A visit to the Swamp College 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 Swamp College Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Swamp College Cemetery:
40.5373, -84.6586
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Swamp College Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Swamp College Cemetery is located in Mercer County<2>.
The county seat for Mercer County is located in Celina. Celina lies just to the east of the Swamp College Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> of the Swamp College Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Swamp College Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mercer Memory Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Mercer Memory Gardens is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer Memory Gardens
- Petrie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Landfair Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Landfair Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landfair Cemetery
- Live Oak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Live Oak Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Cemetery
- Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheran Cemetery
- St. Elizabeth Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The St. Elizabeth Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Elizabeth Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Elizabeth Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Coldwater.
- Burntwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Burntwood Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burntwood Cemetery
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The North Grove Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the North Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Celina.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42434 <5>
- Buck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Buck Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Cemetery
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The St. Marys Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Liberty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- St. Pauls UCC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Macedon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Macedon Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Cemetery
- Ellis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Ellis Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis Cemetery
- Friends Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Friends Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Skeels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Skeels Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Cemetery
- Zion State Line Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Zion State Line Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion State Line Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Zion State Line Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the north of Fort Recovery.
- The Zion State Line Cemetery has also been known as:
- State Line Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43583 <5>
- St. Peters Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Burge Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burge Cemetery
- Oldtown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Oldtown Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldtown Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Roberts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Roberts Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Swamp College Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Swamp College Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Coldwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Celina
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wabash
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Scudder
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Macedon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Montezuma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Montezuma is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
- Earley ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Tama
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Skeels Crossroads
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Skeels Crossroads is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Crossroads
- Saint Henry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mercer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Wendelin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wendelin is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendelin
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Trinity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Trinity is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Fort Recovery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rockford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jay City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jay City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Chickasaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mendon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burkettsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Weston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Saint Marys
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
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 Swamp College Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Mercer County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Swamp College Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Celina
- Coldwater
- Fort Recovery
- Mendon
- Saint Henry
- Saint Marys
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Swamp College Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Mercer 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 Swamp College Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1046887 (Swamp College Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1046887 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: Mercer
- Est. Elev: 261 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Erastus
- Location given for Swamp College Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.5372688 Lon: -84.65857
- 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 Mercer, 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- Swamp College 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |