A visit to the Floral Hills 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 Floral Hills Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Floral Hills Cemetery:
38.9972, -94.4880
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Floral Hills Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Floral Hills Cemetery is located in Jackson County<2>.
The county seat for Jackson County is located in Independence. Independence lies just to the north northeast of the Floral Hills Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Floral Hills Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Floral Hills Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Floral Hills Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Collings Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Collings Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collings Cemetery
- Rice Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Rice Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Memorial Park Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park Cemetery is located in Kansas City.
- The Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Memorial Park
- Sechrest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Sechrest Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sechrest Cemetery
- The Sechrest Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sechrest Family Cemetery
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- Cole Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Cole Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole Cemetery
- Green Lawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Green Lawn Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Green Lawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Kansas City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #29019 <5>
- Palestine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Palestine Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine Cemetery
- Brooking Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Noland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Noland Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noland Cemetery
- The Noland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Besonia Church Cemetery
- Oliver Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1981914 <5>
- Flanery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Flanery Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flanery Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Forest Hill & Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Forest Hill & Calvary Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill & Calvary Cemetery
- The Forest Hill & Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Forest Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28754 <5>
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ganzer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Ganzer Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganzer Cemetery
- Campground Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Campground Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campground Cemetery
- Pitcher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Pitcher Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcher Cemetery
- Douglas Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Douglas Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Cemetery
- The Douglas Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grange Cemetery
- Hylton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Hylton Cemetery is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylton Cemetery
- Blue Ridge Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Floral Hills Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Floral Hills Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Raytown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Holmes Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holmes Park is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Park
- Holmes Park has also been known as:
- Holmes
- Little Blue
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Little Blue is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Blue
- Leeds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Leeds is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Indian Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Unity Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Unity Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Mission Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
- Leawood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lee's Summit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Independence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Maywood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Westwood Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westwood Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Westwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westwood is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
- Mission Woods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Fairway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Prairie Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Santa Fe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Santa Fe is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Santa Fe
- Grandview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kansas City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sugar Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Roeland Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Martin City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Martin City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin City
- Belvidere
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Belvidere is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Lake Tapawingo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Tapawingo is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tapawingo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
- Mission
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mission is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
- Former name for Mission:
- Mission Hill Acres
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <6>
- Countryside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
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 Floral Hills Cemetery. The following communities are located in Jackson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Floral Hills Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Grandview
- Independence
- Kansas City
- Raytown
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Floral Hills Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Jackson 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 Floral Hills Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #718035 (Floral Hills Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #718035 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: Jackson
- Est. Elev: 310 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lees Summit
- Location given for Floral Hills Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.9972283 Lon: -94.4880089
- 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 Jackson, 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- Floral Hills 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. |