A visit to the McKay Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the McKay Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The McKay Cemetery (FG ID #68178).
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 McKay Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the McKay Cemetery:
31.6444, -92.4181
The McKay Cemetery is located in Grant Parish<2>.
The parish seat for Grant Parish is located in Colfax. Colfax lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the west southwest of the McKay Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the McKay Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the McKay Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from McKay Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Gray Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Bluff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hawthorne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hawthorne Cemetery is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawthorne Cemetery
- Guynes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Knot Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Pong Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pollock Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Friendship Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Whatley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Whatley Cemetery is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whatley Cemetery
- Georgetown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Liberty Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dayton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Dayton Cemetery is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Chalk Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Chalk Hill Cemetery is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalk Hill Cemetery
- Midway Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lone Pine Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leckie Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hurricane Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Hurricane Cemetery is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane Cemetery
- Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Sinai Cemetery is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Sinai Cemetery
- Zion Memorial Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Restland Memorial Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Eden Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Eden Cemetery is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Doughty Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Doughty Cemetery is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doughty Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the McKay Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from McKay Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Antonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dry Prong
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pollock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Zenoria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Fishville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Black Creek ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Black Creek is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
- Bentley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tullos
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Trout
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Creola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Creola is located in Grant Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Creola has also been known as:
- Creola village
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Ball
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Midway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Midway is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Jena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Summerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Urania
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tioga
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sharp Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sharp Town is located in La Salle Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Town
- Colfax
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmount
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Libuse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Olla
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
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 McKay Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Grant Parish.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The McKay Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Colfax
- Olla
- Olla lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the McKay Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Olla.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olla
- Pineville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 McKay Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Louisiana:
- Pages specific to Grant Parish:
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes:
- 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 McKay Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #68178
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #547668 (McKay Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #547668 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
- Parish: Grant
- Est. Elev: 27 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Mudville
- Location given for McKay Cemetery:
- Lat: 31.6446173 Lon: -92.4176394
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Grant, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- McKay 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |