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A visit to the West Family Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 West Family Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the West Family Cemetery

Lat:   39.0021°   (39° 0' 7")

Lon:   -94.4730°   (-94° 28' 22")

The West Family Cemetery is located in Jackson County<1>.

The county seat for Jackson County is located in Independence. Independence lies just to the north northeast of the West Family Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> of the West Family Cemetery.<3>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from West Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 31 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the West Family Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from West Family Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Raytown
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raytown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raytown
    • Raytown is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,816 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raytown <7>
  • Little Blue
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Holmes Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Leeds
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Unity Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unity Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Village
    • Unity Village is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
  • Indian Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Indian Village is located in Jackson County
  • Maywood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lee's Summit
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee's Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee's Summit
    • Lee's Summit is located in Cass County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 101,467 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee's Summit <7>
  • Independence
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sugar Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Westwood Hills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westwood Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Hills
    • Westwood Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
  • Mission Woods
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
    • Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Mission Hills
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
      • Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
    • Leawood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Grandview
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grandview have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
      • Grandview is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,711 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grandview <7>
    • Lake Tapawingo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Tapawingo have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tapawingo
      • Lake Tapawingo is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
    • Kansas City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Westwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
      • Westwood is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
    • Fairway
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairway have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway
      • Fairway is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,963 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairway <7>
    • Prairie Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Village
      • Prairie Village is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,315 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie Village <7>
    • New Santa Fe
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Santa Fe have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Santa Fe
      • New Santa Fe is located in Jackson County
    • Adams
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Adams. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
      • Adams is located in Jackson County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Adams
      • From the West Family Cemetery to Adams
    • Roeland Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roeland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roeland Park
      • Roeland Park is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,652 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roeland Park <7>
    • Countryside
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Countryside have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
      • Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
    • Martin City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin City
      • Martin City is located in Jackson County
    • Belvidere
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belvidere have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
      • Belvidere is located in Jackson County
    • Blue Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Cement City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cement City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
      • Cement City is located in Jackson County
    • Randolph
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • East Kansas City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Kansas City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kansas City
      • East Kansas City is located in Clay County
    • Mission
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
      • Mission is located in Johnson County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
      • Former name for Mission:
      • Mission Hill Acres
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <7>

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 West Family Cemetery. The following communities are located in Jackson County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The West Family Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 either 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 West Family Cemetery:

The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.mo.us/

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the West Family Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0021, Longitude: -94.4730    
<3>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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