A visit to the Bragg 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 Bragg Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Bragg Cemetery (FG ID #27709).
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 Bragg Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bragg Cemetery:
40.0420, -92.5485
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bragg Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<2>
The Bragg Cemetery is located in Adair County<3>.
The county seat for Adair County is located in Kirksville. Kirksville lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> to the north of the Bragg Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bragg Cemetery.
Name Variations for Bragg Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Bragg Cemetery has also been known as:
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Bragg Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bragg Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Shaver Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Shumaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- 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 <1>
- Stukey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Canaday Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Murry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Murry Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murry Cemetery
- Sheridan Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hardgrove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Hardgrove Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardgrove Cemetery
- Yarrow UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <1>
- Indian Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Indian Hill Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hill Cemetery
- Indian Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shirley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Shirley Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley Cemetery
- Hertzler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Hertzler Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertzler Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Steel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Steel Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steel Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Gibbs Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Gibbs Union Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gibbs Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Gibbs.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28892 <1>
- Cater Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Cater Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cater Cemetery
- Park View Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- 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 <1>
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Maple Hill Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill Cemetery
- Bell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Bell Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Cemetery
- Hockensmith Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Hockensmith Cemetery is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockensmith Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4> of the Bragg Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bragg Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- La Plata
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Millard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Millard is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Love Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Love Lake is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Lake
- Elmer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Elmer is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Gibbs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yarrow ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yarrow is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarrow
- South Gifford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Gifford is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Wilson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wilson is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Bullion ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bullion is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Barnesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Barnesville is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Atlanta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Atlanta is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
- Sue City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sue City is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sue City
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Kirksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Brashear
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brashear is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brashear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Nind ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Nind is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nind
- Goldsberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsberry is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsberry
- Economy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Economy is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Tipperary ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tipperary is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipperary
- Ethel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hurdland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hurdland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Novinger
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Bragg 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 Bragg Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Atlanta
- Bloomington
- Brashear
- Elmer
- Ethel
- Hurdland
- Kirksville
- La Plata
- Novinger
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 helpful 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 Bragg 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 Bragg Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #27709
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #714624 (Bragg Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #714624 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: 275 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Millard
- Location given for Bragg Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.0419784 Lon: -92.548524
- 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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- Bragg Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |