A visit to the Alton 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 Alton Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Alton Cemetery (FG ID #39633)
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 Alton Cemetery ...
The Alton Cemetery is located in Franklin County<2>.
Establishment of the Alton Cemetery ...
The Alton Cemetery was established in 1853.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Camp Chase Cemetery
- Clime Cemetery
- The Clime Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clime Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Feebleminded Cemetery
- The Feebleminded Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feebleminded Cemetery
- Foster Chapel Cemetery
- Galloway Cemetery
- The Galloway Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway Cemetery
- Grove City Cemetery
- The Grove City Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City Cemetery
- Gundy Cemetery
- The Gundy Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gundy Cemetery
- Hampton Cemetery
- Insane Cemetery
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- The Mt. Calvary Cemetery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Old Insane & Penal Cemetery
- Peters Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Postle Cemetery
- The Postle Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postle Cemetery
- St. James Lutheran Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Sunset Cemetery
- Union Methodist Cemetery
- Wesley Chapel Cemetery
- The Wesley Chapel Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley Chapel Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Alton Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Ackerman ‑ Historic
- Alton
- Amlin
- Briggsdale ‑ Historic
- Darby Park ‑ Historic
- Darbydale
- Deems ‑ Historic
- Galloway
- Grandview Heights
- Grove City Country Club
- Grove City
- Highway ‑ Historic
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hilliard
- Jefferson
- Jefferson is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Lake Darby
- Lake Darby is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Darby
- Lincoln Village
- Lincoln Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Marble Cliff
- Marble Cliff is located in Franklin County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 799 people
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
- New Rome
- New Rome is located in Franklin County
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- Pleasant Corners
- Sandy Corners ‑ Historic
- Seagrove ‑ Historic
- Sullivant ‑ Historic
- Upper Arlington
- Urbancrest
- Urbancrest is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbancrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 994 people
- Valleyview
- West Jefferson
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 Alton Cemetery. The following communities are located in Franklin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Alton Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 Alton Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Franklin 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 Alton Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #39633
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1037384 (Alton Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1037384 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: Franklin
- Est. Elev: 278 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Galloway
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 Ohio's counties, including Franklin, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alton Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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