A visit to the Salem 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 Salem Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Salem Cemetery:
39.9142, -83.1077
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Salem Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Salem Cemetery is located in Franklin County<2>.
The county seat for Franklin County is located in Columbus. Columbus lies just to the northeast of the Salem Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> of the Salem Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Salem Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Clime Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Clime Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clime Cemetery
- Postle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Postle Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Postle Cemetery
- Galloway Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Galloway Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway Cemetery
- Grove City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Grove City Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove City Cemetery
- Peters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Peters Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Cemetery
- Camp Chase Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Camp Chase Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Chase Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Ebenezer Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer Cemetery
- Gundy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Gundy Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gundy Cemetery
- Union Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clover Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Clover Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Cemetery
- Alton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Sunset Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Cemetery
- The Sunset Cemetery has also been known as:
- Memorial Burial Park
- Memorial Park
- Sunrise Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Thomas Adams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Thomas Adams Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Adams Cemetery
- Green Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Green Lawn Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Green Lawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Columbus.
- The Green Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenlawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109024 <5>
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Feebleminded Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Feebleminded Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feebleminded Cemetery
- Old Insane & Penal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Insane Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Insane Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Insane Cemetery
- St. James Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Oak Grove Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Cemetery
- Concord Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Concord Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord Cemetery
- Temple Israel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Temple Israel Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Israel Cemetery
- Franklinton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Franklinton Cemetery is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within Less than 2 miles<3> of the Salem Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Salem Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Urbancrest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Urbancrest is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbancrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 994 people
- Sullivant ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sullivant is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivant
- Sullivant has also been known as:
- Sullivants
- Briggsdale ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Briggsdale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsdale
- Deems ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Deems is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deems
- Galloway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Grove City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lincoln Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Valleyview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleyview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
- New Rome
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Rome is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Pleasant Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Grove City Country Club
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Alton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Alton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Darbydale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Darbydale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darbydale
- Grandview Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marble Cliff
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marble Cliff is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Cliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 799 people
- Darby Park ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Darby Park is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darby Park
- Ridpath ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ridpath is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridpath
- Mudsock ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mudsock is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudsock
- Harrisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Orient
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Zuber ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zuber is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuber
- Borrors Corners ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Borrors Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borrors Corners
- Columbus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Seagrove ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Seagrove is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seagrove
- Seagrove has also been known as:
- Seagrave
- Upper Arlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lake Darby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Darby is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Darby
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 Salem Cemetery. The following communities are located in Franklin County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Salem Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
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 Salem Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Franklin 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 Salem Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1961558 (Salem Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1961558 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: Franklin
- Est. Elev: 265 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Southwest Columbus
- Location given for Salem Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.9142298 Lon: -83.1076873
- 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 Franklin, 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- Salem 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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