A visit to the Tarkio Home 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 Tarkio Home Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Tarkio Home Cemetery (FG ID #29370)
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 Tarkio Home Cemetery ...
The Tarkio Home Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Tarkio.
The cemetery is located in Atchison County<2>.
Name Variations for Tarkio Home Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Tarkio Home Cemetery has also been known as:
- Home Cemetery
- Tarkio Cemetery
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Addington Cemetery
- The Addington Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addington Cemetery
- Beck Cemetery
- The Beck Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beck Cemetery
- Bush Cemetery
- The Bush Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Cemetery
- Center Grove Cemetery
- The Center Grove Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Grove Cemetery
- Elmwood Cemetery
- The Elmwood Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- English Grove Cemetery
- The English Grove Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Grove Cemetery
- Grange Hall Cemetery
- The Grange Hall Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall Cemetery
- Green Hill Cemetery
- The Green Hill Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Cemetery
- Hunter Cemetery
- The Hunter Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cemetery
- Linden Cemetery
- The Linden Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Cemetery
- London Cemetery
- The London Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Cemetery
- Millsap Cemetery
- The Millsap Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millsap Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
- Prairie Hill Cemetery
- The Prairie Hill Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Hill Cemetery
- St. John's Church Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Stoner Cemetery
- The Stoner Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoner Cemetery
- Walden Grove Cemetery
- The Walden Grove Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden Grove Cemetery
- Walkup Cemetery
- The Walkup Cemetery is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkup Cemetery
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 Tarkio Home Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Barada
- Blanchard
- Brownville
- Burlington Junction
- Clearmont
- Coin
- College Springs
- College Springs is located in Page County (IA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Corning
- Craig
- Elmo
- Elmo is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Fairfax
- Farmers City
- Farmers City is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers City
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hamburg
- High Creek
- Nemaha
- Northboro
- Peru
- Phelps City
- Phelps City is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps City
- Quitman
- Quitman is located in Nodaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Estimated population in 2017: 42 people
- Rock Port
- Saint Deroin ‑ Historic
- Skidmore
- Tarkio
- Watson
- Westboro
- Westboro is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 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 Tarkio Home Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Atchison County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Tarkio Home Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Blanchard
- Brownville
- Burlington Junction
- Clearmont
- Coin
- College Springs
- Corning
- Craig
- Elmo
- Fairfax
- Hamburg
- Nemaha
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Continue List (5 more)
- Rock Port
- Skidmore
- Tarkio
- Westboro
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 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 Tarkio Home Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Atchison 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 Tarkio Home Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #29370
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #743282 (Home Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #743282 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: Atchison
- Est. Elev: 297 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Tarkio West
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 Atchison, 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 from Point A (ie- Tarkio Home Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |