A visit to the Mears 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 Mears Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mears Cemetery:
40.2301, -81.3615
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Mears Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Mears Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County<2>.
The county seat for Tuscarawas County is located in New Philadelphia. New Philadelphia lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Mears Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Mears Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Mears Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Mears Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- High Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The High Hill Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill Cemetery
- Engle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- The Engle Cemetery is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle Cemetery
- Lindon Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Lindon Family Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindon Family Cemetery
- Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Grove Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Hill Methodist Protestant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Carmel Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of West Chester.
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Carmel Church Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2459416 <5>
- Perry Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Perry Twp. Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Twp. Cemetery
- Old Peoli Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Old Peoli Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Peoli Cemetery
- New Peoli Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The New Peoli Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Peoli Cemetery
- Peoli Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- George Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The George Cemetery is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Chestnut Hill United Brethren Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Chestnut Hill United Brethren Church Cemetery is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill United Brethren Church Cemetery
- The Chestnut Hill United Brethren Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chestnut Hill Cemetery
- Chestnut Hill United Brethren Cemetery
- Kerr - Boyd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Kerr - Boyd Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr - Boyd Cemetery
- Darby Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Darby Cemetery is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Cemetery
- Freeport Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mayes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Mayes Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes Cemetery
- The Mayes Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mays Cemetery
- Rush Community Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The West Union Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union Cemetery
- Couts Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Couts Family Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couts Family Cemetery
- Cumberland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Cumberland Cemetery is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Cemetery
- Birmingham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Scotch Covenanter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Freeport Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenmont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Greenmont Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmont Cemetery
- Greenmount Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Greenmount Union Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmount Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenmount Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Freeport.
- The Greenmount Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenmount Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #41184 <5>
- Jenkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Jenkins Cemetery is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Cemetery
- The Jenkins Cemetery has also been known as:
- Corinth 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 Mears Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mears Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- West Chester
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Chester is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
- Peoli
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Peoli is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoli
- Birmingham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Former names for Birmingham:
- Milnersville
- New Birmingham
- Freeport
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gilmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilmore is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Londonderry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Londonderry is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Londonderry
- Stillwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stillwater is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Antrim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Antrim is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim
- Smyrna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Odell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Odell is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
- Bernice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bernice is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Winterset
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Winterset is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterset
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Gnadenhutten
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Deersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Deersville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deersville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Feed Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Feed Springs is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feed Springs
- Port Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tuscarawas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
- Brady ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brady is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Tappan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tappan is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappan
- Dennison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Postboy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Postboy is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postboy
- Kimbolton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clio ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clio is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Middlebourne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Middlebourne is located in Guernsey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlebourne
- Hattonia ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hattonia is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattonia
- Station Fifteen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Station Fifteen is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Station Fifteen
- Uhrichsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wolf
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
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 Mears Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Tuscarawas County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Mears Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Dennison
- Freeport
- Gnadenhutten
- Uhrichsville
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 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 Mears Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Tuscarawas 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 Mears Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1043201 (Mears Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1043201 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: Tuscarawas
- Est. Elev: 373 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Freeport
- Location given for Mears Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.2300686 Lon: -81.3615006
- 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 Tuscarawas, 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- Mears 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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