A visit to the Harris 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 Harris Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Harris Cemetery:
39.4770, -86.1883
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Harris Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Harris Cemetery is located in Johnson County<2>.
The county seat for Johnson County is located in Franklin. Franklin lies just to the east of the Harris Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Harris Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Harris Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Harris Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Carmen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Carmen Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmen Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Simpson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Simpson Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson Cemetery
- Watts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Watts Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts Cemetery
- Henderson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Henderson Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Cemetery
- Dollings Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Dollings Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollings Cemetery
- Utterback Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Utterback Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utterback Cemetery
- McColgin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The McColgin Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McColgin Cemetery
- First Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gilmore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Gilmore Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gilmore Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Bargersville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85131 <5>
- Boles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Boles Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Cemetery
- Bargersville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bargersville Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargersville Cemetery
- The Bargersville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Doty Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84234 <5>
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Brian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Brian Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brian Cemetery
- Hopewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Mallow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Mallow Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallow Cemetery
- IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The IOOF Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Waverly.
- The IOOF Cemetery has also been known as:
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
- Waverly IOOF Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85505 <5>
- Shiloh Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh Cemetery
- Flake Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Flake Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flake Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Harris Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Harris Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Providence
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Anita ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Bargersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Trafalgar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Banta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Bluff Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Samaria
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Waverly
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Franklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Whiteland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Whiteland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Whiteland is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Whiteland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- Stones Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Morgantown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Smith Valley is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley
- Red House ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Red House is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Peoga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Peoga is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoga
- Princes Lakes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Princes Lakes is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princes Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,342 people
- Nineveh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spearsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Amity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Greenwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brooklyn
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bethany
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Urmeyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Urmeyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urmeyville
- Brookmoor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brookmoor is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor
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 Harris Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Johnson County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Harris Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Franklin
- Greenwood
- Morgantown
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Harris Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Johnson 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 Harris Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #435779 (Harris Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #435779 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: Johnson
- Est. Elev: 248 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Trafalgar
- Location given for Harris Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.4769932 Lon: -86.1883222
- 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 Johnson, 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- Harris 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. |