A visit to the Finley 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 Finley Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Finley Cemetery:
39.6706, -91.5782
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Finley Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Finley Cemetery is located in Ralls County<2>.
The county seat for Ralls County is located in New London. New London lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Finley Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Finley Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Finley Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Finley Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Big Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Big Creek Cemetery is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek Cemetery
- West Ely Graveyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The West Ely Graveyard is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ely Graveyard
- Foreman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Foreman Cemetery is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreman Cemetery
- Greathouse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Greathouse Cemetery is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greathouse Cemetery
- Norton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Norton Cemetery is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Cemetery
- Barkley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Barkley Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkley Cemetery
- Crane Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Crane Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Cemetery
- Flowerree Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Flowerree Cemetery is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowerree Cemetery
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Bear Creek Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Cemetery
- Holy Rosary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Judes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The St. Judes Cemetery is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Judes Cemetery
- St. Jude Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The St. Jude Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Jude Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Jude Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Monroe City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #969154 <5>
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Dimmitt Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Dimmitt Cemetery is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimmitt Cemetery
- Grand View Burial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Grand View Burial Park is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Burial Park
- The Grand View Burial Park has also been known as:
- Grandview Burial Park
- Nelson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Nelson Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson Cemetery
- Minoi - Sandiage Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Bush Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Bush Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Cemetery
- McWilliams Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The McWilliams Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams 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 Finley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Finley Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Rensselaer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rensselaer is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rensselaer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- The Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Landing is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Landing
- Monroe City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oakwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Oakwood is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Dodge City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dodge City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodge City
- Palmyra
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hannibal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Helton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Helton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Shaver Ford ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shaver Ford is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaver Ford
- Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- New London
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shepherd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Shepherd is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cave City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cave City is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
- Greenlawn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greenlawn is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn
- Philadelphia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Philadelphia is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Hunnewell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hunnewell is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunnewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
- Madisonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Madisonville is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
- Stoutsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Florida
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saverton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Saverton is located in Ralls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saverton
- Spencer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Spencer is located in Pike County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Fall Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fall Creek is located in Adams County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Creek
- Marblehead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marblehead is located in Adams County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
- Perry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Emden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Emden is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emden
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 Finley Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Ralls County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Finley Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Center
- Florida
- Hannibal
- Hunnewell
- Monroe City
- New London
- Palmyra
- Perry
- Perry lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Finley Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Perry.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
- Philadelphia
- Stoutsville
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 Finley Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Ralls 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 Finley Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #717920 (Finley Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #717920 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: Ralls
- Est. Elev: 217 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Rensselaer
- Location given for Finley Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.6705992 Lon: -91.5782121
- 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 Ralls, 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- Finley 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. |