A visit to the Bethel 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 Bethel Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bethel Cemetery:
40.8828, -84.8419
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bethel Cemetery is located in Adams County<2>.
The county seat for Adams County is located in Decatur. Decatur lies just to the southwest of the Bethel Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bethel Cemetery.
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 Bethel Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bethel Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Clark Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Clark Chapel Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Chapel Cemetery
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Union Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Union Chapel Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Chapel Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- McClure Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The McClure Cemetery is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure Cemetery
- Kings Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Kings Cemetery is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Cemetery
- Hoffman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Hoffman Cemetery is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Brown Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Brown Family Cemetery is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Monroeville.
- The Brown Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brown Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84455 <5>
- Alpha Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Alpha Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha Cemetery
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Odd Fellows Cemetery is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd Fellows Cemetery
- Massilon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Massilon Cemetery is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massilon Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Tabor Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Tabor Cemetery
- Old Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Metzer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Metzer Cemetery is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metzer Cemetery
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- Decatur Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Decatur Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur Cemetery
- The Decatur Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenwood Cemetery
- Maplewood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85219 <5>
- Wren Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Wren Cemetery is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren Cemetery
- Redeemer Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the south of Convoy (OH).
- The St. Johns Cemetery has also been known as:
- Klien Cemetery
- St. Johns German Evangelical Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43109 <5>
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Bethel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bethel Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Decatur
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Dixon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Monroeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wren is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wren <6>
- Pleasant Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Convoy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Preble
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Willshire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hoagland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Schumm
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Glenmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Batson ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Batson is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- McGill ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- McGill is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Magley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Magley is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magley
- Coppess Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Zulu
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Zulu is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zulu
- Abanaka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Honduras
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Honduras is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honduras
- Van Wert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tipton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tipton is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Edgerton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Edgerton is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Tocsin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Tocsin is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocsin
- Craigville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Craigville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Ohio City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Payne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Payne is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payne <6>
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 Bethel Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Adams County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bethel Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Convoy
- Craigville
- Decatur
- Monroeville
- Ohio City
- Payne
- Payne lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Bethel Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Payne.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Van Wert
- Willshire
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 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 Bethel Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Adams 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 Bethel Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #430112 (Bethel Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #430112 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: Adams
- Est. Elev: 251 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Dixon
- Location given for Bethel Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.8828257 Lon: -84.8419079
- 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 Indiana's counties, including Adams, 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 from Point A (ie- Bethel 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |