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:
37.0937, -89.7718
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 Scott County<2>.
The county seat for Scott County is located in Benton. Benton lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east of the Thomas Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Thomas Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Thomas Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Warfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Warfield Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warfield Cemetery
- Troph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Troph Cemetery is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troph Cemetery
- Bell City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Bell City Cemetery is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City Cemetery
- Hitt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Hitt Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitt Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Dennis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Dennis Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Cemetery
- Kenyon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Kenyon Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenyon Cemetery
- Frazier Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Frazier Cemetery is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Cemetery
- Cruse Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Cruse Cemetery is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruse Cemetery
- Darus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Darus Cemetery is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darus Cemetery
- Guarden Angel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Morgan Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Morgan Cemetery is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Buggs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Buggs Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buggs Cemetery
- Friends Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Friends Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- Bell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Bell Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- Forrest Hills Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dunn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Dunn Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Cemetery
- St. Ambrose Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Union Park Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Park Cemetery is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Park Cemetery
- The Union Park Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chaffee Union Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #32054 <5>
- Allenville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Allenville Cemetery is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 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:
- Perkins
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Perkins is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Painton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Painton is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painton
- Randles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Randles is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randles
- Green Cox
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Cox is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cox
- Tillman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tillman is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillman
- Bell City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bell City is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Cliff ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cliff is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff
- Caney Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Caney Creek is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney Creek
- Oran
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Delta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Delta is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delta <6>
- Advance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Vanduser
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vanduser is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanduser
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Chaffee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Allenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Allenville is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Morley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Morley is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Whitewater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Whitewater is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
- Crowder
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crowder is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- New Hamburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Hamburg is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Brownwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Brownwood is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownwood
- Haywood City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Haywood City is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Lambert
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lambert is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
- Population from the 2010 Census: 34 people
- Benton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dutchtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dutchtown is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Estimated population in 2018: 94 people
- Sturdivant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sturdivant is located in Bollinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturdivant
- Crump
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Crump is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crump
- Guam ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Guam is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guam
- Kelso
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
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 Scott County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Thomas Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Advance
- Benton
- Chaffee
- Morley
- Oran
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 Thomas Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Scott 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 #727576 (Thomas Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #727576 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: Scott
- Est. Elev: 140 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bell City
- Location given for Thomas Cemetery:
- Lat: 37.0936618 Lon: -89.7717551
- 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 Scott, 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 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> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |