A visit to the Highland Park 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 Highland Park Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Highland Park Cemetery:
40.1909, -92.5571
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Highland Park Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Highland Park Cemetery is located in Adair County<2>.
The county seat for Adair County is located in Kirksville. Kirksville lies just to the west northwest of the Highland Park Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Highland Park Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Highland Park Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Highland Park Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Forest - Llewellyn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Maple Hill Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill Cemetery
- Park View Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Park View Memorial Gardens is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park View Memorial Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Park View Memorial Gardens is located outside and to the southeast of Kirksville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30743 <5>
- Ownbey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Ownbey Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ownbey Cemetery
- Waddill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Waddill Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddill Cemetery
- Cater Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Cater Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cater Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Bear Creek Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Cemetery
- Sloans Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Sloans Point Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloans Point Cemetery
- Collett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Collett Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett Cemetery
- Stukey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Richardson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Richardson Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Mulberry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Mulberry Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Cemetery
- Lutz Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Lutz Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutz Cemetery
- Parcell Salisbury Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Salisbury - Parcels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prough Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Prough Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prough Cemetery
- Shaver Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Novinger Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Novinger Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novinger Cemetery
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Moriah Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Moriah Cemetery
- Pinkerton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Pinkerton Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkerton Cemetery
- Gibbs Union Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Gibbs Union Cemetery is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gibbs Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Gibbs.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28892 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Highland Park Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Highland Park Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Kirksville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bullion ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bullion is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Millard
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Millard is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Novinger
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Novinger is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novinger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Tipperary ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Tipperary is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipperary
- Yarrow ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yarrow is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarrow
- Gibbs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brashear
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Brashear is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brashear
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Danforth ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Danforth is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danforth
- Greentop
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- La Plata
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wilson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wilson is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Nind ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nind is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nind
- South Gifford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Gifford is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Hurdland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hurdland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurdland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Kenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kenwood is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Queen City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Queen City is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
- Elmer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Elmer is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Love Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Love Lake is located in Macon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Lake
- Worthington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Worthington is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
- Clifton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Greencastle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sticklerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sticklerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sticklerville
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 Highland Park Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adair County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Highland Park Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Baring
- Brashear
- Elmer
- Elmer lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Highland Park Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Elmer.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Greencastle
- Greentop
- Hurdland
- Kirksville
- La Plata
- Novinger
- Queen City
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 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 Highland Park Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Adair 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 Highland Park Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #719571 (Highland Park Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #719571 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: Adair
- Est. Elev: 294 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Kirksville
- Location given for Highland Park Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.1908657 Lon: -92.5571377
- 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 Adair, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Highland Park 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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