A visit to the Thompson 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 Thompson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Thompson Cemetery:
40.7087, -85.3530
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Thompson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Thompson Cemetery is located in Huntington County<2>.
The county seat for Huntington County is located in Huntington. Huntington lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Thompson Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Thompson Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 9 miles [14.5 km] of the Thompson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Thompson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mossburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Mossburg Cemetery is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossburg Cemetery
- Yankeetown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Yankeetown Cemetery is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankeetown Cemetery
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Men Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Red Men Cemetery is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Men Cemetery
- The Red Men Cemetery has also been known as:
- Redmen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86517 <5>
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Spider Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Spider Hill Cemetery is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spider Hill Cemetery
- West Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The West Union Cemetery is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union Cemetery
- Taylor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Taylor Cemetery is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Cemetery
- Batson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sparks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Sparks Cemetery is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks Cemetery
- Snow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- McFarren Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The McFarren Cemetery is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarren Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Rees Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Rees Cemetery is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rees Cemetery
- Wright Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Wright Cemetery is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Barnes Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- Star of Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Star of Hope Cemetery is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star of Hope Cemetery
- Purviance Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Purviance Cemetery is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purviance Cemetery
- Cory Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Cory Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory Cemetery
- Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Grove Cemetery is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove 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 Thompson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Thompson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Liberty Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Liberty Center is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Center
- Plum Tree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plum Tree is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Tree
- Warren
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Majenica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Majenica is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majenica
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Poneto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Poneto is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poneto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Travisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Travisville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travisville
- Markle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- River is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River
- Keystone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Keystone is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Bluffton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Van Buren
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Van Buren is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Farrville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Farrville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrville
- North Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Oaks is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Oaks
- Uniondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Montpelier
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Reiffsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Reiffsburg is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reiffsburg
- Mount Etna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Etna is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Etna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Petroleum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Petroleum is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Friendly Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Friendly Corner is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendly Corner
- Bowerstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bowerstown is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerstown
- Nottingham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Nottingham is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Harlansburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Harlansburg is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Monument City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Monument City is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument City
- Arcana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Arcana is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcana
- Mollie ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mollie is located in Blackford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollie
- Vera Cruz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Vera Cruz is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Craigville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Craigville is located in Wells County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigville
- Huntington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Zanesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Banquo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Banquo is located in Huntington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banquo
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 Thompson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Huntington County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Thompson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bluffton
- Craigville
- Huntington
- Montpelier
- Van Buren
- Warren
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Thompson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Huntington 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 Thompson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #444704 (Thompson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #444704 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: Huntington
- Est. Elev: 259 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Liberty Center
- Location given for Thompson Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.7086568 Lon: -85.3530279
- 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 Huntington, 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- Thompson 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. |