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The location of the Ball Cemetery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<1>


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 Ball Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Ball Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

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

Lat:   39.6731°   (39° 40' 23")

Lon:   -85.5328°   (-85° 31' 58")

The Ball Cemetery is located in Rush County<2>.

The county seat for Rush County is located in Rushville. Rushville lies just to the southeast of the Ball Cemetery .

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 Ball Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Indiana:
  • Pages specific to Rush County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Ball Cemetery.

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

    • Arlington
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Carthage
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Rushville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Gwynneville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwynneville
      • Gwynneville is located in Shelby County
    • Homer
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Homer is located in Rush County
    • Mays
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mays have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays
      • Mays is located in Rush County
    • Manilla
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manilla
      • Manilla is located in Rush County
    • Gings
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gings
      • Gings is located in Rush County
    • Knightstown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Morristown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morristown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
      • Morristown is located in Shelby County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morristown <4>
    • Charlottesville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charlottesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlottesville
      • Charlottesville is located in Hancock County
    • Rays Crossing
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Crossing
      • Rays Crossing is located in Shelby County
    • Continue List   (14 more) ...
      • Gowdy
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy
        • Gowdy is located in Rush County
      • Dunreith
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunreith have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunreith
        • Dunreith is located in Henry County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 169 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunreith <4>
      • Blue Ridge
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
        • Blue Ridge is located in Shelby County
      • Knighthood Village
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knighthood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knighthood Village
        • Knighthood Village is located in Shelby County
      • Milroy
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milroy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milroy
        • Milroy is located in Rush County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milroy <4>
      • Glenwood
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Fairview
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
        • Fairview is located in Fayette County
      • Falmouth
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
        • Falmouth is located in Rush County
      • Spiceland
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spiceland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiceland
        • Spiceland is located in Henry County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 934 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spiceland <4>
      • Moscow
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
        • Moscow is located in Rush County
      • Orange
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
        • Orange is located in Fayette County
      • Grant City
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
        • Grant City is located in Henry County
      • Lewisville
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
        • Lewisville is located in Henry County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewisville <4>
      • Fountaintown
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountaintown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaintown
        • Fountaintown is located in Shelby County

    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 Ball Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Rush County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Ball Cemetery.<5>

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

    • East Hill Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The East Hill Cemetery is located in Rush County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Hill Cemetery
    • Concord Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Concord Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Concord Cemetery is located in Rush County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Concord Cemetery
    • Green Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Green Cemetery is located in Rush County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Cemetery
    • Carthage Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carthage Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Carthage Cemetery is located in Rush County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carthage Cemetery
    • Riverside Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Riverside Cemetery is located in Rush County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
    • Sells Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sells Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sells Cemetery is located in Rush County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sells Cemetery
    • Goddard Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Goddard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Goddard Cemetery is located in Rush County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goddard Cemetery
    • Bebout Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bebout Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bebout Cemetery is located in Rush County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bebout Cemetery
    • Haskett Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haskett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Haskett Cemetery is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haskett Cemetery
    • Laughlin Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laughlin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Laughlin Cemetery is located in Rush County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laughlin Cemetery
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Calvary Cemetery is located in Rush County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Rushville.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84538 <6>
    • Center Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Center Cemetery is located in Rush County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Cemetery
    • Continue List   (9 more) ...
      • Reddick Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Reddick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Reddick Cemetery is located in Rush County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reddick Cemetery
      • Bell Cemetery
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Bell Cemetery is located in Rush County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bell Cemetery
      • Pleasant View Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Pleasant View Cemetery is located in Rush County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View Cemetery
      • Hurst Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • The Hurst Cemetery is located in Rush County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hurst Cemetery
      • Ormes Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ormes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Ormes Cemetery is located in Rush County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ormes Cemetery
      • Kelly Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kelly Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Kelly Cemetery is located in Rush County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kelly Cemetery
      • Matlock Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Matlock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Matlock Cemetery is located in Rush County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Matlock Cemetery
      • East Hill Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • The East Hill Cemetery is located in Rush County
        • The East Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Rushville East Hill Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Hill Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84889 <6>
      • County Farm Cemetery
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the County Farm Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The County Farm Cemetery is located in Rush County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the County Farm Cemetery

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

    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 Ball Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #430457  (Ball Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #430457 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Carthage
      • County: Rush         Elev: 284
      • Location given for GNIS #430457 (Ball Cemetery)

    The official website for Rush County: www.rushcounty.in.gov/

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

    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 Rush, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Ball Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6731, Longitude: -85.5328       In this case, the coordinates for the Ball Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>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.
    <6>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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