A visit to the Bowers 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 Bowers Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bowers Cemetery:
40.1890, -82.5174
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bowers Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Bowers Cemetery is located in Licking County<2>.
The county seat for Licking County is located in Newark. Newark lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Bowers Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Bowers Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Bowers Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bowers Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Clark Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Patterson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Patterson Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Old Fredonia Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Old Fredonia Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fredonia Cemetery
- Fredonia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Fredonia Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia Cemetery
- Marple Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Marple Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marple Cemetery
- Homer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Homer Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Cemetery
- Simmons Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Simmons Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmons Cemetery
- Appleton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Appleton Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton Cemetery
- Coad Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Coad Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coad Cemetery
- South Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The South Lawn Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Lawn Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Utica.
- Bennington Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hancock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Hancock Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Cemetery
- Moorehead Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Phillips - White Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Joseph Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- Utica Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Utica Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica Cemetery
- Fairview FWB Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Fairview FWB Church Cemetery is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview FWB Church Cemetery
- The Fairview FWB Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fairview Cemetery
- Fairview Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2316855 <5>
- Hall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Hall Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Cemetery
- Hall Knox Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Lake Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cemetery
- Channel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Channel Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Channel Cemetery
- Concord Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Newark Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Newark Memorial Gardens is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark Memorial Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Newark Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Newark.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #425325 <5>
- Wilson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wilson Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Newark.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44126 <5>
- Evans Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Evans Cemetery is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 28 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bowers Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bowers Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Highwater
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Highwater is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highwater
- Highwater has also been known as:
- Sylvania
- Cokesbury ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cokesbury is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury
- Cokesbury Corners ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cokesbury Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokesbury Corners
- New Way ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Way is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Way
- Chatham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chatham is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
- Utica
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Blanchard ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blanchard is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Blanchard has also been known as:
- Blanchard Settlement
- Newton Mills ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Newton Mills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Mills
- Saint Louisville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Vanatta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vanatta is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanatta
- Welsh Hills ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Welsh Hills is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welsh Hills
- Welsh Hills has also been known as:
- Welsh Hills Settlement
- Lock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Alexandria
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Granville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Johnstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Scott's Corners ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Scott's Corners is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott's Corners
- Five Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Five Corners is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Wilkins Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wilkins Run is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkins Run
- Milfordton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Milfordton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milfordton
- Hunt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hunt is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Hartford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hartford is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Central City ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Central City is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Newark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Union Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Union Station is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Station
- Heath
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rain Rock ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rain Rock is located in Licking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Rock
- Bangs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bangs is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangs
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 Bowers Cemetery. The following communities are located in Licking County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bowers Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Granville
- Hartford
- Heath
- Heath lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Bowers Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Heath.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
- Johnstown
- Newark
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Bowers Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Licking 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 Bowers Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1038222 (Bowers Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1038222 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: Licking
- Est. Elev: 332 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Fredonia
- Location given for Bowers Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.1889525 Lon: -82.5173836
- 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 Ohio's counties, including Licking, 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- Bowers 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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