A visit to the Bear Creek 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 Bear Creek Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bear Creek Cemetery:
40.2417, -92.6249
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bear Creek Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bear Creek Cemetery is located in Adair County<2>.
The county seat for Adair County is located in Kirksville. Kirksville lies just to the southeast of the Bear Creek Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bear Creek Cemetery.
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 Bear Creek Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bear Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mulberry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Mulberry Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Cemetery
- Collett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Collett Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett Cemetery
- Forest - Llewellyn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nineveh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Nineveh Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nineveh Cemetery
- Novinger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Novinger Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novinger Cemetery
- Waddill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Waddill Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddill Cemetery
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Lutz Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Lutz Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutz Cemetery
- Sloans Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Sloans Point Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Point Cemetery
- Ownbey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Ownbey Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ownbey Cemetery
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Maple Hill Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill Cemetery
- Highland Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Green Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Green Grove Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove Cemetery
- Park View Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Park View Memorial Gardens is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park View Memorial Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Park View Memorial Gardens is located outside and to the southeast of Kirksville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30743 <5>
- Megrew Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Megrew Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megrew Cemetery
- Broyles Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Broyles Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broyles Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Baden Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Parcell Salisbury Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Salisbury - Parcels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prough Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Prough Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prough 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 Bear Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bear Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Kirksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Novinger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Novinger is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novinger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Tipperary ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tipperary is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipperary
- Danforth ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Danforth is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danforth
- Greentop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bullion ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bullion is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Yarrow ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Yarrow is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarrow
- Millard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Millard is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Queen City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Queen City is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Worthington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Worthington is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Greencastle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Nind ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nind is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nind
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Gibbs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brashear
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brashear is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brashear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Clifton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Sticklerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sticklerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sticklerville
- South Gifford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- South Gifford is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Julesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Julesburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julesburg
- La Plata
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Livonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Livonia is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Wilson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Green City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Green City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Hurdland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hurdland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Kenwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kenwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Pennville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pennville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
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 Bear Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adair County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bear Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Brashear
- Green City
- Greencastle
- Greentop
- Hurdland
- Kirksville
- La Plata
- Livonia
- Novinger
- Queen City
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 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 Bear Creek Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Adair 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 Bear Creek Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #742893 (Bear Creek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #742893 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: Adair
- Est. Elev: 294 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Kirksville
- Location given for Bear Creek Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.241697 Lon: -92.624918
- 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 Missouri's counties, including Adair, 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- Bear Creek 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. |