A visit to the Wilcher 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 Wilcher Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wilcher Cemetery:
37.4206, -84.7549
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Wilcher Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Wilcher Cemetery is located in Lincoln County<2>.
The county seat for Lincoln County is located in Stanford. Stanford lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Wilcher Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Wilcher Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Wilcher Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wilcher Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- McKinney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The McKinney Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinney Cemetery
- South Fork Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cloyd - Hicks Family Graveyard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Waters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Waters Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Cemetery
- McCormick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The McCormick Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick Cemetery
- Wall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Wall Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Cemetery
- Gruenheim Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Gruenheim Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruenheim Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Middleburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Middleburg Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg Cemetery
- Grove Ridge Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gooch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Gooch Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooch Cemetery
- Pleasant Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Stapp Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Stapp Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapp Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Stapp Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northeast of Liberty.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2209556 <5>
- Green River Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Falconbury Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Falconbury Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falconbury Cemetery
- Benton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Benton Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Cemetery
- Greenbriar Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Greenbriar Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbriar Cemetery
- Leach Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Leach Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach Cemetery
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Pruitt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Pruitt Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitt Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Dunham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Dunham Cemetery is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunham Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
- Sugar Loaf Graveyard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Sugar Loaf Graveyard is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Loaf Graveyard
- McCormack Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The McCormack Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormack 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 Wilcher Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wilcher Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- New Salem
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- New Salem is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- South Fork
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- South Fork is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
- Geneva
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Geneva is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- McKinney
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mount Salem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Salem is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Salem
- Chicken Bristle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chicken Bristle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicken Bristle
- Kings Mountain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Mountain is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain
- Jumbo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Miracle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Miracle is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle
- Turnersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Turnersville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Middleburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Middleburg is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleburg
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Blue Lick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Lick is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick
- Hustonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Yosemite
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Moreland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Boneyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boneyville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boneyville
- Waynesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Waynesburg is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynesburg
- Milledgeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Halls Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Halls Gap is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Gap
- Ottenheim
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ottenheim is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottenheim
- Maywood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Maywood is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Rowland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rowland is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
- Stanford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Butchertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Butchertown is located in Casey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butchertown
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 Wilcher 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 Wilcher Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Wilcher 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 Wilcher Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #506719 (Wilcher Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #506719 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: 279 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hustonville
- Location given for Wilcher Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.4206323 Lon: -84.7549467
- 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Wilcher 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. |