A visit to the Defore 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 Defore Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Defore Cemetery:
39.2181, -86.8745
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Defore Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Defore Cemetery is located in Owen County<2>.
The county seat for Owen County is located in Spencer. Spencer lies just to the northeast of the Defore Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<3> of the Defore Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Defore Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Light Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Light Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Light Cemetery
- Leach Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Leach Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach Cemetery
- Hicks Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Hicks Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Cemetery
- McIndoo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The McIndoo Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIndoo Cemetery
- Neeley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Neeley Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neeley Cemetery
- Burton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Burton Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Cemetery
- Waker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Waker Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waker Cemetery
- Oliphant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Oliphant Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliphant Cemetery
- Burkett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Burkett Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkett Cemetery
- Franklin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Franklin Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The White Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- McKee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The McKee Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Scott Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Scott Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The White Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- Galimore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Galimore Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galimore Cemetery
- Splinter Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Williams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Williams Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Cemetery
- Kelley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Kelley Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelley Cemetery
- Snyder Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Snyder Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder Cemetery
- Camden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Camden Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden Cemetery
- Pryor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Pryor Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor Cemetery
- Adel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Adel Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Adel Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Freedom.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84144 <5>
- Witham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Witham Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witham Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- Tipton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Tipton Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Defore Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Defore Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Freedom
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Arney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Calvertville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Newark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Spencer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Worthington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Patricksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Denmark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Tulip
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Coal City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Hendricksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- Solsberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Cuba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Atkinsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Bloomfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ellettsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stinesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Bowling Green
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Clay City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Howesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Elliston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Stanford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Gosport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Switz City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mineral City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral City
- Eel River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
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 Defore Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Owen County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Defore Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bowling Green
- Clay City
- Coal City
- Ellettsville
- Gosport
- Patricksburg
- Spencer
- Stinesville
- Worthington
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 Defore Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Owen 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 Defore Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #433438 (Defore Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #433438 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: Owen
- Est. Elev: 199 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Freedom
- Location given for Defore Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.2180996 Lon: -86.8744519
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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 Owen, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Defore 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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