A visit to the Decatur 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 Decatur Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Decatur Cemetery (FG ID #40519).
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 Decatur Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Decatur Cemetery:
38.8182, -83.7010
The Decatur Cemetery is located in Brown County<2>.
The county seat for Brown County is located in Georgetown. Georgetown lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Decatur Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Decatur Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Decatur Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Decatur Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Liberty Chapel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The West Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cemetery
- Woods Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Woods Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Cemetery
- Bissinger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Bissinger Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bissinger Cemetery
- Brier Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Linwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rickey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Rickey Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rickey Cemetery
- Associated Reformed Churchyard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Russellville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Glaze Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Glaze Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze Cemetery
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Presbyterian Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presbyterian Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Hopewell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Hopewell Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Cemetery
- Kirker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chaparral Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Chaparral Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaparral Cemetery
- Bennington Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Bennington Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington Cemetery
- Old Russellville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Redoak Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Old Redoak Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Redoak Cemetery
- Devore Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hiett Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Hiett Chapel Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiett Chapel Cemetery
- Ebenezer Churchyard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bentonville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Bentonville Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentonville Cemetery
- Cherry Fork Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Cherry Fork Cemetery is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Fork Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Decatur Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Decatur Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Decatur
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Neel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Russellville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people
- Bentonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ash Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Fork is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Fork
- Estimated population in 2016: 155 people
- Bradysville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Ripley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ripley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Slickaway ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ellsberry
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Winchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dover
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dover is located in Mason County (KY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Manchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Manchester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whippoorwill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Unity
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harshasville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Youngsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Seaman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Arnheim
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Macon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Aberdeen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wheat Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Georgetown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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 Decatur Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Brown County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Decatur Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Aberdeen
- Dover
- Dover lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Decatur Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dover.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Georgetown
- Manchester
- Ripley
- West Union
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Decatur Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Brown 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 Decatur Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #40519
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1699122 (Decatur Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1699122 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: Brown
- Est. Elev: 287 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Decatur
- Location given for Decatur Cemetery:
- Lat: 38.8181268 Lon: -83.7010321
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
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 Brown, 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 from Point A (ie- Decatur 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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Decatur and Slickaway. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |