A visit to the Old Baptist 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 Old Baptist Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Baptist Cemetery:
40.5412, -84.9150
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Old Baptist Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Old Baptist Cemetery is located in Jay County<2>.
The county seat for Jay County is located in Portland. Portland lies just to the south southwest of the Old Baptist Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Old Baptist Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Old Baptist Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Old Baptist Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Daugherty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Daugherty Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daugherty Cemetery
- Old Brethren Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Old Brethren Cemetery is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Brethren Cemetery
- The Old Brethren Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bear Creek Cemetery
- Bearcreek Cemetery
- Boehm Cemetery
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
- Frank Boehm Farm Cemetery
- Macklin Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2194239 <5>
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Borris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Borris Cemetery is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borris Cemetery
- Pound Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Pound Cemetery is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pound Cemetery
- Collins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Gravel Hill Cemetery is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill Cemetery
- Pingrey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Pingrey Cemetery is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pingrey Cemetery
- Lufborrow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bunker Hill Amish Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Bunker Hill Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Snow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Studebaker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Zion State Line Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Zion State Line Cemetery is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion State Line Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Zion State Line Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the north of Fort Recovery (OH).
- The Zion State Line Cemetery has also been known as:
- State Line Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43583 <5>
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hartford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Stevenson Cemetery is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Skeels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Skeels Cemetery is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Cemetery
- Crawford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Crawford Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford 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 Old Baptist Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Old Baptist Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bryant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Trinity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Trinity is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Jay City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jay City is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Antiville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Antiville is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Geneva
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Skeels Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Skeels Crossroads is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Crossroads
- Portland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Berne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wabash
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Macedon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Scudder
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Linn Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
- Phenix
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Phenix is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Pony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pony is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pony
- Salamonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Salamonia is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salamonia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Fort Recovery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pennville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Blaine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Blaine is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
- Collett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Collett is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett
- Nottingham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Nottingham is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Fiat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fiat is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiat
- Greene
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Greene is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Bluff Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bluff Point is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Point
- Boundary City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Boundary City is located in Jay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary City
- Petroleum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Petroleum is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
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 Old Baptist Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Jay County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Baptist Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Berne
- Berne lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Old Baptist Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Berne.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berne
- Fort Recovery
- Portland
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 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 Old Baptist Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Jay 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 Old Baptist Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #440530 (Old Baptist Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #440530 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: Jay
- Est. Elev: 259 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Geneva
- Location given for Old Baptist Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.541157 Lon: -84.9149662
- 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 Jay, 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- Old Baptist 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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