A visit to the Hocker 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 Hocker Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hocker Cemetery:
38.8567, -93.5416
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hocker Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Hocker Cemetery is located in Johnson County<2>.
The county seat for Johnson County is located in Warrensburg. Warrensburg lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Hocker Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Hocker Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Hocker Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hocker Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Marshall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Marshall Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Cemetery
- Payne Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Payne Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Cemetery
- Wampler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Wampler Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wampler Cemetery
- Knaus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Knaus Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knaus Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Evangelical Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Evangelical Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evangelical Cemetery
- Foster Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Foster Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Cemetery
- Lee Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Lee Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cemetery
- LaMonte Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The LaMonte Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaMonte Cemetery
- The LaMonte Cemetery has also been known as:
- La Monte Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #29726 <5>
- South Fork Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The South Fork Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork Cemetery
- Mayes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Mayes Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes Cemetery
- Adams Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Adams Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- New Hope Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Granger Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Granger Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger Cemetery
- Maxwell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Maxwell Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Craighead Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Craighead Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craighead Cemetery
- Prairie Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Prairie Hill Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Hill Cemetery
- Houstonia Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Houstonia Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonia Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sweet Springs City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28670 <5>
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 Hocker Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hocker Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Dunksburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dunksburg is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunksburg
- Valley City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Valley City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Knob Noster
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- La Monte
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Emma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Concordia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Houstonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Houstonia is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Sweet Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Warrensburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hughesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hughesville is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Aullville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Aullville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aullville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Tedieville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tedieville is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedieville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Greendoor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Greendoor is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendoor
- Alma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Alma is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Cretcher
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cretcher is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cretcher
- Corder
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Green Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Ridge is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Georgetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Georgetown is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Herndon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Herndon is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Higginsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blackburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Centerview
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cornelia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cornelia is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelia
- Henrietta
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Henrietta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Columbus
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Columbus is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
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 Hocker Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Johnson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hocker Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alma
- Aullville
- Blackburn
- Centerview
- Concordia
- Corder
- Georgetown
- Green Ridge
- Higginsville
- Houstonia
- Knob Noster
- La Monte
- Sweet Springs
- Warrensburg
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 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 Hocker Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Johnson 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 Hocker Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #719656 (Hocker Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #719656 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: Johnson
- Est. Elev: 232 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Knob Noster
- Location given for Hocker Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.8566813 Lon: -93.5416011
- 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 Johnson, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hocker 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. |