A visit to the Shirk 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 Shirk Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Shirk Cemetery:
39.2112, -85.6447
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Shirk Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Shirk Cemetery is located in Decatur County<2>.
The county seat for Decatur County is located in Greensburg. Greensburg lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the northeast of the Shirk Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Shirk Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Shirk Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Shirk Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Asbury Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lower Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Lower Union Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Union Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Wesley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Wesley Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Cemetery
- Finley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Finley Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley Cemetery
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Pisgah Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
- Westport Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Westport Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport Cemetery
- Mt. Aerie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Aerie Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Aerie Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Aerie Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Letts.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1981326 <5>
- Hartsville College Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Little Sand Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Parkison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Parkison Cemetery is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkison Cemetery
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
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- Wynn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Wynn Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynn Cemetery
- Eddleman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Eddleman Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddleman Cemetery
- Center Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Center Grove Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Grove Cemetery
- Newbern Christian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Newbern Christian Cemetery is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern Christian Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Newbern Christian Cemetery is located in Newbern.
- The Newbern Christian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Newbern Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2164408 <5>
- Horseshoe Bend Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mapleton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Mapleton Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mapleton Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Westport.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85797 <5>
- Columbia Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Columbia Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cemetery
- Patrick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Patrick Cemetery is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Shirk Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Shirk Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Alert
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alert is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alert
- Sardinia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sardinia is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardinia
- Westport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Westport is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
- Letts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Letts is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts
- Letts Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Letts Corner is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letts Corner
- Hartsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hartsville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Grammer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grammer is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grammer
- Harper
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harper is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Newbern
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Newbern is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Rugby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rugby is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Harris City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harris City is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Burney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Scipio
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scipio is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Milford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hope is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,248 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <6>
- Petersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Elizabethtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elizabethtown is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 540 people
- Queensville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Queensville is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensville
- Zenas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zenas is located in Jennings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenas
- Millhousen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Millhousen is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhousen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Jewell Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Norristown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Norristown is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norristown
- Greensburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adams
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Adams is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Clifford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 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 Shirk Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Decatur County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Shirk Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 helpful 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 Shirk Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Decatur 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 Shirk Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #443416 (Shirk Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #443416 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: Decatur
- Est. Elev: 244 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Grammer
- Location given for Shirk Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.2111627 Lon: -85.6446984
- 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 Decatur, 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 from Point A (ie- Shirk 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. |