A visit to the Masonic 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 Masonic Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Masonic Cemetery:
39.2495, -83.7891
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Masonic Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Masonic Cemetery is located in Highland County<2>.
The county seat for Highland County is located in Hillsboro. Hillsboro lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Masonic Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Masonic 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 Masonic Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Masonic Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Ellis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Ellis Cemetery is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Cemetery
- Runk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- The Runk Cemetery is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Runk Cemetery
- Troutwine Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stroup Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Stroup Cemetery is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroup Cemetery
- The Stroup Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stroup & Dodson Cemetery
- Dodsonville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Dodsonville Cemetery is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodsonville Cemetery
- Henderson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Henderson Cemetery is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Cemetery
- Spickard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Spickard Cemetery is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spickard Cemetery
- Thompson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Thompson Cemetery is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Cemetery
- West Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The West Chapel Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chapel Cemetery
- Betterton Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- IOOF Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The IOOF Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- Turner Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Strange Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Strange Cemetery is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Cemetery
- Gibler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Gibler Cemetery is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibler Cemetery
- Barnes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Barnes Cemetery is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Cemetery
- McCoy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The McCoy Cemetery is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy Cemetery
- Fetterling Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Fetterling Cemetery is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fetterling Cemetery
- Achor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Achor Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Achor Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Martinsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Martinsville Cemetery is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville Cemetery
- Alexander Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Martins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Martins Cemetery is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Martins Cemetery
- Dunns Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Dunns Chapel Cemetery is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Chapel Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive 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 Masonic Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Masonic Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lynchburg
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Willettsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Willettsville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willettsville
- Saint Martin
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Martin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
- Estimated population in 2011: 128 people
- Martinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Martinsville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 439 people
- Hoagland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hoagland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoagland
- Westboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Westboro is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westboro
- Shackleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shackleton is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackleton
- New Vienna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Midland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Midland is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 317 people
- Morrisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Morrisville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Fayetteville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Harwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harwood is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Hollowtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hollowtown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollowtown
- Vera Cruz
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vera Cruz is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Needfull
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Needfull is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needfull
- Hillsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blanchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fivemile
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fivemile is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile
- Buford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Buford is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buford
- Highland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
- Moores Fork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Moores Fork is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Fork
- Marathon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Marathon is located in Clermont County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
- Lees Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Wilmington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
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 Masonic Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Highland County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Masonic Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Blanchester
- Hillsboro
- Leesburg
- New Vienna
- Wilmington
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 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 Masonic Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Highland 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 Masonic Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1806560 (Masonic Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1806560 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: Highland
- Est. Elev: 308 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Lynchburg
- Location given for Masonic Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.2495066 Lon: -83.789092
- 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 Highland, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Masonic 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. |