A visit to the Union 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 Union Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Union Cemetery:
36.7859, -87.3492
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Union Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Union Cemetery is located in Christian County<2>.
The county seat for Christian County is located in Hopkinsville. Hopkinsville lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northwest of the Union Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Union Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Union Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rosedale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Rosedale Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Cemetery
- Gray Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Gray Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Mobley - Wilkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mobley - Wilkins Cemetery is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mobley - Wilkins Cemetery
- The Mobley - Wilkins Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mobley Cemetery
- Wilkins Cemetery
- Woodward Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Woodward Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward Cemetery
- Edgewood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Edgewood Cemetery is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Cemetery
- Goshen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Goshen Cemetery is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Cemetery
- Shanklins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Shanklins Cemetery is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanklins Cemetery
- Hayes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Hayes Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Cemetery
- Shaw Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Shaw Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Cemetery
- Steel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Steel Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel Cemetery
- Cave Springs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Cave Springs Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Springs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cave Springs Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Hopkinsville.
- The Cave Springs Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cave Spring Cemetery
- Cove Springs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #73355 <5>
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Good Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Good Hope Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Cemetery
- Haddock Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Haddock Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddock Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- Howard Major Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Tutt Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Tutt Cemetery is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tutt Cemetery
- Hermon Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Hermon Cemetery is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermon Cemetery
- Henderson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dogwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Dogwood Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Cemetery
- The Dogwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Barren Springs Cemetery
- Fox Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Fox Cemetery is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Cemetery
- Glenwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Glenwood Cemetery is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery
- Elkton Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Elkton Cemetery is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton Cemetery
- Kirkman Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Kirkman Cemetery is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkman Cemetery
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 Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Pembroke
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fairview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Trenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hopkinsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elkton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Howel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Howel is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howel
- Stryker Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stryker Village is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stryker Village
- Anderson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Herndon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Herndon is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Allegre
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allegre is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre
- Church Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Church Hill is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Garrettsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Garrettsburg is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrettsburg
- Guthrie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fearsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fearsville is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearsville
- Hadensville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hadensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadensville
- Bennettstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettstown is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettstown
- Saint Bethlehem
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bluff Spring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bluff Spring is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring
- Newstead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Newstead is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newstead
- LaFayette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swan Lake Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Swan Lake Village is located in Montgomery County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake Village
- Allensville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Allensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 157 people
- Sharon Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon Grove is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
- Kirkmansville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
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 Union Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Christian County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Elkton
- Guthrie
- Hopkinsville
- LaFayette
- Pembroke
- Trenton
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 Union Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Christian 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 Union Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #505764 (Union Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #505764 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: Christian
- Est. Elev: 187 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Pembroke
- Location given for Union Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.7858779 Lon: -87.3491729
- 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 Christian, 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- Union 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. |