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A visit to the Saint Josephs Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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. Josephs Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Josephs Cemetery

Lat:   39.5300°   (39° 31' 48")

Lon:   -85.7647°   (-85° 45' 52")

The St. Josephs Cemetery is located in Shelby County<2>.

The county seat for Shelby County is located in Shelbyville. Shelbyville lies just to the west northwest of the St. Josephs Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the St. Josephs Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Josephs Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Campbell Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Campbell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Campbell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Campbell Cemetery is located in Shelby County
  • Tindall Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tindall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tindall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Tindall Cemetery is located in Shelby County
  • Center Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Center Cemetery is located in Shelby County
  • Marion Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Marion Cemetery is located in Shelby County
  • Bennett Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bennett Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bennett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Bennett Cemetery is located in Shelby County
  • Dewitt Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dewitt Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dewitt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Dewitt Cemetery is located in Shelby County
  • Sandhill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sandhill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sandhill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sandhill Cemetery is located in Shelby County
  • Miller Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Miller Cemetery is located in Shelby County
  • Parrish Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parrish Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parrish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Parrish Cemetery is located in Shelby County
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Johnson Cemetery is located in Shelby County
  • Winchester Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winchester Cemetery
    • The Winchester Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • The Winchester Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Winchester Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #698387 <5>
  • Simmons Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Simmons Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Simmons Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Simmons Cemetery is located in Shelby County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Vienna Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vienna Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vienna Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Vienna Cemetery is located in Rush County
    • Lisher Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lisher Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lisher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lisher Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Ellis Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellis Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ellis Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Hough Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hough Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hough Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hough Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Boggstown Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Gallagher Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gallagher Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gallagher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Gallagher Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Eberhart Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eberhart Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eberhart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Eberhart Cemetery is located in Shelby County
    • Pelham Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pelham Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pelham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Pelham Cemetery is located in Shelby County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 31 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the St. Josephs Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Josephs Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Shelbyville
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelbyville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelbyville
    • Shelbyville is located in Shelby County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,508 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelbyville <6>
  • Riley Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riley Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
    • Riley Village is located in Shelby County
  • Hildebrand Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hildebrand Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village
    • Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County
  • Candleglo Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Candleglo Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candleglo Village
    • Candleglo Village is located in Shelby County
  • Beech Brook
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook
    • Beech Brook is located in Shelby County
  • Knighthood Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knighthood Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knighthood Village
    • Knighthood Village is located in Shelby County
  • Prescott
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Prescott. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
    • Prescott is located in Shelby County
  • Rays Crossing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Crossing
    • Rays Crossing is located in Shelby County
  • Wilson Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corner
    • Wilson Corner is located in Shelby County
  • Blue Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
    • Blue Ridge is located in Shelby County
  • Fairland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Waldron
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
    • Waldron is located in Shelby County
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Clover Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clover Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Village
      • Clover Village is located in Shelby County
    • Manilla
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manilla
      • Manilla is located in Rush County
    • Boggstown
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boggstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggstown
      • Boggstown is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boggstown <6>
    • Geneva
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
      • Geneva is located in Shelby County
    • Germantown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
      • Germantown is located in Decatur County
    • Saint Paul
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Gowdy
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy
      • Gowdy is located in Rush County
    • Homer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
      • Homer is located in Rush County
    • Gwynneville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwynneville
      • Gwynneville is located in Shelby County
    • Morristown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morristown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
      • Morristown is located in Shelby County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morristown <6>
    • London
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
      • London is located in Shelby County
    • Needham
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Needham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham
      • Needham is located in Johnson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Needham <6>
    • Mount Auburn
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
      • Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
    • Flat Rock
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
      • Flat Rock is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flat Rock <6>
    • Norristown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
      • Norristown is located in Shelby County
    • Saint Omer
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saint Omer. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
      • Saint Omer is located in Decatur County
    • Moscow
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
      • Moscow is located in Rush County
    • Fountaintown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountaintown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaintown
      • Fountaintown is located in Shelby County
    • Urmeyville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urmeyville
      • Urmeyville is located in Johnson County

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. Josephs Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Shelby County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The St. Josephs Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 St. Josephs Cemetery:

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. Josephs Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #442631  (Saint Josephs Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #442631 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Shelbyville
    • County: Shelby         Elev: 235
    • Location given for GNIS #442631 (Saint Josephs Cemetery)

The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov

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 Shelby, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the St. Josephs Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.5300, Longitude: -85.7647       In this case, the coordinates for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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