A visit to the Ward 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 Ward Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ward Cemetery:
40.1967, -83.9630
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Ward Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Ward Cemetery is located in Champaign County<2>.
The county seat for Champaign County is located in Urbana. Urbana lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Ward Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Ward Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 28 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Ward Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ward Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rosedale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Rosedale Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Cemetery
- Neal Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- The Neal Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Lyons Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Lyons Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Cemetery
- Barger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Barger Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barger Cemetery
- Bodey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Bodey Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodey Cemetery
- Connor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Connor Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connor Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Russell Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
- Halterman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Halterman Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halterman Cemetery
- Sturm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- The Sturm Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturm Cemetery
- Dorsey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Dorsey Cemetery is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey Cemetery
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Miller Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Wilkson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Wilkson Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkson Cemetery
- Leatherwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Leatherwood Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood Cemetery
- Roberts Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Roberts Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Cemetery
- German Reformed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The German Reformed Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Reformed Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the German Reformed Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Saint Paris.
- The German Reformed Cemetery has also been known as:
- Reformed Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1978937 <5>
- Old Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Old Lutheran Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Lutheran Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Saint Paris.
- The Old Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- German Lutheran Cemetery
- Lutheran Cemetery
- Lutheran Reformed Cemetery
- Piety Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2337552 <5>
- Spring Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Spring Grove Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove Cemetery
- Harbour Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Harbour Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Cemetery
- Anderson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Anderson Cemetery is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- Zimmerman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Zimmerman Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- Calland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Calland Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calland Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Hearst Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hearst Cemetery is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearst Cemetery
- Olive Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Olive Chapel Cemetery is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Chapel Cemetery
- Newman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Newman Cemetery is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman 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 Ward Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ward Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Carysville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Carysville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carysville
- Millerstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Millerstown is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerstown
- Saint Paris
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lena
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lena is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
- Conover
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Conover is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
- Quincy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fletcher
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 486 people
- Westville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- De Graff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pasco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pasco is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
- Christiansburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Logansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Logansville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logansville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dialton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dialton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dialton
- West Liberty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Port Jefferson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maplewood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Maplewood is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Urbana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kingscreek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kingscreek is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingscreek
- Sidney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Casstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Alcony
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Alcony is located in Miami County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcony
- Dodo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Dodo is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodo
- North Hampton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Hampton is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Tremont City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Lockington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lockington is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
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 Ward Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Champaign County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ward Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- De Graff
- Quincy
- Saint Paris
- Sidney
- Urbana
- West Liberty
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 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 Ward Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Champaign 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 Ward Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1047557 (Ward Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1047557 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: Champaign
- Est. Elev: 353 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Saint Paris
- Location given for Ward Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.1967205 Lon: -83.9629924
- 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 Champaign, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ward 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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