A visit to the William 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 William Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the William Cemetery:
37.4289, -86.3297
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the William Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The William Cemetery is located in Grayson County<2>.
The county seat for Grayson County is located in Leitchfield. Leitchfield lies just to the north northeast of the William Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the William Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from William Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Kefauver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Kefauver Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kefauver Cemetery
- Layman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Layman Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layman Cemetery
- Layman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Layman Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layman Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Decker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Decker Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decker Cemetery
- Watson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Watson Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Prewitt Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Prewitt Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prewitt Cemetery
- Preston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Preston Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Kerr Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Kerr Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr Cemetery
- Leitchfield Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- 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
- St. Elizabeth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mullin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Mullin Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullin Cemetery
- John Stevenson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The John Stevenson Cemetery is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Stevenson Cemetery
- The John Stevenson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Meredith - Moutardier Family Cemetery
- Merideth Family Cemetery
- merideth - Moutardier Family Cemetery
- Stevenson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2228941 <5>
- Logsdon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Logsdon Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logsdon Cemetery
- Holly MB Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Shain Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Shain Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shain Cemetery
- Woosley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Woosley Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woosley Cemetery
- Vincent Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hazelwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Hazelwood Cemetery is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood 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 William Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from William Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Black Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Black Rock is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Millwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Millwood is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Shrewsbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Leitchfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Peonia is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peonia
- Clarkson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Caneyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sunfish
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Bee Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Higdon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Higdon is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
- Duff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Duff is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duff
- Horn Back Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Horn Back Mill is located in Breckinridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Back Mill
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Short Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Short Creek is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek
- Indian Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
- Huff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Sweeden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Kyrock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Kyrock is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyrock
- Big Clifty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Clifty is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Clifty
- Spring Lick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Lindseyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Dogcreek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dogcreek is located in Hart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek
- McDaniels
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Limp
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Limp is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limp
- Hardin Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hardin Springs is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin Springs
- Tousey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tousey is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tousey
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 William Cemetery. The following communities are located in Grayson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The William Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 William 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 William Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #506781 (William Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #506781 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: 228 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Leitchfield
- Location given for William Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.4289417 Lon: -86.3296982
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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 '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- William 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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