A visit to the South Fork 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 South Fork Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the South Fork Cemetery:
38.9170, -93.4230
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the South Fork Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The South Fork Cemetery is located in Pettis County<2>.
The county seat for Pettis County is located in Sedalia. Sedalia lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the southeast of the South Fork Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the South Fork Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the South Fork Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from South Fork Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Houstonia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Houstonia Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houstonia Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Cemetery
- Rose Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Rose Valley Cemetery is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley Cemetery
- Gross Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Gross Cemetery is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross Cemetery
- Allen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Allen Cemetery is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Cemetery
- Payne Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Payne Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Cemetery
- Marshall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Marshall Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Cemetery
- Rothwell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Rothwell Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothwell Cemetery
- Hocker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Hocker Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hocker Cemetery
- Evangelical Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Evangelical Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evangelical Cemetery
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- Prairie Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Prairie Hill Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Hill Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- LaMonte Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- 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>
- High Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The High Hill Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill Cemetery
- High Point Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The High Point Cemetery is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point Cemetery
- Hazel Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Hazel Grove Cemetery is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hazel Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Herndon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2133090 <5>
- Providence Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Providence Cemetery is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Wampler Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Wampler Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wampler Cemetery
- Knaus Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Knaus Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knaus Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Bethlehem Cemetery is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- Witcher Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- The Witcher Cemetery is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witcher Cemetery
- Goshen Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Goshen Cemetery is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the South Fork Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from South Fork Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Houstonia
(3 miles [4.8 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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dunksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dunksburg is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunksburg
- Emma
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Tedieville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tedieville is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tedieville
- Hughesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hughesville is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- La Monte
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cretcher
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cretcher is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cretcher
- Concordia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Valley City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Valley City is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Herndon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Herndon is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Marshall Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Marshall Junction is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Junction
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Knob Noster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blackburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Longwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Longwood is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Blue Lick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Lick is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Lick
- Georgetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Georgetown is located in Pettis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Alma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alma is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Salt Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Salt Springs is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Springs
- Mount Leonard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mount Leonard is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Leonard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
- Aullville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Aullville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aullville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 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 South Fork Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pettis County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The South Fork Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alma
- Alma lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the South Fork Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Alma.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Aullville
- Blackburn
- Concordia
- Corder
- Georgetown
- Higginsville
- Houstonia
- Knob Noster
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Malta Bend
- Marshall
- Sedalia
- Sweet Springs
- Warrensburg
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 South Fork Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Pettis 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 South Fork Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #726733 (South Fork Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #726733 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: Pettis
- Est. Elev: 202 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sweet Springs
- Location given for South Fork Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.9169616 Lon: -93.4229877
- 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 Pettis, 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- South Fork 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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