South side of CR 700N, between CRs 500 W and 575 W, in housing division.

The Gooding Cemetery is a family graveyard without any original markers. The Gooding family owned the land when the plot was first used for burials; therefore, it was called the Gooding Cemetery. In the late 19th century, Salem School, or school house #2, was nearby at the crosswords, and so in that time period, the cemetery's name gradually changed to the Salem School Cemetery and eventually to the Salem Cemetery. In the 20th century, the property was owned by Hutchison Orchards, which planted apple trees around the well-known burial ground. Near the turn of the 21st century, Hutchison Orchards was purchased by a housing contractor who, wisely, contacted the Madison County Cemetery Commission and requested that the cemetery be marked so that constuction would not intrude upon it. A gray chain-link fence with gate now designates the perimeter of this small, but very important, burial ground.

Rob Hains and John Brundage, former MCCC members, made a study of setting new stones and re-setting old ones. The safe-guarding of the Gooding Cemetery and the setting (2003) of the commemorative marker for War of 1812 veteran and hero David Gooding were parts of just one of many project completed by these two volunteers. (Pioneer Cemeteries and their Stories, Madison County, Indiana, Lafayette township).



Indiana Cemetery Locations, Volume 1, published by the Indiana Genealogical Society (02 April 2005), gives the primary cemetery name as Salem Cemetery with alternate names of Salem School Cemetery and Gooding Cemetery.

The cemetery is listed in the Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and in the State Historical Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) with Cemetery Record Number CR-48-36 (Cox / Jackson).