A visit to the Piner 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 Piner Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Piner Cemetery:
39.6667, -86.0547
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Piner Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Piner Cemetery is located in Marion County<2>.
The county seat for Marion County is located in Indianapolis. Indianapolis lies just to the northwest of the Piner Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Piner Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Piner Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Kemper Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Morris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Morris Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Cemetery
- Big Run Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Big Run Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run Cemetery
- Wheatley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Wheatley Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatley Cemetery
- Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Southport Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Southport Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport Cemetery
- Nolan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Nolan Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan Cemetery
- New Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The New Bethel Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel Cemetery
- Blackwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Blackwell Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwell Cemetery
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Greenwood Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- The Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenwood City Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Acton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Deutsch Evangelical Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Round Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Round Hill Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Round Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the south of Indianapolis.
- The Round Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Campground Cemetery
- Campground Graveyard
- Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86634 <5>
- Glade Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Glade Cemetery is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Cemetery
- Buck Creek Christian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Crown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Concordia Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vorhies Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Vorhies Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vorhies Cemetery
- Banta Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Banta Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta Cemetery
- Freeman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Freeman Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Freeman Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east of Indianapolis.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85065 <5>
- Davis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brady Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Brady Cemetery is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Cemetery
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 Piner Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Piner Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Beech Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Southport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rocklane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rocklane is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklane
- Acton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Acton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Charlesmac Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Charlesmac Village is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesmac Village
- Homecroft
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Homecroft is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Brookfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brookfield is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- New Whiteland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Whiteland is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Whiteland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- London
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- London is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Smith Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Smith Valley is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Valley
- Stones Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Whiteland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Warren Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Warren Park is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,574 people
- Indianapolis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Palestine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Urmeyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Urmeyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urmeyville
- Needham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boggstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bluff Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Bargersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clover Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Clover Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Village
- Gem
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gem is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
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 Piner Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Marion County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Piner Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Fairland
- Greenwood
- Indianapolis
- New Palestine
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Piner Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Marion 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 Piner Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #2096279 (Piner Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #2096279 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: Marion
- Est. Elev: 260 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Beech Grove
- Location given for Piner Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.6666667 Lon: -86.0547222
- 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 Marion, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Piner 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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