A visit to the West Union 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 West Union Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the West Union Cemetery:
40.8773, -83.1896
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the West Union Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The West Union Cemetery is located in Wyandot County<2>.
The county seat for Wyandot County is located in Upper Sandusky. Upper Sandusky lies just to the southwest of the West Union Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the West Union 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 West Union Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from West Union Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Smithville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Smithville Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville Cemetery
- Salem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Salem Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
- Salem Evangelical Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ulrich Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- The Ulrich Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulrich Cemetery
- Belle Vernon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Belle Vernon Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon Cemetery
- Gilliland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Gilliland Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliland Cemetery
- Curlis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Curlis Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlis Cemetery
- Quaker Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Quaker Hill Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Hill Cemetery
- Cutting Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Cutting Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutting Cemetery
- Stalter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Stalter Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stalter Cemetery
- Tarhe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Tarhe Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarhe Cemetery
- Haas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Haas Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haas Cemetery
- The Haas Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Rock Run Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rock Run Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Rock Run Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Run Cemetery
- Nevada Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Nevada Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada Cemetery
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Nine Oaks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Nine Oaks Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Oaks Cemetery
- St. Peters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Peters Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- Mission Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Mission Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Cemetery
- Ft. Ferree Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Ft. Ferree Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ft. Ferree Cemetery
- Oceola #2 Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Oceola #2 Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola #2 Cemetery
- Oceola #3 Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Oceola #3 Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola #3 Cemetery
- Oceola #1 Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Oceola #1 Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola #1 Cemetery
- Texas Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Texas Twp. Cemetery is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Twp. Cemetery
- The Texas Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
- Benton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1988947 <5>
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bretz Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Bretz Cemetery is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bretz Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 24 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the West Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from West Union Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Belle Vernon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Duenquat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Upper Sandusky
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Nevada
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oceola
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Lemert
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Benton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Sycamore
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Mexico
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- McCutchenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Broken Sword
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Harpster
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Wyandot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Melmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Berwick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Berwick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwick
- Adrian
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kirby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Morral
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Morral is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morral
- Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
- Bucyrus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chatfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- New Riegel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wharton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wharton is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wharton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 338 people
- Bloomville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
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 West Union Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Wyandot County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The West Union Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Benton
- Bloomville
- Bucyrus
- Nevada
- Sycamore
- Tiffin
- Upper Sandusky
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 West Union Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Wyandot 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 West Union Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1730736 (West Union Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1730736 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: Wyandot
- Est. Elev: 262 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Sycamore
- Location given for West Union Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.8772787 Lon: -83.1896397
- 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 Wyandot, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- West Union 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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