A visit to the Clopton 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 Clopton Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Clopton Cemetery:
38.8436, -93.1288
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Clopton Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Clopton Cemetery is located in Pettis County<2>.
The county seat for Pettis County is located in Sedalia. Sedalia lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Clopton Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Clopton Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Clopton Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Clopton Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Scott Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Scott Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Cemetery
- Hopewell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Millers Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Millers Chapel Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Millers Chapel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the northeast of Sedalia.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #157554 <5>
- Longwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Longwood Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood Cemetery
- Olive Branch Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Olive Branch Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch Cemetery
- Irving Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Irving Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving Cemetery
- Lamine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Lamine Cemetery is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamine Cemetery
- Sowers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Sowers Cemetery is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sowers Cemetery
- Raines Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Raines Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raines Cemetery
- Cunningham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Cunningham Cemetery is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham Cemetery
- High Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The High Hill Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill Cemetery
- High Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The High Point Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point Cemetery
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- Lee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Lee Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Providence Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Providence Baptist Church Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Providence Baptist Church Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the east of Sedalia.
- The Providence Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Providence Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1975166 <5>
- Witcher Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Witcher Cemetery is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witcher Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Crown Hill Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Hill Cemetery
- The Crown Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- City Cemetery
- Sedalia City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28278 <5>
- Highland Sacred Garden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Pilot Grove #1 Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
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]<3> of the Clopton Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Clopton Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Longwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Longwood is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Clifton City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clifton City is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton City
- Georgetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Marshall Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall Junction is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Junction
- Hughesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hughesville is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Harriston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Harriston is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriston
- Tedieville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tedieville is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedieville
- Sedalia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Smithton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Smithton is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 570 people
- Otterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pilot Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Blackwater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Nelson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nelson is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Blue Lick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Blue Lick is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick
- Houstonia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Houstonia is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Herndon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Herndon is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Napton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Napton is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napton
- Bellair
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bellair is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellair
- Lamine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lamine is located in Cooper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamine
- La Monte
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cretcher
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cretcher is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cretcher
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 Clopton Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pettis County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Clopton Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arrow Rock
- Blackwater
- Bunceton
- Georgetown
- Houstonia
- La Monte
- Otterville
- Pilot Grove
- Sedalia
- Sweet Springs
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 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 Clopton Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Pettis 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 Clopton Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #716008 (Clopton Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #716008 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: Pettis
- Est. Elev: 252 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Beaman
- Location given for Clopton Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.8436293 Lon: -93.128813
- 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 Pettis, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Clopton 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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