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A visit to the Atkins Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Atkins Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Atkins Cemetery (FG ID #1991752)

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 Atkins Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   38.3876°   (38° 23' 15")

Lon:   -85.8453°   (-85° 50' 43")

The Atkins Cemetery is located in Floyd County<2>.

The county seat for Floyd County is located in New Albany. New Albany lies just to the south of the Atkins Cemetery .

Name Variations for Atkins Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Atkins Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Atkins Chapel Cemetery
  • Atkins Chapel UMC Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Atkins Cemetery.<4>

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

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Atkins Cemetery.

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

  • Bennettsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Starlight
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Floyds Knobs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Blackiston Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackiston Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston Village
    • Blackiston Village is located in Clark County
  • Broom Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Sellersburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sellersburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sellersburg
    • Sellersburg is located in Clark County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,047 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sellersburg <7>
  • Wilson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Galena
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galena have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
    • Galena is located in Floyd County
  • Speed
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Clarksville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarksville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
    • Clarksville is located in Clark County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,447 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarksville <7>
  • Slatecut
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slatecut have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatecut
    • Slatecut is located in Clark County
  • New Providence
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Providence came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<8>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Providence
    • New Providence is located in Clark County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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 Atkins Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Floyd County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Atkins Cemetery:

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 Atkins Cemetery:

The official website for Floyd County: www.floydcounty.in.gov/

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Floyd, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Atkins Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3876, Longitude: -85.8453    
<4>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.
<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.
<8>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.




 

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