A visit to the Union Civil 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 Union Civil Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Union Civil Cemetery:
40.4361, -85.9092
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Union Civil Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Union Civil Cemetery is located in Howard County<2>.
The county seat for Howard County is located in Kokomo. Kokomo lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Union Civil Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Union Civil Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km] of the Union Civil Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Union Civil Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- New Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- Jerome Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Jerome Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome Cemetery
- Freeman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Freeman Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Wheeler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Wheeler Cemetery is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler Cemetery
- Chandler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Chandler Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Cemetery
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Brookside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Brookside Cemetery is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside Cemetery
- Alel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Alel Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alel Cemetery
- Poff Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Poff Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poff Cemetery
- Mast - Hensler Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Salem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hopewell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Turner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Turner Cemetery is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Cemetery
- Shrock Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kendall Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Kendall Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall Cemetery
- Hochstedler Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Hochstedler Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hochstedler Cemetery
- Thraikill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Thraikill Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thraikill Cemetery
- Barnhart Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Barnhart Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhart Cemetery
- Gerber Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Gerber Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerber Cemetery
- Hershberger Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Hershberger Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershberger Cemetery
- Albright Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Albright Cemetery is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albright Cemetery
- Sandbank Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Sandbank Cemetery is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandbank Cemetery
- Waymire Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Waymire Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waymire Cemetery
- Forrestville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Forrestville Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrestville Cemetery
- Rowland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Rowland Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland Cemetery
- IOOF Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The IOOF Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF 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 Union Civil Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Union Civil Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Jerome
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jerome is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Guy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Guy is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Greentown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Nevada
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Nevada is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Windfall City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Windfall City is located in Tipton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
- Windfall
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sims
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sims is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
- Leisure
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Leisure is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure
- Swayzee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rigdon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rigdon is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigdon
- Plevna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Plevna is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Vermont
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Vermont is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vermont
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hemlock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hemlock is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Hackleman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hackleman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackleman
- Herbst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Herbst is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herbst
- Converse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Sharpsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hobbs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mier
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mier is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mier
- Oakford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Oakford is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakford
- West Elwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Elwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elwood
- Elwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sweetser
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Amboy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Amboy is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Indian Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Indian Heights is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Heights
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 Union Civil Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Howard County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Union Civil Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Amboy
- Converse
- Elwood
- Greentown
- Swayzee
- Windfall
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 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 Union Civil Cemetery:
- 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 Union Civil Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #445121 (Union Civil Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #445121 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: Greentown
- Location given for Union Civil Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.4361496 Lon: -85.9091509
- 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Union Civil 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. |
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