This list of cemeteries in Indiana includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed)
cemeteries
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columbaria
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The term can also mean the nesting boxes of pigeons. The term comes from the Latin "'' colu ...
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mausolea
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which are historical and/or notable. It does not include
pet cemeteries.
Allen County
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Lindenwood Cemetery
Lindenwood Cemetery is a rural cemetery operated by Dignity Memorial in Fort Wayne, Indiana, established in 1859. With over 74,000 graves and covering , it is one of the largest cemeteries in Indiana.
Famous interments include some of the most im ...
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Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 as of the 2020 Censu ...
; NRHP-listed
Boone County
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Oak Hill Cemetery,
Lebanon
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; NRHP-listed
Daviess County
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Old Union Church and Cemetery,
Reeve Township; NRHP-listed
Dearborn County
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River View Cemetery,
Aurora
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; NRHP-listed
Delaware County
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Beech Grove Cemetery,
Muncie
Muncie ( ) is an incorporated city and the seat of Delaware County, Indiana. Previously known as Buckongahelas Town, named after the legendary Delaware Chief.http://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/history/docs/lenape-villages.pdf It is located in ...
; NRHP-listed
Floyd County
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New Albany National Cemetery
New Albany National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of New Albany, Indiana, New Albany, in Floyd County, Indiana. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses , and as of the en ...
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New Albany; NRHP-listed
Fountain County
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Bethel Church and Graveyard,
Logan Township; NRHP-listed
Franklin County
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Big Cedar Baptist Church and Burying Ground
Big Cedar Baptist Church and Burying Ground is located on Big Cedar Creek Road, between the road to Reily and the Oxford Pike, in Springfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana. Big Cedar was a branch of the Little Cedar Grove Baptist Church, whi ...
, rural
Grant County
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Marion National Cemetery,
Marion Marion may refer to:
People
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Meshingomesia Cemetery and Indian School Historic District
Meshingomesia Cemetery and Indian School Historic District is a historic Indian school, cemetery, and national historic district located in Pleasant Township, Grant County, Indiana. This site was historically used for a variety of purposes incl ...
Hamilton County
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Heady Lane Cemetery,
Fishers
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Hendricks County
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Sugar Grove Meetinghouse and Cemetery,
Guilford Township; NRHP-listed
Johnson County
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Greenlawn Cemetery,
Franklin
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People
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* Franklin (surname)
* Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class
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* Division of Franklin, federal electoral d ...
; NRHP-listed
Marion County
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Big Run Baptist Church and Cemetery,
Franklin Township; NRHP-listed
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Crown Hill Cemetery
Crown Hill Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at 700 West 38th Street in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. The privately owned cemetery was established in 1863 at Strawberry Hill, whose summit was renamed "The Crown", a high poi ...
, Indianapolis; NRHP-listed
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Crown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis; NRHP-listed
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Greenlawn Cemetery, Indianapolis
Miami County
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Francis Godfroy Cemetery
Francis Godfroy Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in Butler Township, Miami County, Indiana. The cemetery was established in 1812 on the site of a Miami Nation village and Chief Francis Godfroys council chambers. ''Note:'' This includes ...
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Butler Township; NRHP-listed
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Waisner-Rickard Cemetery,
Deer Creek Township
Parke County
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Pleasant Valley Cemetery
Pleasant Valley Cemetery and Pleasant Valley Methodist Church were formed in 1805 and are located in Parke County, Indiana.
History
The house was located in Raccoon Township, Parke County, Indiana. The first pastor of the church was William Ta ...
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Raccoon Township
Pike County
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Walnut Hill Cemetery,
Petersburg
Porter County
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Bailly Cemetery,
Indiana Dunes National Park
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Porter
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* H.K. Porter, Inc., ...
Pulaski County
* Noggle Cemetery,
Cass Township
Putnam County
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Forest Hill Cemetery,
Greencastle; NRHP-listed
Rush County
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East Hill Cemetery
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Rushville
Saint Joseph County
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South Bend City Cemetery
The South Bend City Cemetery is a historic cemetery in South Bend, Indiana.
History
The South Bend City Cemetery was established in 1831, when Lathrop Taylor and Alexis Coquillard donated the land upon which it was built. Jacob Roof was the firs ...
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South Bend
South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total of 103,453 residents and is the fourt ...
; NRHP-listed
Spencer County
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Nancy Hanks Lincoln Cemetery, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial,
Lincoln City; NRHP-listed
Tippecanoe County
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Tippecanoe Twp. District No. 3 Schoolhouse and Cemetery
The Tippecanoe Twp. District No. 3 Schoolhouse and Cemetery is a place on the National Register of Historic Places in Tippecanoe, Indiana. It was placed on the Register on June 24, 2008. It includes the former schoolhouse of district 3, also k ...
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Tippecanoe Township; NRHP-listed
Vanderburgh County
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McJohnston Chapel and Cemetery,
Center Township; NRHP-listed
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Oak Hill Cemetery,
Evansville
Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at the 2020 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city in S ...
; NRHP-listed
Vigo County
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Highland Lawn Cemetery
Highland Lawn Cemetery is a city-owned rural cemetery in Terre Haute, Indiana. Opened in 1884, the cemetery includes .
The cemetery features a Richardsonian Romanesque chapel built by architect Jesse A. Vrydaugh in 1893 for a cost of $10,000. I ...
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Terre Haute
Terre Haute ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, about 5 miles east of the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a ...
; NRHP-listed
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Sisters of Providence Convent Cemetery,
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
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Warren County
Wayne County
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Doddridge Chapel and Cemetery
Doddridge Chapel and Cemetery is a historic chapel and cemetery located in Washington Township, Wayne County, Indiana. The chapel was built in 1876, and is a one-story, rectangular, Italianate style brick building. It sits on a limestone foundat ...
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Washington Township; NRHP-listed
See also
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List of cemeteries in the United States
This is a list of cemeteries in the United States. The list includes both active and historic sites, and does not include pet cemeteries. At the end of the list by states, cemeteries in territories of the United States are included. The list is ...
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