A visit to the Bell 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 Bell Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bell Cemetery:
39.9784, -92.6905
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bell Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bell Cemetery is located in Macon County<2>.
The county seat for Macon County is located in Macon. Macon lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the southeast of the Bell Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bell Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Bell Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bell Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bunce Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Bunce Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunce Cemetery
- Shirley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Shirley Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Cemetery
- Sheridan Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Glasston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Glasston Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasston Cemetery
- Agee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Agee Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agee Cemetery
- Hertzler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hertzler Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertzler Cemetery
- Murry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Murry Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murry Cemetery
- Shumaker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Shumaker Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumaker Cemetery
- The Shumaker Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shoemaker Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #31573 <5>
- Indian Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Indian Hill Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hill Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The White Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- Bell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Bell Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Cemetery
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- Quail Trap Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Quail Trap Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Trap Cemetery
- Still Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Still Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Cemetery
- Steel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Steel Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel Cemetery
- Hull Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Hull Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull Cemetery
- Goodson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Goodson Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodson Cemetery
- Hockensmith Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Hockensmith Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockensmith Cemetery
- Canaday Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hayner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Hayner Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayner Cemetery
- Bragg Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Bragg Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg Cemetery
- The Bragg Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mikel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #27709 <5>
- Yarrow UMC Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Yarrow UMC Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarrow UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Yarrow UMC Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Yarrow.
- The Yarrow UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pierceville Cemetery
- Tick Hill Cemetery
- Yarrow Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2157563 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bell Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bell Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Elmer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elmer is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- South Gifford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Gifford is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Goldsberry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Goldsberry is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsberry
- Ethel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barnesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barnesville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Nind ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nind is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nind
- Yarrow ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Yarrow is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarrow
- New Boston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- New Boston is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Love Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Love Lake is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Lake
- La Plata
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Millard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millard is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Hart
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hart is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Atlanta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Atlanta is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Winigan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Winigan is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winigan
- New Cambria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bloomington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomington is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Tipperary ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tipperary is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipperary
- Callao
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Economy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Economy is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Kirksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lingo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lingo is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo
- Gibbs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bullion ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bullion is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Sticklerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sticklerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sticklerville
- Bucklin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bucklin is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Bevier
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sue City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sue City is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sue City
- Wilson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wilson is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Novinger
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Novinger is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novinger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
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 Bell Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Macon County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bell Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Atlanta
- Bevier
- Bloomington
- Bucklin
- Callao
- Elmer
- Ethel
- Kirksville
- La Plata
- New Cambria
- Novinger
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 Bell Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Macon 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 Bell Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #713905 (Bell Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #713905 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: Macon
- Est. Elev: 257 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Elmer
- Location given for Bell Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.9783644 Lon: -92.6904713
- 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 Macon, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bell 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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