A visit to the Shurr 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 Shurr Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Shurr Cemetery:
41.3906, -87.1528
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Shurr Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Shurr Cemetery is located in Porter County<2>.
The county seat for Porter County is located in Valparaiso. Valparaiso lies just to the northeast of the Shurr Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Shurr Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Shurr Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Shurr Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ludington Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Ludington Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington Cemetery
- Merriman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Merriman Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriman Cemetery
- Frame Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Frame Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frame Cemetery
- Fleming Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Fleming Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming Cemetery
- Guernsey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Guernsey Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey Cemetery
- Mosier Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Mosier Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosier Cemetery
- Deer Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Deer Creek Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Cemetery
- Cornell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- White Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The White Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Cemetery
- Stoner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Stoner Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoner Cemetery
- Blachly Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Blachly Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blachly Cemetery
- Hebron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Hebron Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Cemetery
- The Hebron Cemetery has also been known as:
- Betholene Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85325 <5>
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Adam Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Adam Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adam Cemetery
- Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Memorial Park is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
- Deep River Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Deep River Cemetery is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River Cemetery
- Graceland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Graceland Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland Cemetery
- Hopewell Mennonite Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Maplewood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Maplewood Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Cemetery
- Graceland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Graceland Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland Cemetery
- Union Street Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Street Cemetery is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Street Cemetery
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 Shurr Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Shurr Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Porter Crossroads
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Porter Crossroads is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Crossroads
- Boone Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boone Grove is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Grove
- Lakes of the Four Seasons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hebron
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Aylesworth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Aylesworth is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aylesworth
- Winfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Winfield is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,265 people
- Leroy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Leroy is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
- Deep River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deep River is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Valparaiso
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kouts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Wheeler is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Green Acres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Green Acres is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Dinwiddie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dinwiddie is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinwiddie
- South Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- South Haven is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Haven
- Merrillville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crown Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hobart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Babcock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Babcock is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babcock
- Lake Dalecarlia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lake Dalecarlia is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dalecarlia
- DeMotte
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- DeMotte is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeMotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,172 people
- DeMotte has also been known as:
- De Motte
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeMotte <6>
- Stoutsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Lake Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Chicago
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Chicago is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chicago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,937 people
- Wanatah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Suman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Suman is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suman
- Tratebas Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tratebas Mill is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tratebas Mill
- Liverpool
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Liverpool is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Lottaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lottaville is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottaville
- Lincoln Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Portage
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
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 Shurr Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Porter County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Shurr Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Crown Point
- DeMotte
- Hebron
- Hobart
- Kouts
- Merrillville
- Portage
- Valparaiso
- Wanatah
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 Shurr Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Porter 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 Shurr Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #443472 (Shurr Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #443472 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: Porter
- Est. Elev: 220 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Palmer
- Location given for Shurr Cemetery:
- Lat: 41.3905935 Lon: -87.1528088
- 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 Porter, 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 from Point A (ie- Shurr 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. |