A visit to the Wilson 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 Wilson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wilson Cemetery:
38.9606, -85.1427
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Wilson Cemetery is located in Ripley County<2>.
The county seat for Ripley County is located in Versailles. Versailles lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the northwest of the Wilson Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Wilson Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Wilson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wilson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Akers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Akers Cemetery is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akers Cemetery
- Connell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Connell Cemetery is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connell Cemetery
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Friendship Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Bear Creek Cemetery is located in Switzerland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek Cemetery
- Rand Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Rand Cemetery is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rand Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Nickolson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Nickolson Cemetery is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickolson Cemetery
- Blair Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Blair Cemetery is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair Cemetery
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- Winkler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Winkler Cemetery is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winkler Cemetery
- Basset Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Basset Cemetery is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basset Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Young Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Young Cemetery is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Cemetery
- Cooper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Cooper Cemetery is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Cemetery
- Marker - Althoff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Marker - Althoff Cemetery is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marker - Althoff Cemetery
- The Marker - Althoff Cemetery has also been known as:
- Althoff Cemetery
- Moerkers Cemetery
- Obertate Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86757 <5>
- St. Peters Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Peters Church Cemetery is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Church Cemetery
- The St. Peters Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lutheran Cemetery
- St. Peters Cemetery
- St. Peter's Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2486215 <5>
- Pate Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Pate Cemetery is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pate Cemetery
- Mt. Hebron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Mt. Hebron Cemetery is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Hebron Cemetery
- Spangler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Spangler Cemetery is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Green Cemetery is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cemetery
- Beebe Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Beebe Cemetery is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe Cemetery
- Myers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Myers Cemetery is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Pleasant Grove Cemetery is located in Switzerland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Switzerland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Pelser Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Pelser Cemetery is located in Switzerland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelser Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Wilson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wilson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Friendship
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cross Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cross Plains is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Plains
- Bear Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch
- Avonburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Avonburg is located in Switzerland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avonburg
- Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant is located in Switzerland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant
- Dillsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bennington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bennington is located in Switzerland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
- Allensville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Allensville is located in Switzerland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Versailles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Canaan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Canaan is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Moorefield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Moorefield is located in Switzerland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorefield
- East Enterprise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Enterprise is located in Switzerland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Enterprise
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hartford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hartford is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Moores Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mount Sterling
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Sterling is located in Switzerland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Sparta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sparta is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Milan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pierceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pierceville is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Bryantsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bryantsburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryantsburg
- Delaware
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Delaware is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
- Manville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Manville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
- Aurora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kyle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kyle is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle
- Manchester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester is located in Dearborn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Osgood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Otter Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Otter Village is located in Ripley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Village
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 Wilson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Ripley County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wilson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Aurora
- Dillsboro
- Milan
- Osgood
- Versailles
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 Wilson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Indiana:
- Pages specific to Ripley 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 Wilson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #446126 (Wilson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #446126 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: Ripley
- Est. Elev: 218 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Cross Plains
- Location given for Wilson Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.960613 Lon: -85.142733
- 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 Ripley, 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- Wilson 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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