A visit to the Smith 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 Smith Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Smith Cemetery:
37.4404, -84.9016
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Smith Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Smith Cemetery is located in Casey County<2>.
The county seat for Casey County is located in Liberty. Liberty lies just to the south southwest of the Smith Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Smith Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Adam Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Adam Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adam Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- McCormick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The McCormick Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick Cemetery
- Southerland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Southerland Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southerland Cemetery
- Ellis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Ellis Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Cemetery
- Cox Graveyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Cox Graveyard is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox Graveyard
- Peyton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Peyton Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyton Cemetery
- Poplar Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Poplar Grove Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove Cemetery
- Stapp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Stapp Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapp Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Stapp Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northeast of Liberty.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2209556 <5>
- Butchertown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Butchertown Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butchertown Cemetery
- Drye Graveyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Drye Graveyard is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drye Graveyard
- Tabscott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Tabscott Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Vaught Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Vaught Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaught Cemetery
- Whitehouse Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Whitehouse Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Cemetery
- Carr Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Carr Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Middleburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Middleburg Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg Cemetery
- Cloyd - Hicks Family Graveyard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- McKinney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The McKinney Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinney Cemetery
- Pruitt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Pruitt Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitt Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 32 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Butchertown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Butchertown is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butchertown
- Mount Salem
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mount Salem is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Salem
- Hustonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Yosemite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Middleburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Middleburg is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg
- New Salem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Salem is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- McKinney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Chicken Bristle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chicken Bristle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicken Bristle
- Milledgeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Milledgeville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Liberty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Geneva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Geneva is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Forkland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Forkland is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- South Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- South Fork is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
- Turnersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Turnersville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Wilsonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wilsonville is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
- Parksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mitchellsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mitchellsburg is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsburg
- Jumbo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jumbo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Blue Lick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Blue Lick is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick
- Shelby City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shelby City is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby City
- Junction City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alum Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Alum Springs is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Springs
- Atterson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Atterson is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atterson
- Cantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cantown is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantown
- Gilpin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Gilpin is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin
- Brumfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Brumfield is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brumfield
- Kings Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kings Mountain is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain
- Miracle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Miracle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle
- Boneyville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Boneyville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boneyville
- Aliceton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Aliceton is located in Boyle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceton
- Gravel Switch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Switch is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Switch
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 Smith Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Casey County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Liberty
- Parksville
- Yosemite
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 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Casey 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #503761 (Smith Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #503761 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: Casey
- Est. Elev: 336 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Ellisburg
- Location given for Smith Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.4403521 Lon: -84.9016196
- 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 Casey, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Smith 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. |