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A visit to the Silver Island Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Silver Island Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Silver Island Cemetery (FG ID #86897)

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 Silver Island Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Silver Island Cemetery

Lat:   39.9700°   (39° 58' 11")

Lon:   -87.4235°   (-87° 25' 24")

The Silver Island Cemetery is located in Fountain County<2>.

The county seat for Fountain County is located in Covington. Covington lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the north of the Silver Island Cemetery .

Establishment of the Silver Island Cemetery ...

The Silver Island Cemetery was established in 1832.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Silver Island Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Hibbs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hibbs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hibbs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hibbs Cemetery is located in Fountain County
  • Isle Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Isle Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Isle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Isle Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
  • Groenendyke Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Groenendyke Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Groenendyke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Groenendyke Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
  • Eugene Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Miller Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Dotson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Cates Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cates Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cates Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cates Cemetery is located in Fountain County
  • Shirk Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shirk Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shirk Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Shirk Cemetery is located in Parke County
  • Smith Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Smith Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
  • Patrick Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patrick Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Patrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Patrick Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • 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.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Johnson Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
  • Brockway Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brockway Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brockway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Brockway Cemetery is located in Parke County
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Baker Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baker Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Baker Cemetery is located in Fountain County
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84221 <1>
    • Chenoweth Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chenoweth Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chenoweth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Chenoweth Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
    • Hughes Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hughes Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hughes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hughes Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
    • Brown Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Brown Cemetery is located in Vermillion County
    • Newport Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Ephlin Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Norton Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Norton Cemetery is located in Fountain County
      • The Norton Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Crowder Cemetery
      • Old Bethel Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86169 <1>
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)

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 Silver Island Cemetery.

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

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 Silver Island Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Fountain County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Silver Island 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 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 Silver Island 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 Silver Island Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #443504  (Silver Island Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #443504 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: Newport
    • County: Fountain         Elev: 168
    • Location given for GNIS #443504 (Silver Island Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #86897

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Fountain, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Silver Island Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9700, Longitude: -87.4235    
<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 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.
<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.