Palmer Chapel Cemetery
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Palmer Chapel Cemetery

Also known as Palmer Cemetery

Bethel Township, Miami County, Ohio, USA

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  • Get directions S Palmer Road (Township Road 177)
    Bethel Township, Ohio 45424 United States
    Coordinates: 39.88137, -84.06630
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Palmer Chapel (also called Palmer's Church) Cemetery is located at the intersection of Palmer Road (177) and Bellafonte Rd (241). This places it at the juncture of Miami, Greene, Montgomery, and Clark counties. The original wooden church was built in 1810 by Methodist pioneers. When the wooden church was destroyed by fire, a larger, brick building, which still stands, was built in 1830. The church and cemetery were abandoned after 1900, and around 1917 the church and graveyard were deconsecrated. Legend has it that some or all of the bodies were removed and reburied in other cemeteries in 1920-21. However, the headstones were not moved. Most, if not all, were left haphazardly around the churchyard. In the 1970's, Roland Roethler purchased the property and recorded the basic vital information off the stones in the yard. Over the years, vandals have destroyed and removed many of the head stones still intact in 1976. Other headstones are in small groupings around the yard.



The cemetery is located in Bethel Township, Miami County, Ohio, and is # 7926 (Palmer Chapel Cemetery) in "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003", compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society.

The cemetery is registered with the Ohio Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing (ODRE) as Sacred Heart Cemetery with registration license number CBR.0000981948.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 1963130 (Palmer Chapel Cemetery).



Palmer Chapel (also called Palmer's Church) Cemetery is located at the intersection of Palmer Road (177) and Bellafonte Rd (241). This places it at the juncture of Miami, Greene, Montgomery, and Clark counties. The original wooden church was built in 1810 by Methodist pioneers. When the wooden church was destroyed by fire, a larger, brick building, which still stands, was built in 1830. The church and cemetery were abandoned after 1900, and around 1917 the church and graveyard were deconsecrated. Legend has it that some or all of the bodies were removed and reburied in other cemeteries in 1920-21. However, the headstones were not moved. Most, if not all, were left haphazardly around the churchyard. In the 1970's, Roland Roethler purchased the property and recorded the basic vital information off the stones in the yard. Over the years, vandals have destroyed and removed many of the head stones still intact in 1976. Other headstones are in small groupings around the yard.



The cemetery is located in Bethel Township, Miami County, Ohio, and is # 7926 (Palmer Chapel Cemetery) in "Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003", compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society.

The cemetery is registered with the Ohio Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing (ODRE) as Sacred Heart Cemetery with registration license number CBR.0000981948.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 1963130 (Palmer Chapel Cemetery).



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