A visit to the Thomas 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 Thomas Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Thomas Cemetery:
38.1920, -94.4897
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Thomas Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Thomas Cemetery is located in Bates County<2>.
The county seat for Bates County is located in Butler. Butler lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Thomas Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Thomas Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Thomas Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Woofin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Woofin Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woofin Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Virginia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Virginia Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Benjamin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Benjamin Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benjamin Cemetery
- Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Park Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Cemetery
- Richland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Richland Cemetery is located in Linn County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Cemetery
- Hays Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Hays Cemetery is located in Linn County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays Cemetery
- Eureka Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Eureka Cemetery is located in Linn County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Cemetery
- Turner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Turner Cemetery is located in Linn County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
- Hume Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Hume Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume Cemetery
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- Greenlawn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Greenlawn Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Cemetery
- Howell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Howell Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Cemetery
- Littell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Littell Cemetery is located in Linn County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littell Cemetery
- Fairview Rider Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Lamb - Mills Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Lamb - Mills Cemetery is located in Linn County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb - Mills Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Thomas Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Thomas Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Foster
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Foster is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- New Home
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Home is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Home
- Nyhart
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Nyhart is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyhart
- Worland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Worland is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worland
- Amoret
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amoret is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amoret
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Hume
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hume is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
- Rich Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Butler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Passaic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Passaic is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passaic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
- Pleasanton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Amsterdam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Metz
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Metz is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Boicourt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Boicourt is located in Linn County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boicourt
- Prescott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prescott is located in Linn County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
- Barnesville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barnesville is located in Bourbon County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
- Stotesbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Stotesbury is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17 people
- Merwin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Merwin is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Horton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Horton is located in Vernon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Adrian
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burdett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Burdett is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
- Mound City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fulton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Linn Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Linn Valley is located in Linn County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 876 people
- Prairie City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie City is located in Bates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Jingo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Jingo is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jingo
- La Cygne
(18 miles [29 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 Thomas Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bates County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Thomas Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Adrian
- Amoret
- Amsterdam
- Butler
- Foster
- Hume
- Hume lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Thomas Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hume.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
- La Cygne
- Merwin
- Metz
- Mound City
- Pleasanton
- Rich Hill
- Worland
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 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 Thomas Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Bates 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 Thomas Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #727581 (Thomas Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #727581 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: Bates
- Est. Elev: 251 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: New Home
- Location given for Thomas Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.1919711 Lon: -94.4896753
- 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 Bates, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Thomas 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |