A visit to the Porter 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 Porter Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Porter Cemetery:
39.9409, -86.6758
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Porter Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Porter Cemetery is located in Boone County<2>.
The county seat for Boone County is located in Lebanon. Lebanon lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the northeast of the Porter Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Porter Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Porter Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Porter Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- New Ross Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The New Ross Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ross Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Lowry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Lowry Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowry Cemetery
- Hypes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Hypes Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hypes Cemetery
- Kidd Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Kidd Farm Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidd Farm Cemetery
- Fullen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Fullen Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullen Cemetery
- Gossett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Gossett Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossett Cemetery
- IOOF Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The IOOF Cemetery is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- Hicks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Hicks Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks Cemetery
- Richardson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Richardson Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson Cemetery
- Pennington Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Pennington Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Adams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Adams Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cemetery
- Pisgah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Pisgah Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Cemetery
- Inlow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Inlow Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlow Cemetery
- Stoner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Stoner Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoner Cemetery
- Wesley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Wesley Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Cemetery
- Zimmerman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Zimmerman Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman Cemetery
- North Salem Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The North Salem Baptist Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Salem Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the North Salem Baptist Cemetery is located outside and to the north of North Salem.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2293919 <5>
- Campbell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Campbell Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Cemetery
- Groover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Groover Cemetery is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groover Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Porter Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Porter Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Jamestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- New Ross
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Advance
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Advance is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
- North Salem
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ladoga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Barnard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Barnard is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnard
- Lizton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shannondale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Shannondale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannondale
- Mace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mace is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mace
- Roachdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Smartsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Smartsburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsburg
- Hazelrigg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hazelrigg is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelrigg
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Groveland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Groveland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- New Winchester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Winchester is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Winchester
- Pittsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Darlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Darlington is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Garfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- North Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- North Union is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Union
- Lebanon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Northfield Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Northfield Village is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield Village
- Thorntown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Crawfordsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Market
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- New Market is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- Bainbridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bainbridge is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 743 people
- Hadley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hadley is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Danville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ulen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ulen is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Stringtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stringtown is located in Boone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
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 Porter Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Boone County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Porter Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Advance
- Bainbridge
- Crawfordsville
- Danville
- Darlington
- Ladoga
- Lebanon
- New Ross
- North Salem
- Pittsboro
- Thorntown
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 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 Porter Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Boone 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 Porter Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #441461 (Porter Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #441461 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: Boone
- Est. Elev: 281 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: New Ross
- Location given for Porter Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.9408771 Lon: -86.6758381
- 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 Boone, 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- Porter 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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