A visit to the Messersmith 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 Messersmith Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Messersmith Cemetery (FG ID #85909)
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 Messersmith Cemetery ...
The Messersmith Cemetery is located to the west of Greenwood.
The cemetery is located in Johnson County<2>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Banta Cemetery
- The Banta Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta Cemetery
- Bargersville Cemetery
- Bell Cemetery
- The Bell Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Cemetery
- Boles Cemetery
- The Boles Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Cemetery
- Forest Lawn Memory Gardens
- Friends Cemetery
- The Friends Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- The Gardens At Olive Branch Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
- Lowe Cemetery
- The Lowe Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe Cemetery
- MacKenzie Cemetery
- The MacKenzie Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacKenzie Cemetery
- Mallow Cemetery
- The Mallow Cemetery is located in Johnson County
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- Mars - Beeler Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Miller Cemetery
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Johnson County
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- Mt. Auburn Cemetery
- The Mt. Auburn Cemetery is located in Johnson County
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- Mt. Olive Cemetery
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Round Hill Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Southport Cemetery
- The Southport Cemetery is located in Marion County
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- Vorhies Cemetery
- West Newton Cemetery
- The West Newton Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Messersmith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Acton
- Banta
- Banta is located in Johnson County
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- Bargersville
- Beech Grove
- Bethany
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Bluff Creek
- Brooklyn
- Brookmoor
- Camby
- Charlesmac Village
- Charlesmac Village is located in Marion County
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- Franklin
- Greenwood
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Homecroft
- Homecroft is located in Marion County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Indianapolis
- Mooresville
- New Whiteland
- New Whiteland is located in Johnson County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- Providence
- Red House ‑ Historic
- Rocklane
- Rocklane is located in Johnson County
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- Smith Valley
- Southport
- Stones Crossing
- Urmeyville
- Waverly
- West Newton
- West Newton is located in Marion County
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- Whiteland
- Young
- Young is located in Morgan County
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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 Messersmith 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 Messersmith Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Franklin
- Greenwood
- Indianapolis
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Messersmith 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 Messersmith Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #85909
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #439039 (Messersmith Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #439039 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: 222 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bargersville
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 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' (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- Messersmith Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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