A visit to the Saint Francis 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 St. Francis Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Francis Cemetery:
38.0487, -85.5394
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Francis Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Francis Cemetery is located in Bullitt County<2>.
The county seat for Bullitt County is located in Shepherdsville. Shepherdsville lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west southwest of the St. Francis Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Francis Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the St. Francis Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Francis Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Highlands Memory Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery
- The Highland Memorial Gardens Cemetery has also been known as:
- Highland Memory Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #74382 <5>
- Markwell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Markwell Cemetery is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markwell Cemetery
- Owens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Owens Cemetery is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Cemetery
- Fairmount Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Fairmount Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Cemetery
- Gentey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Gentey Cemetery is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentey Cemetery
- Grandell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Grandell Cemetery is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandell Cemetery
- Stallings Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Stallings Cemetery is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallings Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Weathers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Weathers Cemetery is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weathers Cemetery
- Collins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Collins Cemetery is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins Cemetery
- Chenoweth Run Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Chenoweth Run Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenoweth Run Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Pennsylvania Run Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Pennsylvania Run Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsylvania Run Cemetery
- The Pennsylvania Run Cemetery has also been known as:
- Penn Run Cemetery
- Penn Run Memorial Park
- Pennsylvania Run Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #218002 <5>
- Cooper Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Cooper Cemetery is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Cemetery
- Hebron Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Hebron Cemetery is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Cedar Grove UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brooks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Brooks Cemetery is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
- New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Montgomery Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Montgomery Cemetery is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Francis Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Francis Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Mount Washington
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Whitfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whitfield is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Solitude
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Solitude is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Highgrove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Highgrove is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgrove
- Hebron Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hebron Estates is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
- Lenore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lenore is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenore
- Highview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Highview is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highview
- Pioneer Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,978 people
- Hillview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hillview is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,192 people
- Fern Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hollow Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hollow Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
- Hopewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hopewell is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Spring Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Hunters Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hunters Hollow is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hollow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Fox Chase
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fox Chase is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Shepherdsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lotus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lotus is located in Bullitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotus
- Brooks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clermont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Deatsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Deatsville is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deatsville
- Coxs Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Taylorsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Yoder
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Yoder is located in Spencer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder
- Fisherville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Newburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Okolona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Park View
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Park View is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park View
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7 people
- Jeffersontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
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 St. Francis Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bullitt County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Francis Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Fern Creek
- Jeffersontown
- Shepherdsville
- Taylorsville
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 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 St. Francis Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Bullitt 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 St. Francis Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #502618 (Saint Francis Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #502618 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: Bullitt
- Est. Elev: 210 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mount Washington
- Location given for Saint Francis Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.0486736 Lon: -85.5393985
- 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 Bullitt, 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 from Point A (ie- St. Francis 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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