A visit to the Sunset Memory Gardens ...
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 Sunset Memory Gardens ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Sunset Memory Gardens:
40.4392, -86.1583
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Sunset Memory Gardens can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Sunset Memory Gardens is located in Howard County<2>.
The county seat for Howard County is located in Kokomo. Kokomo lies just to the north northeast of the Sunset Memory Gardens .
Open a Google Map centered on the Sunset Memory Gardens.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sunset Memory Gardens.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Sunset Memory Gardens, with the nearest first.
- Albright Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Albright Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albright Cemetery
- Twin Spring Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Twin Spring Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Spring Cemetery
- Crown Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Memorial Park is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
- Barnett Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Barnett Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett Cemetery
- Jackson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Jackson Cemetery is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Cemetery
- Poff Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Poff Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poff Cemetery
- Price Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Price Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Cemetery
- Hopewell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Sharp Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Sharp Cemetery is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharp Cemetery
- Hudson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Hudson Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rush Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Rush Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Cemetery
- Normanda Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Normanda Cemetery is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normanda Cemetery
- Turner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Turner Cemetery is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
- Chandler Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Chandler Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Cemetery
- Cassville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Cassville Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville Cemetery
- Meeks Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Meeks Cemetery is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeks Cemetery
- North Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The North Union Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Union Cemetery
- South Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The South Union Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Union Cemetery
- St. Paul Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- Bacon Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stewart Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Stewart Cemetery is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Cemetery
- Goar Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Goar Cemetery is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goar Cemetery
- Freeman Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Freeman Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Cemetery
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- The Greenlawn Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn Cemetery
- The Greenlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greentown Cemetery
- Walberg Cemetery
- Wooters Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85209 <5>
- Mast - Hensler Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Sunset Memory Gardens.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Sunset Memory Gardens, with the nearest first:
- Alto
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Alto is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Indian Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Indian Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights
- Oakford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakford is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakford
- Kokomo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Middleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Middleton is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Middleton
- Sharpsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Russiaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Groomsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Groomsville is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groomsville
- Hemlock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hemlock is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Vermont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Judson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Judson is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judson
- Nevada
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Nevada is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Cassville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cassville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassville
- Shanghai
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shanghai is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanghai
- Galveston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Guy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Guy is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Forest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forest is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Goldsmith
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Goldsmith is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsmith
- Greentown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kempton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kempton is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Windfall City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Windfall City is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
- Windfall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jerome is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Plevna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plevna is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Scircleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Scircleville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scircleville
- Tipton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Miami
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Burlington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Middlefork
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Middlefork is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefork
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 Sunset Memory Gardens. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Howard County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Sunset Memory Gardens.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Forest
- Galveston
- Greentown
- Kempton
- Kokomo
- Russiaville
- Tipton
- Tipton lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Sunset Memory Gardens.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Tipton.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Windfall
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Sunset Memory Gardens:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Howard 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 Sunset Memory Gardens:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #444428 (Sunset Memory Gardens)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #444428 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: Howard
- Est. Elev: 255 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Kokomo West
- Location given for Sunset Memory Gardens:
- Lat: 40.4392046 Lon: -86.158326
- 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 Howard, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sunset Memory Gardens) 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. |