A visit to the Waits 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 Waits Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Waits Cemetery:
38.3209, -84.8966
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Waits Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Waits Cemetery is located in Franklin County<2>.
The county seat for Franklin County is located in Frankfort. Frankfort lies just to the south of the Waits Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Waits Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Waits Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hutcherson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Hutcherson Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutcherson Cemetery
- Watkins Graveyard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Watkins Graveyard is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Graveyard
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Watkins Graveyard is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northwest of Frankfort.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2384805 <5>
- Bailey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Bailey Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Cemetery
- Peaks Mill Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Webster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grugin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hudson - Abbot Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hudson - Abbot Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson - Abbot Cemetery
- The Hudson - Abbot Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hodson Cemetery
- Hodson Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #74521 <5>
- Sudduth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Sudduth Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudduth Cemetery
- Sanders Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Sanders Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Cemetery
- Wallace Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Wallace Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace Cemetery
- Webster Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Webster Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Cemetery
- Monterey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Monterey Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Monterey Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cubbage Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Cubbage Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cubbage Cemetery
- Choatville Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Frankfort Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Greenhill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Greenhill Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhill Cemetery
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Beverly Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Beverly Cemetery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Cemetery
- Beech Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riddle Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Riddle Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle Cemetery
- Greenup Fork Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 31 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Waits Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Waits Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Swallowfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Swallowfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallowfield
- Tacketts Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tacketts Mill is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacketts Mill
- Elmville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Elmville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmville
- Monterey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Monterey is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Hatton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hatton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
- Benson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Benson is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Buttimer Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Buttimer Hill is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttimer Hill
- Frankfort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lockport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lockport is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport
- Teresita
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Teresita is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teresita
- New
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New
- Bagdad
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Consolation
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Consolation is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Consolation
- Forks of Elkhorn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forks of Elkhorn is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Elkhorn
- Harmony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Woodlake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlake is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake
- Watkinsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Watkinsville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkinsville
- Minorsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Minorsville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minorsville
- Suterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Suterville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suterville
- Beechwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Bethlehem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Christianburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Christianburg is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christianburg
- Castle ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- Gratz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gratz is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Bridgeport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Sand Lick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Lick is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Lick
- Stamping Ground
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stamping Ground is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamping Ground
- Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
- Fairbanks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairbanks is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Hesler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hesler is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesler
- Pleasureville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cropper
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cropper is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cropper
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 Waits Cemetery. The following communities are located in Franklin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Waits Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Waits Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Franklin 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 Waits Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #506107 (Waits Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #506107 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: Franklin
- Est. Elev: 166 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Polsgrove
- Location given for Waits Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.3209034 Lon: -84.8966171
- 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 Franklin, 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- Waits 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. |
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