A visit to the Freewill 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 Freewill Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Freewill Cemetery:
40.9639, -83.0560
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Freewill Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Freewill Cemetery is located in Crawford County<2>.
The county seat for Crawford County is located in Bucyrus. Bucyrus lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the south southeast of the Freewill Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Freewill Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Freewill Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Freewill Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Eden Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Eden Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Cemetery
- Baseline Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Baseline Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baseline Cemetery
- Seery Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Seery Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seery Cemetery
- Lee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Lee Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cemetery
- East Baseline Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brundedge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Brundedge Cemetery is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brundedge Cemetery
- Pipetown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Pipetown Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipetown Cemetery
- Texas Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Texas Twp. Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Twp. Cemetery
- The Texas Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Benton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1988947 <5>
- Kennedy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Kennedy Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Cemetery
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Broken Sword Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Broken Sword Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword Cemetery
- The Broken Sword Cemetery has also been known as:
- Albright Cemetery
- Brokensword Cemetery
- Shock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Shock Cemetery is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shock Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Old Sycamore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Old Sycamore Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sycamore Cemetery
- Bretz Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Bretz Farm Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bretz Farm Cemetery
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bretz Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Bretz Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bretz Cemetery
- Nazareth Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chatfield Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Windfall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Windfall Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windfall Cemetery
- Chatfield Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Chatfield Twp. Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield Twp. Cemetery
- The Chatfield Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brillhart Cemetery
- North Union Cemetery
- Tabor Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2162040 <5>
- Bloom Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Bloom Twp. Cemetery is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom Twp. Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Freewill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Freewill Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Benton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Duenquat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Broken Sword
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Melmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Lemert
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Chatfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Bloomville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sycamore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Carrothers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Mexico
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Belle Vernon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Oceola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Nevada
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Caroline
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Scipio
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- McCutchenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bucyrus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Attica
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Republic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tiffin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Attica Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- North Auburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Berwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
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 Freewill Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Crawford County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Freewill Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Attica
- Benton
- Bloomville
- Bucyrus
- Nevada
- New Washington
- Republic
- Sycamore
- Tiffin
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 Freewill Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Crawford 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 Freewill Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1040671 (Freewill Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1040671 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: Crawford
- Est. Elev: 290 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lykens
- Location given for Freewill Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.9639452 Lon: -83.0560246
- 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 Crawford, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Freewill 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |