Exploring Almost Forgotten Gravesites in the Great State of Ohio

Dedicated to cemetery preservation in the great state of Ohio


"A cemetery may be considered as abandoned when all or practically all of the bodies have been Removed therefrom and no bodies have been buried therein for a great many years, and the cemetery has been so long neglected as entirely to lose its identity as such, and is no longer known, recognized and respected by the public as a cemetery. 1953 OAG 2978."

Monday, May 6, 2024

A link to the Lawrence County, Ohio W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps has been added to the right sidebar of the blog.

 Please note that a link to the Lawrence County W.P.A. cemetery plat maps has been added to the sidebar of the blog. 

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Lawrence County, Ohio is comprised of the following townships.:

Aid Township
Decatur Township
Elizabeth Township
Fayette Township
Hamilton Township
Lawrence Township
Mason Township
Perry Township
Rome Township
Symmes Township
Union Township
Upper Township
Washington Township
Windsor Township
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Ironton is the county seat.
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All of the WPA Cemetery Plat Maps pages in this collection for Lawrence County are numbered.

Cemeteries on some pages lack the names of their townships and those need to be provided from further research.

The microfilms of these maps are at the Lawrence County Recorder's Office. 

The images can be viewed online via the Search Index Tab with the blue background.


Access the New Online Index Books Search.
Search Record Book choosing "Veterans Grave Plats". 

The images are in fair to poor condition.


Map pages 1 through 3 were saved in the .pdf format, however following that the pages were saved in the .txt format. "RetrieveCachedPDF.txt"

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Enjoy researching these WPA Cemetery Plat Maps!

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