236675 <5>
- Smith Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Embry Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Embry Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embry Cemetery
- Lumbustown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Lumbustown Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumbustown Cemetery
- Threlkel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Threlkel Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Threlkel Cemetery
- John Stevenson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The John Stevenson Cemetery is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Stevenson Cemetery
- The John Stevenson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Meredith - Moutardier Family Cemetery
- Merideth Family Cemetery
- merideth - Moutardier Family Cemetery
- Stevenson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2228941 <5>
- Kefauver Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Kefauver Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kefauver 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 Preston Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Preston Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Shrewsbury
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Sunfish
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Millwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Caneyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Huff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Black Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Roundhill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Bee Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Welch's Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Welch's Creek is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch's Creek
- Whittinghill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Whittinghill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittinghill
- Brooklyn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Jetson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jetson is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jetson
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lindseyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Sweeden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Kyrock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Leitchfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Peonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Short Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Duff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Brownsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tousey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Arnold
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Higdon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Clarkson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Horn Back Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
- Yeaman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yeaman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaman
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 Preston Cemetery. The following communities are located in Grayson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Preston Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Preston Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Grayson 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 Preston Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #501300 (Preston Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #501300 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: Grayson
- Est. Elev: 204 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ready
- Location given for Preston Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.3561616 Lon: -86.4080343
- 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 Grayson, 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 from Point A (ie- Preston 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |