McKay Cemetery
McKay Cemetery is a cemetery in Smyrna Township, Jefferson, Indiana. McKay Cemetery is situated nearby to the village Lancaster, as well as near the hamlet Volga.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eleutherian College.
Eleutherian College
Museum
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Eleutherian College, founded as Eleutherian Institute in 1848, was a school founded by local anti-slavery Baptists at Lancaster in Jefferson County. The institute's name comes from the Greek word eleutheros, meaning "freedom and equality." The school admitted students without regard to ethnicity or gender, including freed and fugitive slaves. Eleutherian College is situated 1 mile north of McKay Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lancaster and Volga.
Lancaster
Village
Lancaster is an unincorporated community in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.
Volga
Hamlet
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Volga is an unincorporated community in Smyrna Township, Jefferson County, Indiana. The name's origin is not known with certainty, but is believed to have been adopted from Volga in Russia. Volga is situated 2½ miles south of McKay Cemetery.
Wirt
Hamlet
Wirt is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, in the United States. A post office was established at Wirt in 1834. The community was named for William Wirt, a pioneer. Wirt is situated 3 miles east of McKay Cemetery.
McKay Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Smyrna Township, Jefferson, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.81651° or 38° 48′ 59″ northLongitude
-85.51013° or 85° 30′ 37″ westElevation
735 feet (224 metres)Open location code
86CPRF8Q+JWOpenStreetMap ID
way 565045449OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryGeoNames ID
4261179
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