A visit to the Chowning 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 Chowning Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Chowning Cemetery:
39.1937, -87.4734
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Chowning Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Chowning Cemetery is located in Sullivan County<2>.
The county seat for Sullivan County is located in Sullivan. Sullivan lies just to the south southeast of the Chowning Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Chowning Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Chowning Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Chowning Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Douglas Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- DeBaun Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The DeBaun Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeBaun Cemetery
- Riggs - Ernest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alkire Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Alkire Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alkire Cemetery
- McKinney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The McKinney Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinney Cemetery
- Pogue Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Pogue Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pogue Cemetery
- Little Flock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Little Flock Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Flock Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- West Prairie Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Poplar Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Poplar Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Westlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Westlawn Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Westlawn Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Farmersburg.
- The Westlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- West Lawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87340 <5>
- Lykens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Lykens Cemetery is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykens Cemetery
- Walls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Walls Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walls Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Watson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Watson Cemetery is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson Cemetery
- Walnut Prairie Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Burton Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Cemetery
- Free Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Free Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Cemetery
- Timmons Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Timmons Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timmons Cemetery
- Center Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Coffman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Coffman Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffman Cemetery
- Good Hope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Good Hope Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope Cemetery
- Kester Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Kester Family Cemetery is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kester Family Cemetery
- The Kester Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kester Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85597 <5>
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 Chowning Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Chowning Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Scott City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Fairbanks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Shelburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Prairie Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Graysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Farmersburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vigo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Hymera
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hymera is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hymera
- Population from the 2020 Census: 758 people
- Pimento
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- York
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- York is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Merom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- New Lebanon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Union
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- West Union is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- West York
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hutsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Snyder
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Snyder is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Prairieton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Paxton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Scotchtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Coalmont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Lewis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Youngstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Jericho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Gilmour
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
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 Chowning Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Sullivan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Chowning Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Farmersburg
- Hutsonville
- Shelburn
- Sullivan
- West Union
- West York
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Chowning Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Sullivan 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 Chowning Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #432486 (Chowning Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #432486 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: Sullivan
- Est. Elev: 155 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Shelburn
- Location given for Chowning Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.1936514 Lon: -87.4733546
- 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 Sullivan, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chowning 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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