A visit to the Olive 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 Olive Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Olive Cemetery (FG ID #166695).
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 Olive Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Olive Cemetery:
41.6069, -86.0221
The Olive Cemetery is located in Elkhart County<2>.
The county seat for Elkhart County is located in Goshen. Goshen lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Olive Cemetery .
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Establishment of the Olive Cemetery ...
The Olive Cemetery was established in 1842.
Name Variations for Olive Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give a you a feel for the variations that might have occurred with Olive Cemetery.
Olive Cemetery has also been known as:
- Olive Mennonite Church Cemetery
- Shaum's Meeting House Cemetery
- Shaum's Burying Ground
- Dodge Cemetery
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Olive Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Olive Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Noffsinger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Noffsinger Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noffsinger Cemetery
- Shutts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Shutts Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shutts Cemetery
- Resthaven Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Resthaven Cemetery is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Wenger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Wenger Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenger Cemetery
- Prairie Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Vincent Depaul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pletcher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Pletcher Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pletcher Cemetery
- Hoke Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hoke Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoke Cemetery
- Yellow Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Yellow Creek Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Creek Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Burkett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Burkett Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burkett Cemetery
- Grace Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Grace Lawn Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace Lawn Cemetery
- Eutzler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Eutzler Cemetery is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eutzler Cemetery
- Stutsman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Stutsman Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stutsman Cemetery
- Rowe Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Rowe Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Cemetery
- Rice Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Bull Cemetery is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Cemetery
- Sugar Grove 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 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Olive Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Olive Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Jamestown
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wakarusa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Osceola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlap
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dunlap is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Elkhart
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Southwest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Foraker
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Village is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Village
- Mishawaka
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wyatt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Simonton Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Simonton Lake is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonton Lake
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Nappanee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Granger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gulivoire Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bremen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gravelton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Paris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bainter Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bainter Town is located in Elkhart County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainter Town
- South Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Edwardsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bristol
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Indian Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Village is located in Saint Joseph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Nutwood
(13 miles [20.9 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 Olive Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Elkhart County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Olive Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bremen
- Edwardsburg
- Elkhart
- Foraker
- Goshen
- Mishawaka
- Nappanee
- New Paris
- South Bend
- Wakarusa
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Olive Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Elkhart 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 Olive Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #166695
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 Elkhart, 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- Olive 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. |