Near Flippin in Monroe County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Fraim Cemetery
Photographed by Chad Comer, September 11, 2011
1. Fraim Cemetery Marker
Monroe County Cemetery Book Volume 2, page 98-99.
Erected 2011 by Chad Comer.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1861.
Location. 36° 42.753′ N, 85° 52.668′ W. Marker is near Flippin, Kentucky, in Monroe County. It is on Mud Lick-Flippin Road (Kentucky Route 678) near Fountain Run Road ( Route 100), on the left when traveling west. Marker is located near the SE corner of the intersection of routes 100 and 678, one mi W of Flippin. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Tompkinsville KY 42167, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Pennyroyal Region. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Famous Tree / Indian Creek Church (approx. half a mile away); Camp Anderson (approx. 1.2 miles away); Daniel Boone Was Here (approx. 1.6 miles away); Pikesville (approx. 1.6 miles away); Fountain Run World War I & World War II Memorial (approx. 5 miles away); Free-Town Church (approx. 5.1 miles away); Gamaliel Cemetery (approx. 6.6 miles away); Gamaliel (approx. 6.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Flippin.
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1. Fraim-Flippin Cemetery
This cemetery was also known historically as Flippin Cemetery. The first burials here were of the Flippin Family. Among the death certificates recorded for burials here since 1911 when state record-keeping began, we find both Fraim Cemetery and Flippin Cemetery listed as the place of burial. John M. Fraim was buried here as an in-law of the Flippin Family. His fame as a local favorite son and subsequent tradition-memory eventually imbued the cemetery with his alternate namesake, now publicly identified as Fraim Cemetery.
Reference: Arterburn, Charles R. Old Pikesville Days: 1818 - 2018. Bowling Green, Ky : C. R. Arterburn, 2019.
— Submitted December 30, 2021, by C. R. Arterburn of Lexington, Kentucky.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 31, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2011, by Chad Comer of Gamaliel, Kentucky. This page has been viewed 926 times since then and 20 times this year. Last updated on December 28, 2018, by C. R. Arterburn of Lexington, Kentucky. Photo 1. submitted on September 12, 2011, by Chad Comer of Gamaliel, Kentucky. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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