A visit to the Steele 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 Steele Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Steele Cemetery:
37.1695, -83.4069
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Steele Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Steele Cemetery is located in Leslie County<2>.
The county seat for Leslie County is located in Hyden. Hyden lies just to the east southeast of the Steele 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]<3> of the Steele Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Steele Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Woods Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Woods Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Cemetery
- Davidson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Davidson Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson Cemetery
- Sizemore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Sizemore Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizemore Cemetery
- Begley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Begley Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Begley Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Hyden.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2279093 <5>
- Lewis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Lewis Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Cemetery
- Couch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Couch Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couch Cemetery
- Woods Keen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Woods Keen Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Keen Cemetery
- Woods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Woods Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Cemetery
- Hardy Bottom Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Hardy Bottom Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Bottom Cemetery
- Hurricane Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Hurricane Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Cemetery
- Skeens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Skeens Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeens Cemetery
- Creech Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Creech Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creech Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Roberts Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Roberts Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Cemetery
- Raccoon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Raccoon Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Cemetery
- Dixon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Dixon Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Cemetery
- Roberts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Roberts Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Cemetery
- Napier Bowling Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Days Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Days Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Cemetery
- Hendrix Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Hendrix Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix Cemetery
- Whitaker Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Whitaker Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker Cemetery
- Witaker Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Witaker Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witaker Cemetery
- Howard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Steele Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Steele Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hyden
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Thousandsticks
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks
- Wendover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stinnett
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stinnett is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett
- Wooton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wooton is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooton
- Hoskinston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hoskinston is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston
- Sizerock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sizerock is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizerock
- Essie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Essie is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie
- Smilax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Smilax is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax
- Confluence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Confluence is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Bear Branch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bear Branch is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch
- Asher
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Asher is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Avawam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Avawam is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avawam
- Saul
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saul is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saul
- Big Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Big Creek is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Cutshin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cutshin is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin
- Busy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Busy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy
- Yerkes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yerkes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkes
- Krypton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Krypton is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krypton
- Eriline
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Eriline is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eriline
- Roark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roark is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roark
- Mozelle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mozelle is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle
- Chappell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chappell is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell
- Butterfly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Butterfly is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly
- Gays Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gays Creek is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Creek
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 Steele Cemetery. The following communities are located in Leslie County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Steele 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 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 Steele Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Leslie 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 Steele Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #515680 (Steele Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #515680 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: Leslie
- Est. Elev: 432 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hyden West
- Location given for Steele Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.1695361 Lon: -83.40685
- 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 Leslie, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Steele 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. |