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A visit to the Sunset Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Sunset Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Sunset Cemetery (FG ID #2563225)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Sunset Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sunset Cemetery

Lat:   38.4644°   (38° 27' 51")

Lon:   -83.3062°   (-83° 18' 22")

The Sunset Cemetery is located in Lewis County<2>.

The county seat for Lewis County is located in Vanceburg. Vanceburg lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north of the Sunset Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Sunset Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sunset Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Stone Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stone Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Stone Cemetery is located in Lewis County
  • Laurel Point Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Holly Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holly Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holly Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Holly Cemetery is located in Lewis County
  • Adams Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adams Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Adams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Adams Cemetery is located in Lewis County
  • Kinder Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cooper Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cooper Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cooper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cooper Cemetery is located in Carter County
  • Armstrong Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Amey Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Amey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Amey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Amey Cemetery is located in Carter County
  • Sexton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sexton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sexton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sexton Cemetery is located in Carter County
  • McEldowney Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McEldowney Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McEldowney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The McEldowney Cemetery is located in Lewis County
  • Old Trace Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Fults Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fults Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fults Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fults Cemetery is located in Carter County
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Maddy Lewis Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Matty Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Matty Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Matty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Matty Cemetery is located in Lewis County
    • Buckner Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buckner Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buckner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Buckner Cemetery is located in Rowan County
    • Henderson Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henderson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Henderson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Henderson Cemetery is located in Rowan County
    • Williams Cemetery Two
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery Two
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery Two have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Williams Cemetery Two is located in Rowan County
    • Brown Cemetery Three
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery Three
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery Three have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Brown Cemetery Three is located in Rowan County
    • Owens Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jordan Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jordan Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jordan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Jordan Cemetery is located in Carter County
    • Sullivan Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Witten Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Evans Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evans Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evans Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Evans Cemetery is located in Lewis County

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 Sunset Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sunset Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Camp Dix
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Smiths Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smiths Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Creek
    • Smiths Creek is located in Carter County
  • Emerson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emerson have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
    • Emerson is located in Lewis County
  • Wesleyville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Smoky Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Boone Furnace
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boone Furnace have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Furnace
    • Boone Furnace is located in Carter County
  • Vanceburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Carter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carter have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter
    • Carter is located in Carter County
  • Buena Vista
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Charters
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Ryan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ryan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
    • Ryan is located in Fleming County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Ryan
    • From the Sunset Cemetery to Ryan
  • Garrison
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garrison have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
    • Garrison is located in Lewis County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Olive Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Muses Mills
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Rome
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Rome
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Haldeman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haldeman have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haldeman
      • Haldeman is located in Rowan County
    • Soldier
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soldier have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldier
      • Soldier is located in Carter County
    • Lawton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Counts Crossroads
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kehoe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kehoe. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kehoe
      • Kehoe is located in Carter County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Kehoe
      • From the Sunset Cemetery to Kehoe
    • Tygarts Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Quincy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quincy have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
      • Quincy is located in Lewis County
    • Burtonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Mountain Top
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • York
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Foxport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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 Sunset Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lewis County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sunset 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 Sunset Cemetery:

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 Sunset Cemetery:

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Lewis, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Sunset Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4644, Longitude: -83.3062    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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