A visit to the Abner - Ragan 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 Abner - Ragan Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Abner - Ragan Cemetery:
39.8158, -86.6817
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Abner - Ragan Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Abner - Ragan Cemetery is located in Hendricks County<2>.
The county seat for Hendricks County is located in Danville. Danville lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Abner - Ragan Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 5 miles [8 km] of the Abner - Ragan Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Abner - Ragan Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Biddle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Biddle Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biddle Cemetery
- Dickerson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Dickerson Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickerson Cemetery
- Roundtown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Roundtown Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtown Cemetery
- Page Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Page Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Cemetery
- Robbins Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Robbins Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Cemetery
- Fleece Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Fleece Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleece Cemetery
- Ryner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Ryner Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryner Cemetery
- Higgins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Higgins Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins Cemetery
- Turner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Turner Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
- Devenport Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Devenport Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devenport Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- North Salem Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The North Salem Baptist Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Salem Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the North Salem Baptist Cemetery is located outside and to the north of North Salem.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2293919 <5>
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- Zimmerman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Zimmerman Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman Cemetery
- Richardson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Richardson Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson Cemetery
- Coffman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Coffman Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Coffman Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Bainbridge.
- The Coffman Cemetery has also been known as:
- Job Cemetery
- Shilo Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84671 <5>
- Groveland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Groveland Cemetery is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland Cemetery
- New Winchester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Winchester Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Turner Farm Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Turner Farm Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Farm Cemetery
- Peck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Peck Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck Cemetery
- Shannon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Shannon Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Cemetery
- Tinder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Tinder Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinder Cemetery
- Trotter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Trotter Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trotter Cemetery
- Campbell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Adams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Adams Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- Pennington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Pennington Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Abner - Ragan Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Abner - Ragan Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Barnard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barnard is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- North Salem
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Groveland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Groveland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- New Winchester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Winchester is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Winchester
- Roachdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bainbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bainbridge is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Reno
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Reno is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
- Hadley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hadley is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Coatesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lizton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jamestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Amo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Danville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ladoga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fillmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fillmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fillmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- New Ross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stilesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Clayton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Advance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Advance is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
- Blakesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Blakesburg is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakesburg
- Cartersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mace
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mace is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
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 Abner - Ragan Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hendricks County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Abner - Ragan Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Advance
- Bainbridge
- Brownsburg
- Clayton
- Coatesville
- Danville
- Greencastle
- Ladoga
- New Ross
- North Salem
- Pittsboro
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 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 Abner - Ragan Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Hendricks 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 Abner - Ragan Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2094004 (Abner-Ragan Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2094004 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: Hendricks
- Est. Elev: 279 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: North Salem
- Location given for Abner-Ragan Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.8158333 Lon: -86.6816667
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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 Indiana's counties, including Hendricks, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Abner - Ragan 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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