A visit to the Calvary 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 Calvary Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Calvary Cemetery (FG ID #84536)
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 Calvary Cemetery ...
The Calvary Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Portage.
The cemetery is located in Porter County<2>.
Establishment of the Calvary Cemetery ...
The Calvary Cemetery was established in 1913.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Bailly Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Bailly Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailly Cemetery
- Blachly Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Blachly Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blachly Cemetery
- Burstrom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Burstrom Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burstrom Cemetery
- Chester Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Chester Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Cemetery
- Chesterton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Chesterton Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterton Cemetery
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Crown Hill Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Hill Cemetery
- Deep River Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Deep River Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River Cemetery
- Dillingham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Dillingham Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillingham Cemetery
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gossett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Gossett Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossett Cemetery
- Hobart City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Hobart City Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart City Cemetery
- James Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The James Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Janes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Janes Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janes Cemetery
- Kimball Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Kimball Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball Cemetery
- McCool Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Merrillville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mosier Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Mosier Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosier Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Robbins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Robbins Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Cemetery
- St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The St. Patricks Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patricks Cemetery
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tolleston Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Tolleston Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolleston Cemetery
- Waldheim Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Waldheim Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldheim Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Calvary Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Babcock
- Burns Harbor
- Chesterton
- Deep River
- Deep River is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Dune Acres
- Dune Acres is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dune Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Duneland Village of Gary
- Duneland Village
- Duneland Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duneland Village
- Gary
- Green Acres
- Hobart
- Lake Station
- Liverpool
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lottaville
- Merrillville
- New Chicago
- New Chicago is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chicago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,937 people
- Ogden Dunes
- Ogden Dunes is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Dunes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,083 people
- Portage
- Porter
- Ross
- South Haven
- South Haven is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Haven
- Tratebas Mill
- Valparaiso
- Wheeler
- Wheeler is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Willow Creek
- Woodland Village
- Woodland Village is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
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 Calvary Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Porter County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Calvary Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Gary
- Hobart
- Merrillville
- Portage
- Valparaiso
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 Calvary Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Porter 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 Calvary Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #84536
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #431979 (Calvary Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #431979 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: Porter
- Est. Elev: 190 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Portage
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 Porter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Calvary Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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