Exploring Almost Forgotten Gravesites in the Great State of Ohio

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"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."

Sunday, October 24, 2021

Coshocton County, Ohio W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps have been added to the right side bar of the blog.

The collection of W.P.A. Cemetery Plat Maps for Coshocton County, Ohio have been added to the right side bar on the blog.  

These map images were converted from the .PDF format into .JPG format (picture format) from the website of the Coshocton County Engineer's Office.  

The Coshocton County cemeteries locator map, showing the names of the townships, enables the viewer to "hover" over the tiny black cross symbols and click on them to see the cemetery names. Clicking on an arrow brings up the maps. 

See example below.:


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Once again, as is customary with other Ohio county W.P.A. Cemetery Plat map collections on Flickr, the arrangement is set up alphabetically by township name and cemetery name.

The map pages in the Coshocton County collection do not have page numbers.  

A few map images are essentially numbered burial plot drawings created for surveys.

See example below dated October 1, 2012.:


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Please note, various township cemetery plat maps have the listing of veterans names and the designated numbers for the wars they served in, however, the actual burial locations are not given.  Some other maps have only partial burial locations provided for veterans.  

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Additionally, for West Lawn Cemetery in Oxford Township, Coshocton County, it is owned and managed by the Village of Newcomerstown in Tuscarawas County.  These map images are in a darkened but readable condition.  Traced and drawn during June - July, 1939 by Mr. John A. Limbaugh, the West Lawn Cemetery map sections are in multiple pages; some containing veterans names.:


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In conclusion, Coshocton County's W.P.A. Cemetery maps collection includes what I feel is among the most outstanding looking cemetery maps that I have seen thus far in any county.  
It includes the veterans names, war number designations, burial locations, and is easy to read! 

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Sharing this information as a Reminder coming up October 23, 2021 beginning at 10:00a.m. - Warrensville West Cemetery Preservation Workshop - Cuyahoga County

Sharing this reminder about the upcoming October Saturday, 23, 2021 cemetery preservation workshop that is free to attend.  

Below is a statement from Kara Hamley O'Donnell regarding particulars of the workshop as of October 19, 2021, that can assist a potential attendee of this workshop.:
 - Kara O'Donnell -- kara.odonnell@shakeronline.com.

"There are still 10 or so spots left for the workshop. It is free. We hope that those who come to the workshop will be able to assist with future preservation efforts in this cemetery, so prefer those who are willing to help in the future.  But that’s not a requirement."

The workshop is being conducted by Mannik Smith Group and Historic Gravestone Services/Ta Mara Conde.

Our website is here and registration link is there as well."

KARA HAMLEY O’DONNELL, AICP 
Principal Planner, Planning Department
City of Shaker Heights
3400 Lee Road
Shaker Heights, OH 44120
P: 216-491-1436
F: 216-491-1431

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The Warrensville West Cemetery on "Find A Grave"