Shelby County Cemeteries

Sidney | Clinton Twp | Cynthian Twp | Dinsmore Twp | Franklin Twp | Green Twp | Jackson Twp
Loramie Twp | McLean Twp | Orange Twp | Perry Twp | Salem Twp | Turtle Creek Twp
Van Buren Twp | Washington Twp
 
 
Sidney
Name
Location/Information
Status
Graceland Cemetery At south edge of Sidney on County Road 25-A which is also called South Main Ave.  Has Protestant & Catholic Sections.  A number of bodies removed from other cemeteries were reinterred here.
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Calvary Cemetery Was in East Sidney (east side of Great Miami River) on South Brooklyn Ave.  Bodies relocated to Graceland Cemetery 1915-1916.  Site was then used for an athletic field and later, houses. No longer in use. Bodies removed
Catholic Cemetery/Old Catholic Cemetery/ Dingmansburg Cemetery Was in East Sidney (east side of Great Miami River) on South Brooklyn Ave.  Bodies removed to Graceland Cemetery 1915-1916.  The original platt of Dingmansburg shows that the site was reserved for a seminary, church & burial ground. No longer in use. Bodies removed
Presbyterian Cemetery/Old Presbyterian Cemetery/ Old Graveyard Was on East North St. where Bridgeview Middle School is now.  Bodies were relocated to Graceland Cemetery in 1911 unless family members specified a different site. No longer in use. Bodies removed
Starrett Cemetery Was at south edge of Sidney where South Main & South Miami Avenues join.  Bodies were removed to Graceland Cemetery.  It is now a green park. No longer in use. Bodies removed
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Clinton Township
 
 
Name
Location/Inforamtion
Status
Infirmary Cemetery #1, #2, #3/ County Home Cemetery #1, #2, #3 Three cemeteries on County Home (now named Fairhaven) land.
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Cynthian Township
 
 
Name
Location/Information
Status
Angel Street Cemetery/ Dunkard Cemetery/ German Baptist Cemetery/ Loramie Cemetery/ Loramie Chapel Cemetery On West side of Cecil-Wolke Road between State Route 47 & Wright-Moyer Road.
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Galley Cemetery On North side of Cardo-Roman Road just west of Galley Road. Abandoned
Mills Cemetery At end of Mills Road (no outlet) off of Rangeline Road just north of its intersection with State Route 66.
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New Oran Cemetery/ Fairview Cemetery/ Christian Cemetery On west side of Short Road just north of intersection of State Route 47 & Short Road
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Newport Cemetery/ Reams Cemetery On west of State Route 66 in Newport, Ohio.
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Oran Christian Cemetery In Oran, Ohio on Dawson Road just north of State Route 47.
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Saint Peter & Paul Cemetery  In Newport, Ohio next to Sts. Peter & Paul Church.
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Dinsmore Township
 
 
Name
Location/Information
Status
Anna M.E. Cemetery At north edge of Anna, Ohio on County Road 25-A
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Dinsmore Township Cemetery/ Long Cemetery On south side of State Route 274, 2 miles east of County Road 25-A.
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Immaculate Conception Cemetery Catholic Cemetery. Just north of Botkins, Ohio on county road 25-A.
Active
New Loramie Valley Cemetery Just south of Botkins on County Road 25-A.
Active
Old Loramie Valley Cemetery Just south of New Loramie Valley Cemetery.
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St. Lawrence Cemetery 3 miles east of Botkins, Ohio across road from St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Church.
Active
Toland Cemetery On north side of Wells Road about 1 mile north & 1 mile west of Anna, Ohio.
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Franklin Township

 
Name
Location/Information
Status
Lenox Cemetery On east sid of County Road 25-A about 5 miles north of Sidney.  Back from the road.
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Pearl Cemetery On west side of County  Road 25-A between Sharp Road & the Fort Loramie-Swanders Road.  The OLD REFORMED CHURCH CEMETERY is in the northeast portion of section F.
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St.. Jacob Lutheran Cemetery/ Old Swanders Cemetery On west side of County Road 25-A,  1 mile south of Anna, Ohio.
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Wesley Chapel Cemetery On east side of Lochard Road between State Route 119 and the Meranda Road
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Green Township

 
Name
Location/Information
Status
Dorsey Cemetery On west side of Tawawa-Maplewood Road in southeast corner of Green Township.  Back a lane in wooded area.  Difficult to find.
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Old Pioneer Cemetery Across creek at northeast edge of village of Plattsville.
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Plattsville Cemetery At southwest edge of Plattsville on Leatherwood Creek Road.
Active
Sturm Cemetery Just west of intersection of State Route 29 and the Shelby-Champaign County Line and about 1/4 mile off the road.
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Jackson Township

 
Name
Location/Information
Status
Dowden Cemetery On southwest corner of Section 25 on north side of Strong Rd.
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Elliot Cemetery/ Elm Corner Cemetery On Lock-Two Road between State Route 65 & Wones Road
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Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery/ Montra Cemetery On south side of Montra Road, east of Pasco-Montra Road next to the Emanuel Lutheran Church.
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Howell Cemetery On north side of Montra Road just east of Pasco-Montra Road.
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Old Henry Counts Cemetery In southwest quarter of Section 30 northeast of State Route 119 & Ailes Road.  No sign of cemetery can be found.
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Pleasant Hill Cemetery East of Jackson Center, Ohio on State Route 274 at Morris-Rose Road.
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St. Jacobs Lutheran Cemetery On east side of Pasco-Montra Road just south of Botkins Road.
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Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery On State Route 274 at west edge of Jackson Center, Ohio.
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Loramie Township

 
Name
Location/Inforamtion
Status
Austin-Wick Cemetery In northeast quarter of Section 5 about 1/2 mile east of State Route 66 and south of Stoker Road.  Accessible only by foot through fields and woods.
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Black Cemetery/ Lemoine Cemetery Small plat east of Russia, Ohio just west of Rangeline Road near railroad.
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Houston Cemetery On both sides of Houston-Russia Road just west of State Route 66 near Houston.  Older section is on south side of road & newer section on north side of road.
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St. Remy Cemetery In town of Russia, Ohio near St. Remy Church.
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Wright Cemetery At intersection of Houston-Hardin Road & Pampel Road.
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Wyatt Cemetery In section 17 in southeast part of southwest quarter.
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McLean Township

 
Name
Location/Information
Status
Furrow Cemetery In northeast quarter of Section 10, about 1/2 mile north of Fort Loramie, Ohio.
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McLean Township Pioneer Cemetery On west side of State Route 66 about 1/4 mile north of Fort Loramie.
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New St. Michaels Cemetery Just south of Fort Loramie on State Route 66. Active
Old St. Michaels Cemetery In back of St. Michaels Catholic Church
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Walkup Cemetery/ Roop Cemetery About 2-1/2 miles west of Fort Loramie, Ohio at intersection of State Route 705 & Baumer-Brandewie Road.
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Orange Township

 
Name
Location/Inforamtion
Status
Old Reformed Baptist Cemetery/ Line Cemetery At intersection of County Road 25-A & Kirkwood Road.
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Orange Chapel Cemetery On north side of Simes Road west of Bulle Road.
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Van Dine Cemetery Cemetery NOT found. Not found
Wesley Chapel Cemetery On Brown Road near Shelby-Miami County Line.
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Perry Township

 
Name
Location/Inforamtion
Status
Cedar Point Cemetery In village of Pasco on State Route 29 east of Sidney, Ohio. Active
Dunkard Cemetery On State Route 29 at corner of Frazier-Guy Road.  Some bodies removed to Cedar Point Cemetery when State Route 29 relocated.
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Indian Creek Cemetery/ M.E. Cemetery North of Pemberton, Ohio at intersection of Dingman-Slagle Road & Tawawa-Maplewood Roads.
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Medaris Cemetery On south side of Dingman-Slagle Road between Jackson Road & Pascoe-Montra Road; across small stream & atop steep hill.
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Pepper Cemetery On east side of State Route 29 about 1 mile southeast of Pasco, Ohio.  Bodies probably removed to Cedar Point Cemetery.
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Reformed Lutheran Cemetery Believed to have been southwest of intersection of Gearhart & Frazier-Guy Roads. Not found
Sturm Cemetery Small family cemetery.  At intersection of Dormire & Johnston Roads in southeast part of Perry Township.
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Tawawa U.B. Cemetery About 1-1/2 miles southeast of Pasco, Ohio on State Route 29.  Small cemetery.  No trace remains.  Stones removed to Cedar Point Cemetery.
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Thompson Cemetery In north central part of Perry Township between Johnston-Slagle & Pence Roads.  Small cemetery - nearly inaccessible.
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Wagoner Cemetery Small family cemetery believed to have been 1/2 mile south of Pasco, Ohio. Not found
Ward Cemetery Small family cemetery.  On south side of Elton Road between Johnston-Slagle Road & the north-south leg of Elton Road.
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Salem Township

 
Name
Location/Inforamtion
Status
Bethel Cemetery/ Brick Church Cemetery/ McCord Cemetery On south side of Meranda Road just west of State Route 65.  Bounded on north by Greenville Treaty Line.
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Deppe Cemetery On Herring Road about 1/2 mile west of Tawawa-Maplewood Road; south of Herring Road though fields about 1/4 mile.  Access by foot only.
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Glen Cemetery On state Route 47 just west of Port Jefferson, Ohio.
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Hodge Cemetery Due to a county boundry change in 1883 this cemetery is now in Logan County, Ohio.  Inscriptions on stones face Shelby County where original entrance was.  Many Shelby County residents buried here.  On west side of Logan County Road 23 between Meranda Road & Maplewood Road.
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Pioneer Cemetery In village of Port Jefferson, in a field on north side at the east end of North Lane Street.  Cemetry destroyed.  Stones dumped in pile inside metal fenced burial site.
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Roberts Cemetery In wooded area about 1/2 mile north of State Route 47 and 1/2 mile west of Wones Road.  Accessible only by foot.
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Staley Cemetery About 2 miles west of Port Jefferson, Ohio and 1/2 mile south of State Route 47.
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Turtle Creek Township
Name
Location/Information
Status
Brookside Cemetery/ Hardin Cemetery South of Hardin, Ohio on west side of Hardin-Wapak Road.
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Carey Cemetery On east side of Hardin-Wapakoneta Road about 1/4 mile north of Hardin, Ohio in Section 29.
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Coles Chapel Cemetery On east side of Hardin-Wapakoneta Road between Swanders Road & State Route 705.
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Cowan Cemetery/ Kennard Cemetery Small family plot. Southwest of Hardin, Ohio; 1/2 mile south on Hrdin-Wapakoneta Road; 1/4 mile across fields & creek.  Accessible only by foot.
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Cuba Cemetery/ Whitefeather Cemetery On north side of Hoying Road 1/4 mile east of McCartyville Road.
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Everly Cemetery Believed to have been in Section 28. Not found
Indian Mound Cemetery Supposed to have been in South East quarter of Section 18. Not found
McClure Cemetery On west side of Kuther Road between Mason Road & State Route 705; about 1/4 mile back from road in wooded area.
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McKinney Cemetery Supposed to have been 1 mile east of Hardin, Ohio on north side of State Route 47. Not found
New Hope Cemetery At northwest corner of intersection of Mason Road & Petterson-Halpin Road.
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St. Patrick Cemetery In village of St. Patrick on south side of Hoying Road next to St. Patrick Church
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Shelby Memory Gardens On north side of State Route 47 west of Hardin, Ohio near Patterson-Halpin Road.
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Van Buren Township
 
 
Name
Location/Information
Status
Barnett Cemetery Colored Cemetery.  On west side of Lucas-Gieb Road just north of intersection with State Route 29. Abandoned
Clinton Cemetery Colored Cemetery.  In small wooded area about 1000 feet northwest of intersection of State Route 119 & Staley Road. Abandoned
Friedens Gemeinde Cemetery (Referred to as New Friedens Gemeinde Cemetery in some records) 1/2 mile east of intersection of Botkins Road & Kettlerville Road, about 100 feet south side of Botkins Road.
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Hines Cemetery On south side of Wells Road about 3/4 mile west of intersection of State Route 29 & Wells Road.  Includes one stone for colored soldier of Civil War.
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Johnson Cemetery  
(referred to as the Old Friedens Gemeinde Cemetery in some records)
Family Cemetery.  In section 3; northwest corner of intersection of Lock-Two Road & Kettlerville-Botkins Road.
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Redman Cemetery Colored Cemetery.  About 1/2 mile southwest of intersection of Amsterdam Road & Staley Road. Abandoned
Sacred Heart Cemetery In village of McCartyville, Ohio on north side of State Route 119 in back of church.
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Schwaberow Cemetery On south side of State Route 274 about 2-1/2 miles west of Kettlerville, Ohio.
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Washington Township
 
 
Name
Location/Information
Status
Beechwood Cemetery/ Mellinger Cemetery At intersection of Hardin Road & Fessler-Buxton Road.  Older Section of plat known as Mellinger Cemetery. Active
Cecil Cemetery About 850 feet west of intersection of Fair Road & Miami Conservatory Road in wooded area near old Miami & Erie Canal.
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Marshall Cemetery,   
No. 1
Family Plot.  At southwest corner of northeast quarter Section 6.
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Marshall Cemetery,   
No. 2
In southwest portion of northwest quarter of Section 3.
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Old St. James Cemetery Thought to have been south of Lockington, Ohio. Not found
Rasor Cemetery About 100 feet south of Lockington; then about 200 feet off west side of Miami-Shelby Road.
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Stewart Cemetery About 1/4 mile southwest of intersection of Lockington-Lindsey Road & Millcreek Road. Abandoned
 
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Information courtesy of SCGS
& Shelbyana Issue #53 - October 1992
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