A visit to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) 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 IOOF Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the IOOF Cemetery:
40.2189, -85.7797
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The IOOF Cemetery is located in Madison County<2>.
The county seat for Madison County is located in Anderson. Anderson lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south southeast of the IOOF Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the IOOF Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the IOOF Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from IOOF Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Prewett Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Prewett Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prewett Cemetery
- Howard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Howard Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard Cemetery
- Welborn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Welborn Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welborn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Welborn Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southeast of Elwood.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2205487 <5>
- Shell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Shell Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Cemetery
- Stoken Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Stoken Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoken Cemetery
- Sunset Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Sunset Memorial Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Memorial Park
- Carr Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Carr Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- The St. Joseph Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86709 <5>
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Neese Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Neese Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neese Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Elwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Elwood Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood Cemetery
- The Elwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Elwood City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84930 <5>
- Bell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Bell Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Cemetery
- Waymire Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Waymire Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waymire Cemetery
- Cook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Cook Cemetery is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Cemetery
- Perkinsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Perkinsville Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkinsville Cemetery
- Funk Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Funk Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk Cemetery
- Donahue Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Donahue Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donahue Cemetery
- Parkview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Parkview Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkview 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 IOOF Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from IOOF Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Frankton
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dundee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Dundee is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Orestes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orestes is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orestes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Aroma
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Aroma is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroma
- Florida
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Florida is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Gimco City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gimco City is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gimco City
- Elwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Elwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Elwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elwood
- Perkinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prosperity
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Prosperity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Alexandria
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- River Forest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- River Forest is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Forest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- North Anderson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Anderson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Anderson
- Edgewood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Edgewood Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood Village
- Edgewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Edgewood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,850 people
- Western Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Western Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Village
- Woodlawn Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woodlawn Heights is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Country Club Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Country Club Heights is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Omega
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Omega is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
- Anderson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hobbs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Strawtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Strawtown is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawtown
- Fishersburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fishersburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishersburg
- Leisure
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Leisure is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure
- Glyn Ellen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glyn Ellen is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glyn Ellen
- Summitville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Summitville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 982 people
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 IOOF Cemetery. The following communities are located in Madison County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The IOOF Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Alexandria
- Anderson
- Elwood
- Frankton
- Summitville
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 IOOF Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Madison 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 IOOF Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #436683 (Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #436683 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: Madison
- Est. Elev: 260 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Frankton
- Location given for Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.2189286 Lon: -85.7797002
- 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 Madison, 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- IOOF 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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