A visit to the Plainville 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 Plainville Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Plainville Cemetery:
38.7978, -87.1533
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Plainville Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Plainville Cemetery is located in Davies's County<2>.
The county seat for Davies's County is located in Washington. Washington lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the south of the Plainville Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Plainville Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Plainville Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Plainville Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wells Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Wells Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Cemetery
- Cornettsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Cornettsville Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville Cemetery
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Odd Fellows Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd Fellows Cemetery
- Tolberts Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sandborn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Humphries Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Humphries Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphries Cemetery
- Concord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Delay Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Delay Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delay Cemetery
- Begeman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Begeman Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Begeman Cemetery
- McClure Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The McClure Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure Cemetery
- Franklin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Franklin Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
- Ketchem Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Ketchem Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchem Cemetery
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- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Stoll Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Stoll Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoll Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Odd Fellows Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd Fellows Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hawkins Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Hawkins Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Kilgore Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Kilgore Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore Cemetery
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marco Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Marco Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Plainville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Plainville Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Plainville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Capehart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Westphalia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Elnora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Sandborn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Bicknell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ragsdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Odon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Freelandville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
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- Montgomery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Wheatland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Cannelburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Lyons
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bruceville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Burns City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Burns City is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns City
- Island City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
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 Plainville Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Davies's County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Plainville Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bicknell
- Elnora
- Linton
- Loogootee
- Lyons
- Lyons lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Plainville Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Lyons.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Monroe City
- Montgomery
- Oaktown
- Odon
- Odon lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Plainville Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Odon.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odon
- Sandborn
- Scotland
- Washington
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Plainville Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Davies's 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 Plainville Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #441225 (Plainville Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #441225 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: Daviess
- Est. Elev: 147 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Plainville
- Location given for Plainville Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.7978251 Lon: -87.1533449
- 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 Davies's, 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- Plainville 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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