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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. 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 Mt. Mercy Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mt. Mercy Cemetery

Lat:   41.5472°   (41° 32' 49")

Lon:   -87.3982°   (-87° 23' 53")

The cemetery is located in Lake County<2>.

As an estimate, the Mt. Mercy Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Gary.

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 .

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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hope Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hope Cemetery is located in Lake County
  • Fern Oak Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fern Oak Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fern Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Fern Oak Cemetery is located in Lake County
  • Ross Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ross Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ross Cemetery is located in Lake County
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pleasant View Cemetery is located in Lake County
  • Waldheim Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waldheim Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Waldheim Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Waldheim Cemetery is located in Lake County
  • Tolleston Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tolleston Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tolleston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Tolleston Cemetery is located in Lake County
  • Hess Memorial Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Lake County
  • St. Michael Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Memory Lane Memorial Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memory Lane Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memory Lane Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Memory Lane Memorial Cemetery is located in Lake County
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery is located in Lake County
    • Evergreen Memorial Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Memorial Park
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Evergreen Memorial Park is located in Lake County
    • St. Johns Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Lake County
    • St. Michaels Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Michaels Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Michaels Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Michaels Cemetery is located in Lake County
    • Elmwood Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery is located in Lake County
    • 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.

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.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Mt. Mercy 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 Mt. Mercy Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #439600  (Mount Mercy Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #439600 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Highland
    • County: Lake         Elev: 192
    • Location given for GNIS #439600 (Mount Mercy Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #86023

The official website for Lake County: www.lakecountyin.org/

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 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Mt. Mercy Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5472, Longitude: -87.3982    
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.




 

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