A visit to the Dowell 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 Dowell Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Dowell Cemetery:
39.2423, -86.6833
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Dowell Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Dowell Cemetery is located in Monroe County<2>.
The county seat for Monroe County is located in Bloomington. Bloomington lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Dowell Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Dowell Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Dowell Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Dowell Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hopewell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Coffey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Coffey Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffey Cemetery
- Chambersville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Livingston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Livingston Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- River Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The River Hill Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Hill Cemetery
- Blair Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Blair Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Cemetery
- Gross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Gross Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross Cemetery
- Whitehall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Whitehall Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- Livingston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Livingston Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Elliott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Elliott Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliott Cemetery
- Rose Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Rose Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Cemetery
- McKee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The McKee Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The White Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- Franklin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Franklin Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
- Van Buskirk Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Van Buskirk Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buskirk Cemetery
- Witham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Witham Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witham Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The White Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- Scott Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Scott Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott Cemetery
- Burkett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Burkett Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkett Cemetery
- Oliphant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Oliphant Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliphant Cemetery
- Adel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Minks Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Minks Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minks Cemetery
- Hudson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Hudson Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hudson Cemetery is located in Hendricksville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85454 <5>
- King Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The King Cemetery is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Cemetery
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 Dowell Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Dowell Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Ellettsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Stinesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Stinesville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stinesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Spencer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hendricksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hendricksville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricksville
- Highland Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Village
- Gosport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bloomington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dolan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Freedom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Newark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newark is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Stanford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stanford is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford
- Solsberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Cuba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Clear Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Creek is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
- Paragon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kirksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kirksville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Atkinsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Arney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Calvertville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Calvertville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvertville
- Unionville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Quincy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Tulip
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tulip is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
- Smithville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lewisville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
- Patricksburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
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 Dowell Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Monroe County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Dowell Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bloomington
- Ellettsville
- Gosport
- Paragon
- Patricksburg
- Spencer
- Stinesville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Dowell Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Monroe 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 Dowell Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1964854 (Dowell Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1964854 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: Monroe
- Est. Elev: 236 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Whitehall
- Location given for Dowell Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.2422676 Lon: -86.6833362
- 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 Monroe, 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- Dowell 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. |