A visit to the Old Alexandria 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 Old Alexandria Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Alexandria Cemetery:
39.0466, -90.9717
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Old Alexandria Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Old Alexandria Cemetery is located in Lincoln County<2>.
The county seat for Lincoln County is located in Troy. Troy lies just to the south of the Old Alexandria Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Old Alexandria Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Old Alexandria Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Alexandria Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Bricker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Bricker Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bricker Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Old Morris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Old Morris Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Morris Cemetery
- Briscoe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Briscoe Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe Cemetery
- Mumford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mumford Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumford Cemetery
- Guthrie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Guthrie Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie Cemetery
- Thornhill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Thornhill Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhill Cemetery
- Hopkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Hopkins Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Cemetery
- Dodson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Dodson Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson Cemetery
- Harmony Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reid Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Lick Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Sulphur Lick Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Lick Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Kinion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Kinion Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinion Cemetery
- Trail Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Trail Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail Cemetery
- Howell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Howell Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Cemetery
- Alexander Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Alexander Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Cemetery
- Auburn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Auburn Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Cemetery
- Cochran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Cochran Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Cemetery
- Clary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Clary Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clary Cemetery
- Hunter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hunter Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cemetery
- Troy City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Troy City Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy City Cemetery
- Ashbury Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gladney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Gladney Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladney Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gladney Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the north of Troy.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #28913 <5>
- Slavens - Allen 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 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Old Alexandria Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Alexandria Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Davis
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Davis is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Briscoe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Briscoe is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Cave
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cave is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Troy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mackville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mackville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville
- Auburn
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Auburn is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Moscow Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Silex
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silex is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 294 people
- Fountain N' Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain N' Lakes is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain N' Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Fountain N' Lakes has also been known as:
- Fountain N' Lakes village
- New Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Whiteside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Whiteside is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Argentville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Argentville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentville
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Hawk Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chain-of-Rocks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chain-of-Rocks is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-of-Rocks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Winfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Foley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Elsberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Corso
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Corso is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corso
- Eolia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Flint Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 794 people
- Sledd
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sledd is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sledd
- Truxton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Truxton is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Old Monroe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Olney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Olney is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
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 Old Alexandria Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lincoln County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Alexandria Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Elsberry
- Hawk Point
- Silex
- Silex lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Old Alexandria Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Silex.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silex
- Troy
- Troy lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the South (S) of the Old Alexandria Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Troy.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Wright 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 Old Alexandria Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Lincoln 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 Old Alexandria Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2582613 (Old Alexandria Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2582613 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: Lincoln
- Est. Elev: 215 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Okete
- Location given for Old Alexandria Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.0465793 Lon: -90.971666
- 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 Lincoln, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Old Alexandria 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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