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A visit to the Hively Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Hively Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Hively Cemetery (FG ID #2129509)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Hively Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Hively Cemetery

Lat:   41.2356°   (41° 14' 8")

Lon:   -85.4630°   (-85° 27' 46")

The Hively Cemetery is located in Whitley County<2>.

The county seat for Whitley County is located in Columbia City. Columbia City lies just to the south southwest of the Hively Cemetery .

Name Variations for Hively Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Hively Cemetery has also been known as:

  • St. Matthews Cemetery

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Hively Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Hively Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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 Hively Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Hively Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Tri-Lakes
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Cresco
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cresco. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
    • Cresco is located in Whitley County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Cresco
    • From the Hively Cemetery to Cresco
  • Merriam
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Collins
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lorane
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lorane. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
    • Lorane is located in Whitley County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Lorane
    • From the Hively Cemetery to Lorane
  • Columbia City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbia City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia City
    • Columbia City is located in Whitley County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,416 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia City <7>
  • Ormas
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Etna
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Wolf Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Churubusco
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Churubusco have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churubusco
    • Churubusco is located in Whitley County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,999 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Churubusco <7>
  • Green Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Port Mitchell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Larwill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larwill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larwill
      • Larwill is located in Whitley County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
    • Ege
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wilmot
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Kimmell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kimmell have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmell
      • Kimmell is located in Noble County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kimmell <7>
    • Ari
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Albion
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Pierceton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierceton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceton
      • Pierceton is located in Kosciusko County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,012 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pierceton <7>
    • Dunfee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunfee have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
      • Dunfee is located in Whitley County
    • Arcola
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Dunn Mill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
      • Indian Village is located in Noble County
    • South Whitley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cromwell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • North Webster
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Webster have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Webster
      • North Webster is located in Kosciusko County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,161 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Webster <7>

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 Hively Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Whitley County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Hively Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Hively Cemetery:

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 Hively Cemetery:

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Whitley, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Hively Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.2356, Longitude: -85.4630    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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