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

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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″ north

Longitude

-85.51013° or 85° 30′ 37″ west

Elevation

735 feet (224 metres)

Open location code

86CPRF8Q+JW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 565045449

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

4261179

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