A visit to the Island City 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 Island City Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Island City Cemetery:
39.0098, -87.1567
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Island City Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Island City Cemetery is located in Greene County<2>.
The county seat for Greene County is located in Bloomfield. Bloomfield lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the east of the Island City Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Island City Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Island City Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Island City Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Old Linton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Old Linton Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Linton Cemetery
- German Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The German Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Hoosier.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84978 <5>
- Clayton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Clayton Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Cemetery
- Hale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Hale Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Waggoner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Waggoner Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waggoner Cemetery
- Richards Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Richards Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards Cemetery
- Marco Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Marco Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco Cemetery
- Switz City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Switz City Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switz City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Switz City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Switz City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87109 <5>
- Buzan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Buzan Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzan Cemetery
- Terhune Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Terhune Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terhune Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Dugger Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodward Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Woodward Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward Cemetery
- McDade Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The McDade Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDade Cemetery
- Frye Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Frye Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frye Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Antioch Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Antioch Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Dugger.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1990024 <5>
- Pirtle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Pirtle Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pirtle Cemetery
- Posey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Posey Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey Cemetery
- Sandborn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Prairie Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Island City Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Island City Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Island City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Linton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- White Rose
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Hoosier
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Lyons
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Switz City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dugger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gambill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gambill is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gambill
- Midland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Sandborn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Scotchtown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Jericho
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Newberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Plummer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Gilmour
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Jasonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Westphalia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Elnora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Elliston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Bloomfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Howesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Freelandville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Worthington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Paxton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Carlisle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Coalmont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
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 Island City Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Greene County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Island City Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Carlisle
- Dugger
- Elnora
- Jasonville
- Linton
- Lyons
- Lyons lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Island City Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lyons.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Sandborn
- Worthington
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 Island City Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Greene 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 Island City Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #436849 (Island City Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #436849 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: Greene
- Est. Elev: 166 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Linton
- Location given for Island City Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.009767 Lon: -87.1566788
- 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 Greene, 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- Island City 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. |