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:
40.7773, -82.1199
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 Wayne County<2>.
The county seat for Wayne County is located in Wooster. Wooster lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east 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 21 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.
- Blachleyville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Bethel Cemetery is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Cemetery
- Lakefork Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- The Lakefork Cemetery is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakefork Cemetery
- Rittenhouse Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Rittenhouse Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rittenhouse Cemetery
- The Rittenhouse Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rittenhouse - Troxel Cemetery
- Troxel Cemetery
- Reedsburg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cliff Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Cliff Cemetery is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliff Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- Rittenhouse Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Meng Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Meng Cemetery is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meng Cemetery
- Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Methodist Cemetery is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methodist Cemetery
- Jeromesville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Jeromesville Cemetery is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeromesville Cemetery
- Mohicanville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Mohicanville Cemetery is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohicanville Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Maple Grove Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Cemetery
- Evangelical Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Evangelical Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evangelical Cemetery
- Rice Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Rice Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery
- Rowsburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Rowsburg Cemetery is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rowsburg Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Rowsburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2150313 <5>
- Old Rowsburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Old Rowsburg Cemetery is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Rowsburg Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Rowsburg Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Rowsburg.
- The Old Rowsburg Cemetery has also been known as:
- Smalley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #42555 <5>
- Brandt Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Brandt Cemetery is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandt Cemetery
- Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- Plain Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jefferson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Jefferson Cemetery is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson 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 Yankeetown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Yankeetown Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Funk
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Funk is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funk
- New Pittsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Pittsburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pittsburg
- Jeromesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rowsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rowsburg is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowsburg
- Jefferson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Millbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millbrook is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
- Lattasburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lattasburg is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattasburg
- Hayesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hayesville is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- McKay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McKay is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKay
- Redhaw
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Redhaw is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redhaw
- Shreve
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Devil Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Devil Town is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devil Town
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wooster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Miley Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Miley Crossroads is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Crossroads
- Moreland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Moreland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Congress
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Congress is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congress
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- Loudonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ashland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Perrysville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nashville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nashville is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Polk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Polk is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
- Boys Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Boys Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boys Village
- Mifflin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Mifflin is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 135 people
- Aukerman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Aukerman is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aukerman
- West Salem
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Albion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Albion is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
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 Wayne County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Yankeetown Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Ashland
- Loudonville
- Shreve
- West Salem
- Wooster
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 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 Wayne 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 #1048180 (Yankeetown Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1048180 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: Wayne
- Est. Elev: 330 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: New Pittsburg
- Location given for Yankeetown Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.7772795 Lon: -82.119875
- 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 Wayne, 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 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. |