A visit to the Union 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 Union Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Union Cemetery:
40.4159, -92.0838
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Union Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Union Cemetery is located in Scotland County<2>.
The county seat for Scotland County is located in Memphis. Memphis lies just to the northwest of the Union Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Union Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Union Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Buskirk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Buskirk Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buskirk Cemetery
- Conyers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Conyers Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conyers Cemetery
- Concord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Memphis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Indian Creek Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shacklett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Shacklett Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shacklett Cemetery
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Hickory Grove Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove Cemetery
- Etna Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Etna Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethel Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Memphis.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #944932 <5>
- South Bethel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The South Bethel Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethel Cemetery
- Hicks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Hicks Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Sand Hill Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill Cemetery
- Pauline Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Pauline Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauline Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pauline Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Rutledge.
- The Pauline Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rutledge Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #30782 <5>
- Rathburn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Rathburn Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathburn Cemetery
- McHenry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The McHenry Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Ft. Donaldson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Ft. Donaldson Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ft. Donaldson Cemetery
- Donaldson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Donaldson Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson Cemetery
- Pettit Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Pettit Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit Cemetery
- Forrester Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Forrester Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrester Cemetery
- Ewing Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Ewing Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing Cemetery
- Blattner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Blattner Cemetery is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blattner Cemetery
- Brookhart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Brookhart Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhart Cemetery
- Penn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Penn Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Cemetery
- Needham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Needham Cemetery is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Cemetery
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 Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Union Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- South Gorin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Gorin is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gorin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Gorin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gorin is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorin
- Arbela
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Memphis
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rutledge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Granger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Granger is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
- Pleasant Retreat
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Retreat is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Retreat
- Wyaconda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wyaconda is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyaconda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Unity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Unity is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Greensburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greensburg is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
- Luray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Luray is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Colony
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Colony is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Baring
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cantril
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kilwinning
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kilwinning is located in Scotland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilwinning
- Downing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Downing is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downing
- Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
- Neeper
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Neeper is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neeper
- Medill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Medill is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medill
- Chambersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chambersburg is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersburg
- Mount Sterling
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Edina
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Forest Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Springs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Springs
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 Union Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Scotland County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Baring
- Cantril
- Downing
- Edina
- Edina lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Union Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Edina.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edina
- Gorin
- Granger
- Luray
- Memphis
- Milton
- Wyaconda
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 professional and volunteer 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 Union Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Scotland 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 Union Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #727969 (Union Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #727969 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: Scotland
- Est. Elev: 232 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Arbela
- Location given for Union Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.415869 Lon: -92.0837894
- 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 Scotland, 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- Union 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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