A visit to the Waters 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 Waters Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Waters Cemetery:
37.3831, -84.7033
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Waters Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Waters Cemetery is located in Lincoln County<2>.
The county seat for Lincoln County is located in Stanford. Stanford lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Waters Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Waters Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Waters Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Waters Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Gooch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Gooch Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooch Cemetery
- South Fork Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Wall Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Cemetery
- Greenbriar Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Greenbriar Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Cemetery
- Pleasant Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wilcher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Wilcher Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcher Cemetery
- Falconbury Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Falconbury Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falconbury Cemetery
- Benton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Benton Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Cemetery
- Leach Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Leach Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach Cemetery
- Grove Ridge Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dunham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Dunham Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunham Cemetery
- Double Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Parlor Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Parlor Grove Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parlor Grove Cemetery
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- McKinney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The McKinney Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinney Cemetery
- Cloyd - Hicks Family Graveyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Friendship Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Olive Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gruenheim Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Gruenheim Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruenheim Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Middleburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Middleburg Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg Cemetery
- Singleton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Singleton Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Singleton Cemetery
- Clear Fork Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Clear Fork Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Fork Cemetery
- Clear Fork Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reformed Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Reformed Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reformed Cemetery
- St. Sylvesters Catholic Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Russell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
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 Waters Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Waters Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Kings Mountain
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kings Mountain is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain
- South Fork
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Fork is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
- Waynesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waynesburg is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesburg
- New Salem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Salem is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Highland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Geneva
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- McKinney
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Miracle
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Miracle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle
- Jumbo
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jumbo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Mount Salem
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Salem is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Salem
- Middleburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Middleburg is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg
- Ottenheim
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ottenheim is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottenheim
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Halls Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Halls Gap is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Gap
- Yosemite
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Turnersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Turnersville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Eubank
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chicken Bristle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chicken Bristle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicken Bristle
- Blue Lick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Blue Lick is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick
- Broughtentown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Broughtentown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughtentown
- Maywood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Maywood is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Boneyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boneyville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boneyville
- Hustonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Grove is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Bethelridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bethelridge is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethelridge
- Rowland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rowland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Stanford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
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 Waters Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lincoln County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Waters 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 Waters Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Lincoln 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 Waters Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #506268 (Waters Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #506268 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: Lincoln
- Est. Elev: 385 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Halls Gap
- Location given for Waters Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.3831333 Lon: -84.7032784
- 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 Lincoln, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Waters 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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