A visit to the Hibbs 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 Hibbs Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hibbs Cemetery:
39.9795, -87.3883
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Hibbs Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Hibbs Cemetery is located in Fountain County<2>.
The county seat for Fountain County is located in Covington. Covington lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north of the Hibbs Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Hibbs Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Hibbs Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hibbs Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Silver Island Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dotson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cates Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Cates Cemetery is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cates Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shirk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Shirk Cemetery is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirk Cemetery
- Baker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Brockway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Brockway Cemetery is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway Cemetery
- Norton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Norton Cemetery is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Cemetery
- The Norton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crowder Cemetery
- Old Bethel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86169 <5>
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- The Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Southeast Cates Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2407051 <5>
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Isle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Isle Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle Cemetery
- Groenendyke Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Groenendyke Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groenendyke Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Eugene Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ephlin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Ephlin Cemetery is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephlin Cemetery
- Chenoweth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Chenoweth Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenoweth Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Tangier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Tangier Cemetery is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangier Cemetery
- Rush Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hicks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Hicks Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Cemetery
- The Hicks Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lowe - Hicks Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1353717 <5>
- Hughes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Hughes Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
- Patrick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Patrick Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Cemetery
- Newport Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Newport Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Cemetery
- The Newport Cemetery has also been known as:
- Thomas Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87142 <5>
- Zener Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Zener Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zener 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 Hibbs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hibbs Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Eugene
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Eugene is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Cayuga
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harveysburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harveysburg is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveysburg
- Kingman
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Perrysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Newport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tree Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tree Spring is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tree Spring
- West Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- West Union is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Gessie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gessie is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gessie
- Layton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Layton is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Layton
- Meeks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Meeks is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks
- Covington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Annapolis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Annapolis is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annapolis
- Grange Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Grange Corner is located in Parke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Corner
- Veedersburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rileysburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rileysburg is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rileysburg
- Foster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Foster is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Bloomingdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wallace is located in Fountain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
- Olivet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Olivet is located in Vermilion County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Baltimore ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Baltimore is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Dana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dana is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 564 people
- Hillsdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hillsdale is located in Vermillion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Montezuma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Westville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Georgetown
(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 Hibbs Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Fountain County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hibbs Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bloomingdale
- Cayuga
- Covington
- Montezuma
- Newport
- Perrysville
- Veedersburg
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 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 Hibbs Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Fountain 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 Hibbs Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #436085 (Hibbs Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #436085 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: Fountain
- Est. Elev: 162 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Newport
- Location given for Hibbs Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.9794833 Lon: -87.3883475
- 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 Fountain, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hibbs 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. |