A visit to the Miami Valley Memory Garden ...
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 Miami Valley Memory Garden ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Miami Valley Memory Garden:
39.6937, -83.9958
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Miami Valley Memory Garden can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Miami Valley Memory Garden is located in Greene County<2>.
The county seat for Greene County is located in Xenia. Xenia lies just to the east of the Miami Valley Memory Garden .
Open a Google Map centered on the Miami Valley Memory Garden.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Miami Valley Memory Garden.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Miami Valley Memory Garden, with the nearest first.
- Beavercreek Twp. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Beavercreek Twp. Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beavercreek Twp. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beavercreek Twp. Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Beavercreek.
- The Beavercreek Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beaver Cemetery
- Beavercreek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1977306 <5>
- St. Brigids Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The St. Brigids Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Brigids Cemetery
- Hering Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Hering Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hering Cemetery
- Cherry Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Cherry Grove Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove Cemetery
- Woodland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Woodland Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- Schmidt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Schmidt Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schmidt Cemetery
- Shoup Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Shoup Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoup Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
- Morgan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Morgan Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Cemetery
- Pisgah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Pisgah Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah Cemetery
- Haverstick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Haverstick Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverstick Cemetery
- The Haverstick Cemetery has also been known as:
- Harshman Cemetery
- Koogler Cemetery
- Zimmerman Cemetery
- Hawker Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Morgan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Morgan Cemetery is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Cemetery
- Huston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Huston Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huston Cemetery
- Fallis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Fallis Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallis Cemetery
- Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- Bellbrook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Massies Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Reese - Peto Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Reese - Peto Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reese - Peto Cemetery
- The Reese - Peto Cemetery has also been known as:
- Unity Cemetery
- Aley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Aley Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aley Cemetery
- Primitive Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mercer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Mercer Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer Cemetery
- Wilberforce Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Wilberforce Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilberforce Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Byron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Byron Cemetery is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 32 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Miami Valley Memory Garden.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Miami Valley Memory Garden, with the nearest first:
- Trebein
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Trebein is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trebein
- Trebein has also been known as:
- Beaver Station
- Beaver
- Frost Station
- Pickeneyville
- Pinckneyvile
- Xenia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pinewood Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pinewood Village is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Beavercreek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bellbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Wilberforce
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Roxanna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Roxanna is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxanna
- Fairborn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Centerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Burlington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Burlington is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Burlington
- New Jasper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Jasper is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Jasper
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Yellow Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Oakwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Oakwood is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,919 people
- Kettering
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cedarville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shawnee Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Shawnee Hills is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee Hills
- Clifton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Holiday Valley is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Valley
- Hooks Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hooks Corner is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks Corner
- Dayton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Corwin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Kingman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Kingman is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingman
- Sulphur Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Grove
- Enon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Green Meadows
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Green Meadows is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadows
- Riverdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Gem City Estates
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gem City Estates is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem City Estates
- Moraine
(12 miles [19.3 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 Miami Valley Memory Garden. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Greene County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Miami Valley Memory Garden.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Beavercreek
- Bellbrook
- Cedarville
- Centerville
- Dayton
- Dayton lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Miami Valley Memory Garden.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Dayton.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Enon
- Enon lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Miami Valley Memory Garden.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Enon.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enon
- Fairborn
- Kettering
- Oakwood
- Waynesville
- Xenia
- Yellow Springs
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 Miami Valley Memory Garden:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Greene 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 Miami Valley Memory Garden:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1043246 (Miami Valley Memory Garden)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1043246 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: Greene
- Est. Elev: 261 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Xenia
- Location given for Miami Valley Memory Garden:
- Lat: 39.6936708 Lon: -83.9957661
- 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 Greene, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Miami Valley Memory Garden) 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. |