A visit to the Yankeetown 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 Yankeetown Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Yankeetown Cemetery:
39.9356, -84.7230
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Yankeetown Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Yankeetown Cemetery is located in Darke County<2>.
The county seat for Darke County is located in Greenville. Greenville lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Yankeetown Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Yankeetown Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Yankeetown Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Yankeetown Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Wilt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Wilt Cemetery is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilt Cemetery
- Otterbein Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Otterbein Cemetery is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterbein Cemetery
- Greenmound Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Greenmound Cemetery is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenmound Cemetery
- First Universalist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Cedar Grove Cemetery is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery
- Friendship Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Friendship Cemetery is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Friendship Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the southwest of New Madison.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1966730 <5>
- Harter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Harter Cemetery is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harter Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hamburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Hamburg Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg Cemetery
- Monroe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Monroe Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Cemetery
- Foutz Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Foutz Cemetery is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foutz Cemetery
- Beech Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Beech Grove Cemetery is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove Cemetery
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Hollansburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Hollansburg Cemetery is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollansburg Cemetery
- Stump Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Stump Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stump Cemetery
- Prices Creek German Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Petry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Petry Cemetery is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petry Cemetery
- Castine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Castine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The New Castine Cemetery is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castine Cemetery
- Old Castine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Old Castine Cemetery is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Castine Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Yankeetown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Yankeetown Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- New Madison
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Eldorado
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Savona
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Savona is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savona
- West Manchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Castine
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Castine is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castine
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Hollansburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hollansburg is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollansburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Whitewater
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Whitewater is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- New Paris
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne Lakes is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Wayne Lakes has also been known as:
- Wayne Lakes Park
- Fort Jefferson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Jefferson is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jefferson
- Palestine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ithaca
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ithaca is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Chester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Chester is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- New Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Hope is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Arcanum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arba is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arba
- Spring Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Grove is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
- Long
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Long is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
- Abbottsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Abbottsville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsville
- Nashville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nashville is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Fountain City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Webster
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Webster is located in Wayne County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Richmond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lewisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Euphemia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Euphemia is located in Preble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euphemia
- Gordon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gordon is located in Darke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Spartanburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spartanburg is located in Randolph County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartanburg
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 Yankeetown Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Darke County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Yankeetown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Arcanum
- Fountain City
- Hollansburg
- New Madison
- Richmond
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Yankeetown Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Darke 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 Yankeetown Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1048179 (Yankeetown Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1048179 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: Darke
- Est. Elev: 357 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: New Madison
- Location given for Yankeetown Cemetery:
- Lat: 39.9356048 Lon: -84.723013
- 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 Darke, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Yankeetown 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. |