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:
40.4817, -81.5632
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 Tuscarawas County<2>.
The county seat for Tuscarawas County is located in New Philadelphia. New Philadelphia lies just to the east of the Salem Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Salem Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 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.
- Crooked Run United Methodist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Union Hill Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill Cemetery
- Deitz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Deitz Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deitz Cemetery
- St. Johns German Reformed Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Ragersville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- The Ragersville Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragersville Cemetery
- Jerusalem Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Jerusalem Church Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Church Cemetery
- The Jerusalem Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jerusalem Reformed Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2164140 <5>
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Pleasant Hill Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Brandywine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Brandywine Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywine Cemetery
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Bunker Hill Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Cemetery
- Miller - Mast Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Miller - Mast Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller - Mast Cemetery
- Hostetler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Hostetler Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hostetler Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- St. Joseph's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The St. Joseph's Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Dover.
- The St. Joseph's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Joseph Cemetery
- St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276135 <5>
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Broad Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Broad Run Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Run Cemetery
- Yoder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Yoder Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder Cemetery
- Shanesville First Reformed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shanesville Eastlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Selton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Selton Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selton Cemetery
- St. Jacobs Reformed Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stonecreek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Stonecreek Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecreek Cemetery
- St. Peters Evangelical Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Town Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Old Town Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town Cemetery
- Fourth Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Fourth Street Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourth Street Cemetery
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Maple Grove Cemetery is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Salem Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Salem Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Sugarcreek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stone Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Dover
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Heritage Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Barrs Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Barrs Mills is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrs Mills
- Shanesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Shanesville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
- New Philadelphia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Parral
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parral is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Baltic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dundee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Strasburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Farmerstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Farmerstown is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmerstown
- New Bedford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Port Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gnadenhutten
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tuscarawas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tuscarawas is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarawas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,044 people
- Three Legs Town ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Three Legs Town is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Legs Town
- Midvale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Midvale is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 742 people
- Barnhill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Barnhill is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Wolf
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wolf is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
- Roswell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Roswell is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
- Zoarville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Zoarville is located in Tuscarawas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoarville
- Zoar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beach City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Charm
(11 miles [17.7 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 Salem 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 Salem Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Beach City
- Dover
- Gnadenhutten
- New Philadelphia
- Strasburg
- Sugarcreek
- Zoar
- Zoar lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Salem Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Zoar.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zoar
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Salem 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 Salem Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1963858 (Salem Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1963858 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: 298 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Stone Creek
- Location given for Salem Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.4817317 Lon: -81.5631761
- 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 'straight-line' 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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