Allen County Indiana Cemeteries
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There are 20 townships in Allen County, Indiana. 185 known cemetery names, 123 cemetery locations, and some additional information are listed here. Cemeteries are organized by township. No cemeteries are known in Jackson Township. Indiana SHAARD, which allows guest access, provides detailed information such as GPS coordinates and maps on locations of Indiana Historical Structures including 147 cemeteries.
The Allen County Genealogical Society has a name only index to all county cemeteries through the 1980's publishing date. You may want to check the Allen County Lookup page for a volunteer willing to do lookups from the cemetery books, which are published and for sale by the Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana.
The Mary Penrose Wayne Chapter National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution has started the Allen County Indiana Cemetery Project using the IN DNR GPS coordinates, ACGSI transcribed tombstone names and volunteer tombstone photos of Allen County cemeteries to be completed sometime in 2010. They have a growing name index for transcriptions and photographs. Some photos show chalk rubbings of old tombstones in one cemetery, which was discontinued. While generally not harmful to modern granite tombstones, chalk rubbing is not recommended on soft marble and sandstone because no one knows what long term effects may occur, plus the risk of too much pressure could crumble eroded stone. Your goal should always be "Do No Harm".
Mark Davis, owner of Stone Saver Cemetery Restoration gave a cemetery restoration presentation at the Allen County Public library in January 2009. Mark pointed out the possible damage to tombstones that can occur from chalk rubbings and other chemicals applied to old tombstones. I show on my personal web site that you can get much better tombstone photos by manipulating the angle of the sunlight based on the time of year and day the photos are taken. Mirrors and reflectors can be used when the sun does not provide the correct angle of lighting to create shadows as shown on Andrew W. Griffith's web page.
Grave Secrets is a 2009 newspaper article about local cemeteries.
Click on Township Name to Go to Township Page
Locations of Allen County, Indiana Municipalities and Townships
Google Map of Fort Wayne and Allen County, Indiana
185 Names for 123 Cemeteries in Allen County, Indiana
Clicking the Cemetery Name takes you to information for that cemetery. Clicking the Township takes you to that Township page of cemeteries. Some of the largest cemeteries have a web site so the Status field is their link. DAR containes the Mary Penrose Chapter of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution links in the last column. Ph - means they have photographs of the cemetery and tombstones. Tr - is transcription of names on tombstones from the ACGSI readings in the 1980's, or 1932 if the cemetery was moved or lost.
Some Infamous burials are at the bottom of this page.
