A visit to the Saint Benedict 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 St. Benedict Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Benedict Cemetery:
35.3495, -96.9600
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Benedict Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Benedict Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County<2>.
The county seat for Pottawatomie County is located in Shawnee. Shawnee lies just to the east southeast of the St. Benedict Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Benedict Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Benedict Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Benedict Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Gregory's Abbey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Shawnee.
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shawnee Fairview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98396 <5>
- Blackburn Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Centerville Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Cemetery
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Bethel UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Bethel UMC Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethel UMC Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the west of Shawnee.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2201917 <5>
- Hopewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hopewell Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the west of Shawnee.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2137961 <5>
- Tecumseh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Tecumseh Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Resthaven Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Resthaven Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Cemetery
- Resthaven Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Abrams Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Abrams Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abrams Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Dale Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Wakole Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Wakole Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakole Cemetery
- Minneha Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Minneha Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneha Cemetery
- Ray Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Ray Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- New Salem Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The New Salem Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem Cemetery
- Jent Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Jent Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jent Cemetery
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Black Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Black Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Cemetery
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Forest Hill Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hill Cemetery
- Earlsboro Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Earlsboro Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlsboro Cemetery
- Neal Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Neal Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 17 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Benedict Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Benedict Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Shawnee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Acres is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,262 people
- Dale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dale is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Tecumseh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Johnson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Johnson is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
- Aydelotte
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Aydelotte is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aydelotte
- McLoud
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brooksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brooksville is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Earlsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jacktown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jacktown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Pink
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pink is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,187 people
- Meeker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Newalla
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bellemont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bellemont is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
- Macomb
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Harrah
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Little Axe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Axe is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Axe
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 St. Benedict Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pottawatomie County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Benedict Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Choctaw
- Earlsboro
- Harrah
- Macomb
- Macomb lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the St. Benedict Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Macomb.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macomb
- Maud
- Maud lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the St. Benedict Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Maud.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- McLoud
- Meeker
- Meeker lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the St. Benedict Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Meeker.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Prague
- Seminole
- Shawnee
- Sparks
- Sparks lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the St. Benedict Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Sparks.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Tecumseh
- Tribbey
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 St. Benedict Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Oklahoma:
- Pages specific to Pottawatomie 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 St. Benedict Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1097583 (Saint Benedict Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1097583 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: Pottawatomie
- Est. Elev: 315 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Shawnee
- Location given for Saint Benedict Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.3495142 Lon: -96.9600234
- 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 Oklahoma's counties, including Pottawatomie, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- St. Benedict 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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