A visit to the Watson 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 Watson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Watson Cemetery:
37.5112, -86.3241
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Watson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Watson Cemetery is located in Grayson County<2>.
The county seat for Grayson County is located in Leitchfield. Leitchfield lies just to the southeast of the Watson Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Watson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Watson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Walnut Hill Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Walnut Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Leitchfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1972282 <5>
- Leitchfield Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Leitchfield Memorial Gardens is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leitchfield Memorial Gardens
- The Leitchfield Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Memorial Gardens
- Memory Gardens
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Kerr Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Kerr Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr Cemetery
- Mullin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Mullin Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullin Cemetery
- Kefauver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Kefauver Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kefauver Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Holly MB Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Prewitt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Prewitt Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prewitt Cemetery
- Hazelwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Hazelwood Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood Cemetery
- Poole Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Poole Cemetery is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poole Cemetery
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- Layman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Layman Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layman Cemetery
- William Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The William Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for William Cemetery
- Williams Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Elizabeth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Thomason Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Thomason Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomason Cemetery
- McDaniels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The McDaniels Cemetery is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDaniels Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the McDaniels Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of McDaniels.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2331884 <5>
- Shain Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Shain Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shain Cemetery
- Layman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Layman Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layman Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Hudson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Hudson Cemetery is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson 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 Watson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Watson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Leitchfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Black Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Millwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Clarkson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Horn Back Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
- Duff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Hardin Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hardin Springs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Springs
- Indian Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Peonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Limp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Limp is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
- McDaniels
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Short Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Shrewsbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Big Clifty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
- Caneyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Higdon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Hudson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hudson is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Pierce Mill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce Mill is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Mill
- Se Ree
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Se Ree is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Se Ree
- Constantine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Constantine is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Constantine
- Tousey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
- Spring Lick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Westview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Westview is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview
- Summit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Summit is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Buras
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Buras is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buras
- Falls-of-Rough
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Yeaman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Yeaman is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeaman
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 Watson Cemetery. The following communities are located in Grayson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Watson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Watson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Grayson 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 Watson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #506281 (Watson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #506281 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: Grayson
- Est. Elev: 188 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Madrid
- Location given for Watson Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.5111661 Lon: -86.3241425
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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 Grayson, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Watson 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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