A visit to the Thomas 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 Thomas Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Thomas Cemetery:
37.6748, -85.7363
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Thomas Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Thomas Cemetery is located in Hardin County<2>.
The county seat for Hardin County is located in Elizabethtown. Elizabethtown lies just to the west northwest of the Thomas 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 Thomas Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Thomas Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Harris Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Harris Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Cemetery
- Daugherty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Daugherty Cemetery is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daugherty Cemetery
- Castleman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Castleman Cemetery is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleman Cemetery
- Neff Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Neff Cemetery is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neff Cemetery
- Potts Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Potts Spring Cemetery is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potts Spring Cemetery
- Edlin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Edlin Cemetery is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edlin Cemetery
- Vernon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Vernon Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Cemetery
- Bledsoe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Bledsoe Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- McCullum Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The McCullum Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullum Cemetery
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- St. James Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The St. James Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. James Cemetery
- Browns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Browns Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Cemetery
- Holy Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Holy Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cemetery
- Red Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Red Hill Cemetery is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Hodgenville.
- The Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #647502 <5>
- Beeler - Vittitow Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stader Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Stader Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stader Cemetery
- Larkin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Larkin Cemetery is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkin Cemetery
- Big Spring Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Big Spring Cemetery is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring Cemetery
- St. Joachim Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Joachim Cemetery is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joachim Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Thomas Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Thomas Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Roanoke
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Roanoke is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roanoke
- Tonieville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tonieville is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonieville
- Younger Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Younger Creek is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Younger Creek
- Nelsonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nelsonville is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Tunnel Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tunnel Hills is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Hills
- Colesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Colesburg is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colesburg
- Hodgenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- White City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Crest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crest is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest
- Elizabethtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Glendale Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glendale Junction is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale Junction
- New Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Boston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Gap
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blue Gap is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Gap
- Gaithers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gaithers is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaithers
- Glendale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Howardstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Howardstown is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardstown
- Gethsemane
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Gethsemane is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane
- Buffalo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Buffalo is located in Larue County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Culvertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Culvertown is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culvertown
- Lebanon Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Nolin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nolin is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolin
- Stiles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stiles is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stiles
- New Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- New Hope is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Saint John
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Saint John is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Cecilia
(12 miles [19.3 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 Thomas Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hardin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Thomas Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Elizabethtown
- Hodgenville
- New Haven
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 Thomas Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Hardin 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 Thomas Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #505162 (Thomas Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #505162 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: Hardin
- Est. Elev: 275 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Nelsonville
- Location given for Thomas Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.6747843 Lon: -85.7363491
- 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 Hardin, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Thomas 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. |