A visit to the McDonald 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 McDonald Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the McDonald Cemetery:
40.2031, -83.4516
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the McDonald Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The McDonald Cemetery is located in Union County<2>.
The county seat for Union County is located in Marysville. Marysville lies just to the east northeast of the McDonald Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the McDonald Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the McDonald Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from McDonald Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Buck Run Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Buck Run Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run Cemetery
- Milford Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Broderick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Broderick Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broderick Cemetery
- Martin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Martin Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
- Connor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Connor Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor Cemetery
- Woods Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Woods Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Woodstock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Woodstock Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock Cemetery
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Trinity Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Cemetery
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oakdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery
- The Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Amerine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Amerine Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amerine Cemetery
- Quaker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Quaker Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Cemetery
- Black Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Black Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Cemetery
- Robinson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Robinson Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Cemetery
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The St. Johns Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Cemetery
- Butcher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Butcher Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher Cemetery
- The Butcher Cemetery has also been known as:
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Maple Grove Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Cemetery
- Hazel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Hazel Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hazel Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Mechanicsburg.
- Bigelow Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Hamilton Cemetery is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Cemetery
- Union Christian Church 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 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the McDonald Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from McDonald Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Milford Center
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Woodstock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Marysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Lewisburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chuckery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chuckery is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckery
- Unionville Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville Center is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- New Dover
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Dover is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dover
- Middleburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Raymond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mingo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Plain City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- New California
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New California is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New California
- Mutual
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mutual is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Pharisburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pharisburg is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharisburg
- Plumwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Plumwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumwood
- Ostrander
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Edinburg ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Edinburg is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- Edinburg has also been known as:
- Fairview
- Gabriel Corners ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gabriel Corners is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabriel Corners
- Lybrand ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lybrand is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lybrand
- Summersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Summersville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summersville
- Kingscreek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- West Mansfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Mansfield is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 678 people
- Amity
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Amity is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Jerome
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jerome is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Mill Creek ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mill Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
- Brindle Corner ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brindle Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brindle Corner
- Magnetic Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Magnetic Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnetic Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 304 people
- Valley Hi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Hi is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
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 McDonald Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Union County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The McDonald Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Marysville
- Mechanicsburg
- Milford Center
- North Lewisburg
- Ostrander
- Plain City
- West Mansfield
- Woodstock
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 McDonald Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Union 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 McDonald Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1043100 (McDonald Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1043100 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: Union
- Est. Elev: 316 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Milford Center
- Location given for McDonald Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.2031147 Lon: -83.4515902
- 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 Union, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- McDonald 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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