A visit to the Vale 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 Vale Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Vale Cemetery:
36.7037, -90.2095
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Vale Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Vale Cemetery is located in Butler County<2>.
The county seat for Butler County is located in Poplar Bluff. Poplar Bluff lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Vale Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Vale Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Vale Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Vale Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Brown Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Brown Chapel Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Chapel Cemetery
- The Brown Chapel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brown Chapel General Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #27790 <5>
- Browns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Browns Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Cemetery
- Ash Hills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Ash Hills Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Hills Cemetery
- Hillis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hillis Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillis Cemetery
- Morocco Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Morocco Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morocco Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Kelly Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Kelly Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Cemetery
- Qulin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Qulin Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin Cemetery
- Dudley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Dudley Cemetery is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley Cemetery
- Owens Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Owens Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Cemetery
- Stephenson Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Stephenson Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenson Cemetery
- Dooley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Dooley Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooley Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Ashcraft Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Ashcraft Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcraft Cemetery
- Bethany Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Bethany Cemetery is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethany Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northwest of Malden.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2145191 <5>
- Mills Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Mills Cemetery is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Cemetery
- McMurphy Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The McMurphy Cemetery is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMurphy Cemetery
- Sycamore Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Sycamore Cemetery is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore Cemetery
- Summer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Summer Cemetery is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Cemetery
- Green Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Green Hill Cemetery is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill Cemetery
- Stephens Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Stephens Cemetery is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Cemetery
- Armstead Dowdy Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Vale Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Vale Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Broseley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fisk
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Qulin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Qulin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Qulin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Dudley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dudley is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 222 people
- Oglesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oglesville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesville
- Rombauer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rombauer is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rombauer
- Poplar Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kelly Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kelly Town is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Town
- Fagus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fagus is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagus
- Bernie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Harviell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dexter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Wappapello
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Campbell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Malden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Francis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Puxico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Neelyville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pollard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wrightsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wrightsville is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Bloomfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gibson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson is located in Dunklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Essex
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Essex is located in Stoddard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 447 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 Vale Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Butler County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Vale Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bernie
- Bloomfield
- Campbell
- Clarkton
- Dexter
- Essex
- Malden
- Poplar Bluff
- Puxico
- Qulin
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Vale Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Missouri:
- Pages specific to Butler 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 Vale Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #728096 (Vale Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #728096 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: Butler
- Est. Elev: 105 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Broseley
- Location given for Vale Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.7036668 Lon: -90.2095465
- 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 Butler, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Vale 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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