Cemetery: Helphinstine
Other:
Sign: No
Street:
City: Alfordsville
Township:
County: Daviess
State: Indiana
Nation:
Zip:
Status: Abandoned
Size: Small
Directions:
Type: Road-public
Location: Rural-woods
Terrain: Hillside
Watersource: No
Features: many tress some black walnut
Land Type: Private
Access: Open
Enclosure: None
Gate: None
Established: abt 1850
Gravestones: 6
Oldest: 1869
Newest: 1875
Removed: Unknown
Relocated: No
Repairs: No
Methods:
Restoration: No
Association: No
Records: No
Inventory: Unsure
Records location:
Landscaping: No
Paths: No
Trees: Unsure
Crypts: No
Fencing: No
Walkways: No
Brickwork: No
Ironwork: No
Sculpture: No
Fountains: No
Roads: No
Buildings: No
Cement:
Granite: Yes
Marble:
Native Stone:
Slate: Yes
Other Stone:
Wood:
Materials:
Architectural: No
Angels: No
Draperies: No
Fraternal: No
Hands: Yes
Lambs: Unsure
Monograms: Unsure
Plants: Unsure
Photos: No
Religious: No
Scrollwork: No
Urns: No
Other Carvings: No
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Unmarked: Yes
Broken: Yes
Toppled: No
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried: Unsure
Weather problems: Unknown
Pollution problems: No
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Drainage: Good
Problem: Encroachment
Owner: County
Use:
Bordering: Woods
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Occasionally
Archeology: Unknown
Habitat: Yes
Contacted:
Needs
Cemetery is in an area where strip coal mining is done and may be
destroyed by mining companies if not preserved.
Other Information
Support
Submitted by:
name: Bertha Helphinstine Martinez
Email: meebzork@primenet.com
