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Highland Cemetery

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Highland Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, July 17, 2014
1. Highland Cemetery Marker
Inscription.

Highland Cemetery
Established 1861


A Historic Cemetery Listed in Indiana's Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Installed 2011 Indiana Historical Bureau and Harrison Township

 
Erected 2011 by Indiana Historical Bureau and Harrison Township.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. In addition, it is included in the Indiana Cemetery Heritage series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1861.
 
Location. 41° 15.672′ N, 85° 56.957′ W. Marker is near Atwood, Indiana, in Kosciusko County. It is on County Road W 200N 0.4 miles east of County Road N 600W, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Atwood IN 46502, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern Indiana. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Chinworth Bridge (approx. 2.2 miles away); Indiana ... Where It All Began! (approx. 2.2 miles away); Chinworth Bridge Trailhead (approx. 2.2 miles away); The Lincoln Highway (approx. 2.2 miles away); Tony Elliott (approx. 4.8 miles away);
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a different marker also named The Lincoln Highway (approx. 4.8 miles away); M3A3 Stuart Tank (approx. 5 miles away); Kosciusko County War Memorial (approx. 5 miles away).
 
Also see . . .  Highland Cemetery Research. From the findagrave.com website. (Submitted on July 21, 2014.) 
 
Highland Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, July 17, 2014
2. Highland Cemetery
Eastern part of cemetery
Highland Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, July 17, 2014
3. Highland Cemetery
Western part of cemetery
View to east along County Road W 200N image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, July 17, 2014
4. View to east along County Road W 200N
Highland Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, July 17, 2014
5. Highland Cemetery
Headstones of Early Cemetery Graves image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, July 17, 2014
6. Headstones of Early Cemetery Graves
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 4, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 21, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 629 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 21, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.
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Jun. 11, 2026