A visit to the Olive Hill 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 Olive Hill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Olive Hill Cemetery:
39.3714, -86.9328
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Olive Hill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Olive Hill Cemetery is located in Owen County<2>.
The county seat for Owen County is located in Spencer. Spencer lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southeast of the Olive Hill Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Olive Hill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Olive Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Crouse Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Crouse Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouse Cemetery
- Snoddy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Snoddy Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snoddy Cemetery
- Sixmile Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Sixmile Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Cemetery
- Spears Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Spears Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Zenor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Zenor Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenor Cemetery
- Funk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Funk Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk Cemetery
- Stephens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Stephens Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Cemetery
- St. Walley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Walley Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Walley Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cagle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Cagle Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cagle Cemetery
- Nier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Nier Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nier Cemetery
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- Wilkerson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Wilkerson Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkerson Cemetery
- Killion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Killion Cemetery is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killion Cemetery
- Mast Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mast Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mast Cemetery
- Palestine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Palestine Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine Cemetery
- Kaufman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Kaufman Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaufman Cemetery
- Maze Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Maze Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maze Cemetery
- Burger Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Burger Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burger Cemetery
- Marion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Marion Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Cemetery
- Steubenville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Splinter Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fender Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Fender Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fender Cemetery
- Cloyd Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Cloyd Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloyd Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Smith Cemetery is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Cemetery
- Fertig Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Olive Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Olive Hill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Atkinsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Atkinsonville is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinsonville
- Patricksburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Patricksburg is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patricksburg
- Bowling Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bowling Green is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Poland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cuba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cuba is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Denmark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Denmark is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Roadman Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Roadman Corner is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadman Corner
- Center Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eel River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Arney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Arney is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arney
- Spencer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prairie City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Saline City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Saline City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
- Clay City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coal City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Freedom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Freedom is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Cloverdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Art
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Art is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
- Reelsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Reelsville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsville
- Quincy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Quincy is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Harmony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Population from the 2020 Census: 639 people
- Knightsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Knightsville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
- Billville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Billville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billville
- Gosport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Putnamville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Putnamville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Brazil
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cory
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
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 Hill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Owen County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Olive Hill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bowling Green
- Brazil
- Clay City
- Cloverdale
- Coal City
- Gosport
- Patricksburg
- Reelsville
- Spencer
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 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 Olive Hill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Owen 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 Hill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #440651 (Olive Hill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #440651 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: Owen
- Est. Elev: 199 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Patricksburg
- Location given for Olive Hill Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.3714325 Lon: -86.9327882
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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 Owen, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Olive Hill 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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