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Carey Cemetery
Harding, Turtle Creek, Shelby

Cemetery:       Carey
Other:         
Sign:           No
Street:         In a farmer's field, abt 1/2 mile N. of Hardin off Wapakoneta-Hardin Rd
City:           Hardin
Township:       Turtle Creek
County:         Shelby
State:          Ohio
Nation:         USA
Zip:           
lat_ns:         N
lat_h:         
lat_mmss:      
long_ew:        W
long_h:        
long_mmss:     
Status:         Abandoned
Size:           Small
Directions:     There is a dirt road leading to an isolated wooded grove that constitutes the Carey Cem.
Type:           Road-public
Location:       Rural
Terrain:        Level
Watersource:    No
Features:       Wooded grove
Property:       Public
Access:         Open
Enclosure:      Fence-Broken
Gate:           None
Established:   
Gravestones:   
Oldest:        
Newest:        
Removed:        Unknown
Relocated:      No
Repairs:        Unsure
Methods:        Adhesives
Restoration:    No
Association:    Unsure
Records:        Unsure
Inventory:      Unsure
Availability:  
Landscaping:    No
Paths:          No
Trees:          Yes4
Crypts:         Yes
Fencing:        Yes
Brickwork:      Unsure
Ironwork:       Unsure
Sculpture:      Unsure
Fountains:      No
Roads:          No
Buildings:      No
Cement:         Unsure
Granite:        Unsure
Marble:         Unsure
Native:         Yes
Slate:          Unsure
Others:         Unsure
Wood:           Unsure
Materials:      Unsure
Architectural:  Unsure
Angels:         Unsure
Draperies:      Unsure
Fraternal:      Unsure
Hands:          Unsure
Lambs:          Unsure
Monograms:      Unsure
Plants:         Yes
Photos:         Unsure
Religious:      Unsure
Scrollwork:     Unsure
Urns:           Unsure
Carvings:       Unsure
Condition:      Cemetery neglected
Unmarked:       Unsure
Broken:         Yes
Toppled:        Yes
Disintegrating: Yes
Buried:         Yes
Weather:        Yes
Pollution:      No
Vandalized:     No
Report:         Yes
VA1:           
VA2:           
VA3:           
VA4:           
VA5:           
Overgrowth:    
Overgrowth1:    Problem-Access
Overgrowth2:   
Overgrowth3:   
Overgrowth4:   
GroundCover:    Yes
Moss:          
Vines:          Yes
Drainage:       Good
Problem1:      
Problem2:      
Owner:          Cemetery
Use:            Agricultural
Bordering:      Agricultural
Change:         Unknown
Reason:         Roads
Visited:        Unknown
Archeology:     Unknown
Habitat:        Unknown
Contacted:      A Coon surname descendant on OR for information only.
Name:           Jeremy H. & Cleis C. Jordan
Email:          patron@pvtn.net
Date:           2 Jul 2005

Surnames:

Coon

Other_Information:

I visited the cem. in late summer of 2004 and the place was so overgrown that it was extremely difficult to even walk around, it was so weed and vine infested. About 20 years ago, a Boy Scout group did extensive work to clean it up, but it is in terrible shape now.

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Name:           Jeremy H. & Cleis C. Jordan
Email:          p_atron@pvtn.net
Date:           2 Jul 2005



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