A visit to the Sells 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 Sells Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sells Cemetery:
39.5987, -85.5850
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sells Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Sells Cemetery is located in Rush County<2>.
The county seat for Rush County is located in Rushville. Rushville lies just to the east of the Sells Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Sells Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> of the Sells Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sells Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Hurst Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Hurst Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurst Cemetery
- Goddard Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Goddard Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goddard Cemetery
- East Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The East Hill Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hill Cemetery
- Dewitt Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Dewitt Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewitt Cemetery
- Ormes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Ormes Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormes Cemetery
- Bebout Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Bebout Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bebout Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Bennett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Bennett Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett Cemetery
- Concord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Ball Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Ball Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Cemetery
- Radar - Bowman - Worland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Duke Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Duke Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Kelly Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Kelly Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Cemetery
- Matlock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Matlock Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matlock Cemetery
- Haskett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Haskett Cemetery is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskett Cemetery
- Mt. Morrison Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- McCarty Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The McCarty Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCarty Cemetery
- Laughlin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Laughlin Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laughlin Cemetery
- Asbury Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Asbury Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Cemetery
- Davis Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Davis Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Cemetery
- Vienna Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Vienna Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna Cemetery
- East Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The East Hill Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hill Cemetery
- The East Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rushville East Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84889 <5>
- Calvary Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Rushville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84538 <5>
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 Sells Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sells Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Homer
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Homer is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Manilla
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Manilla is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manilla
- Arlington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rays Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rays Crossing is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Crossing
- Gowdy
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gowdy is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy
- Henderson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Henderson is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
- Gwynneville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gwynneville is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwynneville
- Blue Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Ridge is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
- Moscow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Moscow is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Rushville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Morristown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Knighthood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Knighthood Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knighthood Village
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Milroy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Carthage
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Prescott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Prescott is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Waldron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Waldron is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Candleglo Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Candleglo Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candleglo Village
- Beech Brook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Beech Brook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook
- Hildebrand Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village
- Shelbyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riley Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riley Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
- Saint Omer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Saint Omer is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Williamstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Williamstown is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Saint Paul
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Germantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Germantown is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Gings
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gings is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gings
- Mays
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mays is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays
- Fountaintown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fountaintown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountaintown
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 Sells Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Rush County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sells Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Carthage
- Manilla
- Milroy
- Morristown
- Rushville
- Saint Paul
- Shelbyville
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Sells Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Rush 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 Sells Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #443211 (Sells Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #443211 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: Rush
- Est. Elev: 277 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Manilla
- Location given for Sells Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.5986579 Lon: -85.5849741
- 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 Rush, 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- Sells 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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