A visit to the Greenwood 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 Greenwood Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Greenwood Cemetery:
38.6887, -90.2887
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Saint Louis County<2>.
The county seat for Saint Louis County is located in Clayton. Clayton lies just to the southwest of the Greenwood Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Greenwood Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Greenwood Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Greenwood Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Lake Charles Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Lake Charles Park Cemetery is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Charles Park Cemetery
- The Lake Charles Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lake Charles Cemetery
- Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Valhalla Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Valhalla Cemetery is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valhalla Cemetery
- Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens
- The Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #29768 <5>
- Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Memorial Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
- Memorial Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Memorial Park Cemetery is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Jennings.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30159 <5>
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- United Hebrew Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The United Hebrew Cemetery is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for United Hebrew Cemetery
- Chinese Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Chinese Cemetery is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinese Cemetery
- Chesed Shei Emeth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- B'nai Amoona Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The B'nai Amoona Cemetery is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B'nai Amoona Cemetery
- Western Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bellefontaine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Washington Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Frieden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Frieden Cemetery is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frieden Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- New Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The New Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethlehem Cemetery
- The New Bethlehem Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethlehem Memorial Park Cemetery
- New Bethlehem Memorial Park Cemetery
- New Bethlehem Memorial
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #164041 <5>
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Lebanon Cemetery is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Greenwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Greenwood Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hillsdale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hillsdale is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,536 people
- Glen Echo Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Glen Echo Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Echo Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
- Pine Lawn
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Pine Lawn is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lawn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,579 people
- Uplands Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Uplands Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uplands Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Velda Village Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Velda Village Hills is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velda Village Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,026 people
- Velda City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Velda City is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velda City
- Estimated population in 2015: 1,403 people
- Beverly Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Beverly Hills is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 551 people
- Velda Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Velda Village is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velda Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
- Pagedale
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pagedale is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,290 people
- Wellston
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Wellston is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,279 people
- Pasadena Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pasadena Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasadena Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Norwood Court
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Norwood Court is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood Court
- Population from the 2020 Census: 956 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Normandy
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Normandy is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
- Northwoods
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Northwoods is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwoods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,061 people
- Bel-Nor
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bel-Nor is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bel-Nor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,391 people
- Greendale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Greendale is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 654 people
- Pasadena Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pasadena Hills is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasadena Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 888 people
- Hanley Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hanley Hills is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanley Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,099 people
- University City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- University City is located in Saint Louis City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
- Cool Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cool Valley is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
- Jennings
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jennings is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,644 people
- Flordell Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Flordell Hills is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flordell Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Country Club Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Country Club Hills is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,245 people
- Bellerive Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bellerive Acres is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellerive Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Former name for Bellerive Acres:
- Bellerive
- Bel-Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bel-Ridge is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bel-Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,668 people
- Woodstock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Woodstock is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Vinita Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Vinita Park is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinita Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,107 people
- Vinita Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Vinita Terrace is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinita Terrace
- Estimated population in 2017: 274 people
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 Greenwood Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Saint Louis County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Greenwood Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Jennings
- University City
- Wellston
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 professional and volunteer 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 Greenwood Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Saint Louis 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 Greenwood Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #756131 (Greenwood Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #756131 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: St. Louis
- Est. Elev: 177 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Clayton
- Location given for Greenwood Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.6886623 Lon: -90.2887248
- 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 Saint Louis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Greenwood 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. |