A visit to the Saint Johns 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 St. Johns Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Johns Cemetery:
38.6762, -87.1806
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Davies's County<2>.
The county seat for Davies's County is located in Washington. Washington lies just to the south southeast of the St. Johns Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the St. Johns Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the St. Johns Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Johns Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hawkins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Hawkins Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins Cemetery
- Colbert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Colbert Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colbert Cemetery
- New Veale Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- The Bethel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethel UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84313 <5>
- St. Peters Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- Cornettsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Cornettsville Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville Cemetery
- McClure Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The McClure Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure Cemetery
- Wheatland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Wheatland Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wheatland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Wheatland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #450941 <5>
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Odd Fellows Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd Fellows Cemetery
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wells Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Wells Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Cemetery
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Plainville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Plainville Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville Cemetery
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Odd Fellows Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odd Fellows Cemetery
- Arnold Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Arnold Cemetery is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- East Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The East Union Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Union Cemetery
- St. Patricks Glencoe Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tolberts Chapel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wagler Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Wagler Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wagler Cemetery
- Stoll Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Stoll Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoll Cemetery
- Humphries Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Humphries Cemetery is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphries Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Johns Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Johns Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Washington
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Graham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Capehart
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Wheatland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wheatland is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Sandy Hook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sandy Hook is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
- Montgomery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Glendale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Cannelburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cannelburg is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannelburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Plainville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Bicknell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ragsdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Monroe City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe City is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Edwardsport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Highbank Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Highbank Town is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highbank Town
- Willis
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Willis is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Verne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Westphalia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Petersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Petersburg is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,299 people
- Alford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Alford is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Algiers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Algiers is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algiers
- Bruceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fritchton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Alfordsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alfordsville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfordsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Loogootee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Freelandville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Elnora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
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 St. Johns 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 St. Johns Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bicknell
- Elnora
- Loogootee
- Monroe City
- Montgomery
- Petersburg
- Washington
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 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 St. Johns 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 St. Johns Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #442568 (Saint Johns Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #442568 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: 163 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Washington
- Location given for Saint Johns Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.6761594 Lon: -87.1805672
- 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- St. Johns 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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