A visit to the Woods Keen 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 Woods Keen Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Woods Keen Cemetery:
37.2209, -83.3777
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Woods Keen Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Woods Keen Cemetery is located in Leslie County<2>.
The county seat for Leslie County is located in Hyden. Hyden lies just to the south of the Woods Keen Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Woods Keen Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Woods Keen Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Woods Keen Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Woods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Woods Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Cemetery
- Steele Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Steele Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Cemetery
- Davidson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Davidson Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davidson Cemetery
- Lewis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Lewis Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Cemetery
- Howard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sizemore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Sizemore Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizemore Cemetery
- Begley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Begley Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Begley Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Hyden.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2279093 <5>
- Skeens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Skeens Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeens Cemetery
- Creech Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Creech Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creech Cemetery
- Dixon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Dixon Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon Cemetery
- Couch Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Couch Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couch Cemetery
- Hurricane Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Hurricane Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Witaker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Witaker Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witaker Cemetery
- Whitaker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Whitaker Cemetery is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker Cemetery
- Hardy Bottom Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Hardy Bottom Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Bottom Cemetery
- Raccoon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Raccoon Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raccoon Cemetery
- Hendrix Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Hendrix Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendrix Cemetery
- Napier Bowling Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Samuel Hacker Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Days Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Days Cemetery is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days 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 Woods Keen Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Woods Keen Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Thousandsticks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks
- Confluence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Confluence is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confluence
- Hyden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wooton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wooton is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooton
- Avawam
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Avawam is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avawam
- Yerkes
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Yerkes is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerkes
- Wendover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Busy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Busy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy
- Krypton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Krypton is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krypton
- Sizerock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sizerock is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sizerock
- Gays Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gays Creek is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Creek
- Smilax
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smilax is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Butterfly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Butterfly is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterfly
- Saul
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saul is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saul
- Chavies
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Chavies is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chavies
- Stinnett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stinnett is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinnett
- Hoskinston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hoskinston is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston
- Combs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Combs is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combs
- Bonnyman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bonnyman is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnyman
- Bear Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Branch is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch
- Hazard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Buckhorn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Big Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Big Creek is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Essie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Essie is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie
- Cutshin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cutshin is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin
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 Woods Keen Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Leslie County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Woods Keen 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 Woods Keen Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Kentucky:
- Pages specific to Leslie 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 Woods Keen Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #516474 (Woods Keen Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #516474 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: Leslie
- Est. Elev: 263 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hyden West
- Location given for Woods Keen Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.2209261 Lon: -83.3776819
- 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 Leslie, 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- Woods Keen 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. |