A visit to the Smith 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 Smith Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Smith Cemetery (FG ID #31658)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Smith Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Smith Cemetery
Lat: 37.1148° (37° 6' 53")
Lon: -93.7524° (-93° 45' 8")
The Smith Cemetery is located in Lawrence County<2>.
The county seat for Lawrence County is located in Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon lies just to the west southwest of the Smith Cemetery .
Establishment of the Smith Cemetery ...
The Smith Cemetery was established in 1860.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Smith Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Summit Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Roberts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Taylor Graveyard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ozark Prairie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Vernon City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- IOOF Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Vernon IOOF Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Toliver Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Henson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hickman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Neelly Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Orange Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Campground Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pritchett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Davis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Williams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hoberg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spanish Fort Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Misemer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Smith Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mount Vernon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Heatonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hoberg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoberg have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoberg
- Hoberg is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Halltown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halltown have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halltown
- Halltown is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halltown <6>
- Miller
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stinson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stinson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinson
- Stinson is located in Lawrence County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Stinson
- From the Smith Cemetery to Stinson
- Freistatt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freistatt have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freistatt
- Freistatt is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Verona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verona have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Verona is located in Lawrence County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Aurora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Marionville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stotts City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Billings
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Billings have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billings
- Billings is located in Christian County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Billings <6>
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Round Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bradfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Republic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Republic have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Republic is located in Christian County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,481 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Republic <6>
- Everton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Everton have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everton
- Everton is located in Dade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Everton <6>
- Monett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clever
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clever have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clever
- Clever is located in Christian County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,836 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clever <6>
- Bois D'Arc
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ash Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrim
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pilgrim. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Pilgrim is located in Dade County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Pilgrim
- From the Smith Cemetery to Pilgrim
- Red Oak
(16 miles [25.7 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 Smith 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 Smith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ash Grove
- Aurora
- Billings
- Crane
- Everton
- La Russell
- Marionville
- Monett
- Mount Vernon
- Stotts City
- Verona
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 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 Smith Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Lawrence County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
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 Smith Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #726586 (Smith Cemetery)
- Note: GNIS record #726586 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
- Class: cemetery Map Name: Mount Vernon
- County: Lawrence Elev: 401
- Location given for GNIS #726586 (Smith Cemetery)
- Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #31658
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
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' (or 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Smith Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1148, Longitude: -93.7524 |
<4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |
<5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
<6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
<7> | 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. |