A visit to the Byrd 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 Byrd Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Byrd Cemetery:
37.4717, -89.7593
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Byrd Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Byrd Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County<2>.
The county seat for Cape Girardeau County is located in Jackson. Jackson lies just to the southeast of the Byrd Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Byrd Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Byrd Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Byrd Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wheeler Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Wheeler Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Cemetery
- Old Caney Fork Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Old Caney Fork Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Caney Fork Cemetery
- Mayfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Mayfield Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield Cemetery
- Old Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Old Salem Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Salem Cemetery
- Snyder Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Snyder Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder Cemetery
- Ramsey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Ramsey Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey Cemetery
- Byrd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Byrd Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrd Cemetery
- Oak Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fulbright Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Fulbright Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulbright Cemetery
- New Salem UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The New Salem UMC Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Salem UMC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Daisy.
- The New Salem UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Salem Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987831 <5>
- Kurre Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Kurre Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kurre Cemetery
- Wise Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Wise Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wise Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Baker Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker Cemetery
- Wilkinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Wilkinson Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson Cemetery
- Schmidt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Schmidt Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schmidt Cemetery
- Riehn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Riehn Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riehn Cemetery
- Old Niswonger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Old Niswonger Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Niswonger Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Gladish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Gladish Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladish Cemetery
- Estes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Estes Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estes Cemetery
- Deck Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Deck Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deck Cemetery
- Slinkerd Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Slinkerd Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slinkerd Cemetery
- Herzinger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Herzinger Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herzinger Cemetery
- Howard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Howard Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell 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 Byrd Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Byrd Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Oak Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Millersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Daisy is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Pocahontas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Burfordville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Friedheim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shawneetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shawneetown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawneetown
- Sedgewickville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Gravel Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Hill is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Leemon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Leemon is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemon
- Old Appleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Seopus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Seopus is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seopus
- Biehle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Biehle is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biehle
- Uniontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Uniontown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Gordonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millheim
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millheim is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millheim
- Crump
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Frohna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Frohna is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frohna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Longtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Altenburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brazeau
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brazeau is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazeau
- Eureka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Eureka is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Patton Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Patton Junction is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton Junction
- Patton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
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 Byrd Cemetery. The following communities are located in Cape Girardeau County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Byrd 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 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 Byrd Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Cape Girardeau 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 Byrd Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #743319 (Byrd Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #743319 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: Cape Girardeau
- Est. Elev: 172 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Millersville
- Location given for Byrd Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.4717176 Lon: -89.7592646
- 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 Cape Girardeau, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Byrd 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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