A visit to the Grays Point 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 Grays Point Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Grays Point Cemetery (FG ID #29001).
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 Grays Point Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Grays Point Cemetery:
37.2422, -93.9871
The Grays Point Cemetery is located in Lawrence County<2>.
The county seat for Lawrence County is located in Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the southeast of the Grays Point Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Grays Point Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Grays Point Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Grays Point Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Salem Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Red Oak Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McCune Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plew Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Round Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Colley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stemons Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Stemons Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stemons Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Langston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gillock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Goss Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Wilson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hodges Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Webb Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Avilla Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Avilla Cemetery is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla Cemetery
- Beck Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stahl Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Grove Cemetery is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Cemetery
- Miller Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bowles Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Bowles Cemetery is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowles Cemetery
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 Grays Point Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Grays Point Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Red Oak
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Round Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Avilla
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- La Russell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Miller
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stotts City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Heatonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lockwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lockwood is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Golden City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stinson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- South Greenfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Greenfield is located in Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greenfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Forest Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Reeds
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Mount Vernon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sarcoxie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hoberg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hoberg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Pilgrim
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Motley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Talmage City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Talmage City is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage City
- Freistatt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Freistatt is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistatt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Parshley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wentworth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wentworth is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wentworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Everton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kenoma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Grays Point Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lawrence County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Grays Point Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Everton
- Golden City
- Greenfield
- La Russell
- Lockwood
- Mount Vernon
- Sarcoxie
- Stotts City
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 Grays Point Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Lawrence 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 Grays Point Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #29001
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #718768 (Grays Point Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #718768 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: Lawrence
- Est. Elev: 366 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Rescue
- Location given for Grays Point Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.2419981 Lon: -93.9868807
- 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> | If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Lawrence, 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- Grays Point 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |