A visit to the Downen 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 Downen Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Downen Cemetery:
38.0353, -87.8059
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Downen Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Downen Cemetery is located in Posey County<2>.
The county seat for Posey County is located in Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon lies just to the southwest of the Downen Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Downen Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Downen Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Downen Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Samuel Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Samuel Jones Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuel Jones Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Samuel Jones Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northeast of Mount Vernon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188835 <5>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Laurel Hill Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Laurel Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Wadesville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85666 <5>
- Moore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Moore Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Cemetery
- Calvin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Calvin Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvin Cemetery
- Kunze Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Kunze Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kunze Cemetery
- Engleheim Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Engleheim Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engleheim Cemetery
- St. Matthews Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Matthews Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Matthews Cemetery
- Hancock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Hancock Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Cemetery
- Homer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Homer Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Cemetery
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Beech Grove Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove Cemetery
- Bellefontaine Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Bellefontaine Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine Cemetery
- The Bellefontaine Cemetery has also been known as:
- Belfountain Cemetery
- Belle Fontaine Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84299 <5>
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Higinbottom Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Higinbottom Cemetery is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higinbottom Cemetery
- St. Wendel Catholic Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Wendel Catholic Church Cemetery is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Wendel Catholic Church Cemetery
- The St. Wendel Catholic Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Wendel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2201649 <5>
- Stallings Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Stallings Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stallings Cemetery
- Callahan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Callahan Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callahan Cemetery
- Stillwell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Stillwell Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwell Cemetery
- Pelham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Pelham Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham Cemetery
- Alexander Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Alexander Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Cemetery
- Dunn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Dunn Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Cemetery
- Gill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Gill Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill Cemetery
- Huber Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Huber Cemetery is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huber Cemetery
- St. Francis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The St. Francis Cemetery is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Francis Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Downen Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Downen Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Oliver
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oliver is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
- Hepburn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hepburn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hepburn
- Bufkin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bufkin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bufkin
- Blairsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blairsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairsville
- Springfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Caborn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Caborn is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caborn
- Wadesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Solitude
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Solitude is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solitude
- Saint Wendel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Wendel is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Wendel
- Mount Vernon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kasson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kasson is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasson
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Martin is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Poseyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Harmony
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Savah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Savah is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savah
- Armstrong
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Armstrong is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Stewartsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Stewartsville is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartsville
- Barrett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Barrett is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrett
- Cynthiana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hovey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hovey is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hovey
- Cypress
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Highland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Highland is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Darmstadt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Darmstadt is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darmstadt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,442 people
- Vaughan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Vaughan is located in Vanderburgh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan
- White City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- White City is located in Henderson County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Griffin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Griffin is located in Posey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Phillipstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Phillipstown is located in White County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
- Maunie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
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 Downen Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Posey County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Downen Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Maunie
- Mount Vernon
- New Harmony
- Poseyville
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 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 Downen Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Posey 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 Downen Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #433670 (Downen Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #433670 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: Posey
- Est. Elev: 149 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Wadesville
- Location given for Downen Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.0353212 Lon: -87.8058582
- 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 Posey, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Downen 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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