A visit to the Mount Mercy 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 Mt. Mercy Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Mt. Mercy Cemetery (FG ID #86023).
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 Mt. Mercy Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Mercy Cemetery:
41.5472, -87.3982
The Mt. Mercy Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Gary.
The cemetery is located in Lake County<2>.
Adjacent to the Mt. Mercy Cemetery and just to the east is the Ridgelawn Cemetery. Also to the east is the Saint Mary's Russian Orthodox Church Cemetery.
The county seat for Lake County is located in Crown Point. Crown Point lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Mt. Mercy Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mt. Mercy 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 Mt. Mercy Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mt. Mercy Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Hope Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Cemetery
- Fern Oak Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Fern Oak Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Oak Cemetery
- Ross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The Ross Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Waldheim Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Waldheim Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldheim Cemetery
- Tolleston Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Tolleston Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolleston Cemetery
- Hess Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- St. Michael Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Memory Lane Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Calumet Park Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Merrillville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Concordia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Mt. Mercy Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mt. Mercy Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Griffith
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Ross
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- New Elliott
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lottaville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gary
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Highland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hartsdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Schererville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hessville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Liverpool
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hammond
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Munster
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Merrillville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Chicago
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Chicago
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Chicago is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chicago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,937 people
- Lynwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dyer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint John
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hobart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Duneland Village of Gary
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Duneland Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Duneland Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duneland Village
- Lansing
(7 miles [11.3 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 Mt. Mercy Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lake County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mt. Mercy Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Gary
- Gary lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Mt. Mercy Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Gary.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
- Griffith
- Hammond
- Highland
- Hobart
- Lansing
- Merrillville
- Munster
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 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 Mt. Mercy Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Lake 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 Mt. Mercy Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #86023
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #439600 (Mount Mercy Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #439600 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: Lake
- Est. Elev: 192 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Highland
- Location given for Mount Mercy Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.5450361 Lon: -87.3972606
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Lake, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mt. Mercy 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |