Clinton County Genealogical Society

Clinton County Genealogical Society Cemetery Guide

The Clinton County Genealogical Society presents this guide to the cemeteries, burial places, and locations of human remains within the county. Since July, 1998, the Society has been actively documenting this information. Presently, the Society has information concerning 161 such locations within the county. Each cemetery has been assigned a unique code number by Robert Russell Schadt for easy identification.

All known gravestone inscriptions and cemetery records have been printed in a ten-volume series, The Cemeteries of Clinton County. Ordering information is available here.

This page serves as a guide to the cemeteries in Clinton County. Information concerning the history and condition of each cemetery, as well as its location and GPS coordinates, is given. Some information has not yet been obtained and will be added at a later date.

Click here to view a listing of cemeteries by municipality.

Click here to view the information that the Society has collected concerning Native American burial sites within the county.

Click here to view a list of the most endangered cemeteries in Clinton County which need restoration and protection.

Disclaimer: The information here has been gathered from numerous sources and is as reliable as we could make it. Nevertheless, errors may exist and the reader is encouraged to take caution. Additionally, many cemeteries are located on private land and the reader should obtain permission from the proper individuals before visiting such sites.

Information Needed: If you know of a burial site not listed here, please contact us. Also, if you know the location of where human ashes were scattered, please contact us. These memorial sites are not readily identifiable and information will help to preserve the location of these sites for future generations of descendants.