A visit to the Salem 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 Salem Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Salem Cemetery:
40.6942, -86.0650
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Salem Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Salem Cemetery is located in Miami County<2>.
The county seat for Miami County is located in Peru. Peru lies just to the north of the Salem Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Salem Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Salem Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Salem Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Sharpee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Sharpee Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpee Cemetery
- Leonda Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Leonda Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonda Cemetery
- Rankin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Rankin Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin Cemetery
- Crider Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Crider Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crider Cemetery
- Springdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Springdale Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale Cemetery
- Keyes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Keyes Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyes Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hope Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Hope Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Peru.
- The Mt. Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86019 <5>
- Reyburn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Reyburn Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reyburn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Reyburn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Peru.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #982746 <5>
- St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Peru.
- Metzger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Metzger Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metzger Cemetery
- Garnand Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Garnand Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnand Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fegley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Fegley Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fegley Cemetery
- Climer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Climer Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climer Cemetery
- Ramer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Ramer Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramer Cemetery
- Francis Godfroy Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bowman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Bowman Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowman Cemetery
- Clayton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Clayton Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton Cemetery
- Little Deer Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Deer Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Deer Creek Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Cemetery
- Chitick Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Chitick Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chitick Cemetery
- North Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The North Grove Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove Cemetery
- Bond Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Bond Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bond Cemetery
- North Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The North Union Cemetery is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Union Cemetery
- Schrock Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Schrock Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schrock Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Salem Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Salem Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Bunker Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Loree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Loree is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loree
- Peru
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Miami
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Santa Fe
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Fe is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
- Oakdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oakdale is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
- Onward
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Onward is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- North Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Grove is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove
- New Waverly
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Waverly is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Waverly
- Walton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cassville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Mexico
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Amboy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Amboy is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Richvalley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Richvalley is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richvalley
- Galveston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hoover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hoover is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Plevna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plevna is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Denver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Converse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Somerset is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Deacon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Vermont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Pettysville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pettysville is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettysville
- Kokomo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Treaty
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Treaty is located in Wabash County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treaty
- Wabash
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Twelve Mile
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Twelve Mile is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Mile
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 Salem Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Miami County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Salem Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Amboy
- Bunker Hill
- Converse
- Galveston
- Kokomo
- Mexico
- New Waverly
- Peru
- Richvalley
- Wabash
- Walton
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 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 Salem Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Miami 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 Salem Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #442891 (Salem Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #442891 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: Miami
- Est. Elev: 238 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bunker Hill
- Location given for Salem Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.6942077 Lon: -86.0649917
- 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 Miami, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Salem 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |